亚洲自慰视频 gets $600,000 endowed grant for grad nursing scholarships

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The College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions at the 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette has received a $600,000 grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust to fund endowed scholarships for graduate nursing 亚洲自慰视频s.

The Helene Fuld Health Trust works to ensure the health, welfare and education of 亚洲自慰视频 nurses. The trust was established in 1935 as the Helene Fuld Health Foundation to honor its namesake, who had been a health care advocate.

The endowment grant awarded to UL Lafayette will enable some 亚洲自慰视频s pursuing or interested in pursuing nursing master鈥檚 degrees to earn partial scholarships, said Dr. Melinda Oberleitner, dean of the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions.

Oberleitner anticipates the college will begin accepting scholarship applications as soon as this semester. 鈥淭he endowment grant will potentially fund any full- or part-time 亚洲自慰视频 who meets 亚洲自慰视频 eligibility requirements and is enrolled in one of the college鈥檚 master of science in nursing concentrations,鈥 she said.

Endowed funds are invested, which means the capital is not spent. Only a portion of the interest earned is tapped. So, the Helene Fuld endowment will become a perpetual source of funding for graduate nursing 亚洲自慰视频 scholarships.

That鈥檚 significant, Oberleitner explained, because 鈥渇or years to come the scholarships will ease the pathway to graduate degrees for nursing 亚洲自慰视频s who earn them 鈥 and help the 亚洲自慰视频 continue to address growing state and national workforce needs.鈥

鈥淭here鈥檚 a tremendous shortage of nurse practitioners to work in primary care areas in 亚洲自慰视频 and across the country. At the same time there is a tremendous shortage of nursing educators,鈥 she added.

The addresses workforce deficits through its master鈥檚 degrees that feature family nurse practitioner and nursing education concentrations.

Family nurse practitioners are registered nurses with graduate degrees and specialized clinical training. FNPs have a broad scope of practice, from providing preventative care for infants, children and adults to treating serious illnesses. 

National employment for nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists and nurse midwives 鈥 professions that the Bureau of Labor Statistics groups into a single category as advanced practice nurses 鈥 is expected to increase by 45 percent between 2020 and 2030.

UL Lafayette鈥檚 master鈥檚 degree in nursing with a concentration in nursing education is geared toward 亚洲自慰视频s interested in becoming faculty members or clinical instructors at colleges and universities. It is also designed to prepare graduates for staff development jobs in health care settings.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing predicts increases in national nursing faculty shortages that can be attributed, in large part, to an aging faculty base. 鈥淭he result will be a wave of retirements in coming years,鈥 Oberleitner said.

Employment projections 鈥 and the endowment grant 鈥 pave the way for additional concentrations to be added to the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions鈥 master鈥檚 degree in nursing, however.

鈥淭he ability to increase scholarships will be key in helping us getting qualified people out into the workforce in shortage areas and we anticipate being able to do that by establishing more graduate concentrations,鈥 Oberleitner said.

To learn more about College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions and its graduate programs and scholarships, contact Dr. Jennifer Lemoine, the college鈥檚 graduate coordinator, at jml3433@louisiana.edu or (337) 482-1029.

Photo caption: UL Lafayette鈥檚 College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions has been awarded a $600,000 grant by the Helene Fuld Health Trust to fund endowed scholarships for graduate 亚洲自慰视频s. (Photo credit: Doug Dugas / 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette)