Page 12 - University of Martland Nursing Forum - Winter 2017

NEWS
TNurse Support Program II Grants Add Up to Success
hese numbers speak volumes. Eleven University of Maryland School of Nursing faculty members have been awarded nine of 19 Nurse Support Program (NSP) II grants for fiscal year 2017, totaling more than $7.2 million. UMSON’s grants compose nearly 50 percent of those awarded statewide and more than 40 percent of the total dollars allocated.
Funded through the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission and administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), NSP II grants help increase Maryland’s nursing capacity by supporting initiatives that advance the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations in its report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.
No. 1
Collaborative Nurse Practitioner Clinical Training ($945,866)
n Shannon Idzik, DNP, CRNP, FAANP, associate professor and associate dean for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program
The School of Nursing and the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center have formed an academic-practice partnership allowing 10 advanced practice nursing students annually to learn from leading clinicians in a variety of specialty practice settings within the hospital system.
No. 2
well-prepared faculty by inviting 100 of them, working in mentor/mentee pairs, to engage in individually determined learning experiences.
No. 3
Project Rush ($595,210)
n Meg Johantgen, PhD, RN, associate professor and associate dean for the PhD program
Through this project, Johantgen aims to produce new faculty for Maryland nursing schools by supporting students’ more direct progress to master’s and research doctoral programs, allowing them to begin their teaching careers earlier. The project targets Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Clinical Nurse Leader, and RN-to-BSN students with superior academic performance, offering them mentored research experiences and support with the aim of promoting
PhD applications.
No. 4
Care Coordination Specialty
($255,198)
n Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD ’03, RN, FAAN, professor and specialty director, Nursing Informatics master’s specialty
n Nina Trocky, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNE, CCRA, assistant professor and associate dean for the baccalaureate program
The School of Nursing has begun offering a three-course Care Coordination with Health IT focus area within the RN-to-BSN program this spring to train a new cadre of BSN-prepared nurses to apply advanced knowledge and skills in care coordination supported by health information technology and analytics—with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes and health care efficiency in Maryland hospitals.
No. 5
Developing Nurse Educators to Teach Online ($80,970)
n Carol O’Neil, PhD, RN, CNE, associate professor
Faculty Mentorship Program II
($350,031)
n Louise S. Jenkins, PhD ’85, MS ’81, RN, FAHA, ANEF, professor and director, Institute for Educators
Expanding upon a previous NSP II grant-funded project that focused on the development of a faculty mentorship program, this effort aims to retain
10 WINTER 2017
Trocky Named Associate Dean for the NBaccalaureate Program
ina Trocky, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Trocky stays abreast of and
CNE, assistant professor, advises the faculty on a wide array of
was named the University of Maryland School of Nursing’s associate dean for the baccalaureate program in May after serving as the interim associate dean since October 2015.
academic issues and policies impacting baccalaureate education at UMSON, which includes the traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and RN-to-BSN programs.
RICHARD LIPPENHOLZ