20 • <strong>Academic</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> 2009-2010 in review Faculty member Will Enlow, DNP (center) with students Pauline Maietta (left) and Julie Lim (right) in CUSON’s anesthesia simulator lab
July <strong>The</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> was awarded $101,703 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau <strong>of</strong> Health Pr<strong>of</strong>essions for loans for full-time doctoral students in the Phd and dnP programs. <strong>The</strong> nurse Faculty Loan Program (nFLP) is designed to increase the number <strong>of</strong> nursing students who pursue careers as full-time faculty teaching in schools <strong>of</strong> nursing and allows doctoral students the opportunity to borrow a maximum <strong>of</strong> $30,000 per year to cover tuition and the costs <strong>of</strong> fees, books and other reasonable educational expenses. Following graduation and upon full-time employment in a school <strong>of</strong> nursing, the borrower may cancel up to 20% per year for a maximum <strong>of</strong> 85% <strong>of</strong> the total nFLP loan. Nancy Reame, PhD under the direction <strong>of</strong> Nancy Reame, PhD, Mary Dickey Lindsay Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong>, the school <strong>of</strong> nursing was awarded $735,350 over three years from the health resources and services Administration (hrsA) for TrAnsiT (Training nurse scientists in interdisciplinary, Translational research). This program will increase the number <strong>of</strong> nursing faculty in schools <strong>of</strong> nursing and health care settings who are prepared to conduct interdisciplinary, practice-relevant research that benefits underserved urban communities. <strong>The</strong> program goal is to reduce health disparities in underserved urban populations <strong>of</strong> the northern manhattan area <strong>of</strong> new york, a designated health Pr<strong>of</strong>essional shortage Area, and nationally through expanding the nursing faculty work force skilled in collaborative, translational research that accelerates the pace <strong>of</strong> evidence-based urban health care. Suzanne Bakken, DNSc <strong>The</strong> school <strong>of</strong> nursing received its first economic stimulus grant. Led by Suzanne Bakken, DNSc, Alumni Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Biomedical Informatics, the $250,000 supplement to the Center for evidencebased Practice in the underserved funds a two year summer education program for a science educator and 12 Fall 2010 • 21 students from gregorio Luperon high school, a science and mathematics high school for Latino immigrants. <strong>The</strong> program’s focus is to disseminate research findings into the community. Targets include improving glycemic control among those with diabetes and increasing physical activity among adolescents. Dr. Bakken was also awarded a competitive renewal from hrsA for “Wireless informatics for safe and evidence-based APn Care” <strong>of</strong> $642,798. <strong>The</strong> grant will continue to provide education in new technologies. <strong>The</strong> program’s goal is to reduce health disparities in underserved populations through training advanced practice nursing students, faculty, and preceptors to use informatics approaches for improving patient safety and enhancing evidence-based practice in a culturally competent manner. Sarah Collins, PhD PhD program graduate, Sarah Collins, after successfully defending her dissertation on the topic <strong>of</strong> “informatics methods to understand interdisciplinary Communication
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