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To prepare nurses for roles as faculty and educators and to provide ongoing professional development for nurses already in those roles, this project offers workshops and webinars to nurse educators across Maryland to support them in becoming efficient and effective teachers in online learning environments.
No. 6
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practioner ($168,924)
n Debra A. Scrandis, PhD, CRNP, BC, associate professor
The School of Nursing will begin offering a post-doctoral psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) certificate this fall. The certificate will prepare advanced practice registered nurses or other doctorally prepared nurses to become nationally certified PMHNPs, practice as PMHNPs, and teach psychiatric nursing
at all educational levels.
No. 7
Care Coordination and
Case Management ($113,701)
n Patricia Zimberg, JD, MS ’00, RN, assistant professor
Hospitals, health systems, and insurers recognize the importance of care coordination as a valuable strategy to improve quality, promote evidence-based practice, and contain
costs. With the help of care management experts from the Advisory Board of Maryland, Zimberg will team with Crystal DeVance-Wilson, MS ’06, MBA,
BSN ’00, PHCNS-BC, clinical instructor, and Pat McLaine, DrPH, MPH, RN, assistant professor and director, Community/Public Health Nursing master’s specialty, to develop three new School of Nursing courses that focus on care coordination and case management.
No. 8
Family Nurse Practitioner Expansion to the Universities Shady Grove ($1,586,781)
n Bridget Gourley, DNP ’08, CRNP, assistant professor and director, Family Nurse Practitioner specialty
See “A Growing Family,” Page 18, for more information about this grant.
No. 9
RN-to-BSN or MS Clinical Faculty
($3,120,506)
n Mary Etta C. Mills, ScD, MS ’73,
BSN ’71, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, professor n Linda Hickman, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE, assistant professor
See “Teaching Nurses to Teach,” Page 22, for more information about this grant.
—K.N.
FIRSTS
1
Dual-Admission Students Make Their UMSON Debut
The first cohort of six Montgomery College (MC) students has begun its journey toward earning
a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from the University of Maryland School of Nursing beginning this past fall.
In spring 2015, UMSON and MC in Rockville, Maryland, signed a dual-admission agreement—
the first of its kind in UMSON’s history—to create a seamless transition from MC’s Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program to the BSN, offering nursing students simultaneous admission into both programs. Students receive transfer credits for completed MC coursework and can take UMSON courses while still working on their associate degrees; once they earn their ADN degrees, they officially become UMSON bachelor’s students.
The dual-admission agreement has laid the foundation for students enrolled in ADN programs throughout the state— including the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata; Cecil College in North East; and Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold—to progress to UMSON and earn their BSN degrees.
She also works to develop partner- ships with other academic institutions and health care organizations to assist with the transition of transfer students and students who are graduates of Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs to UMSON’s BSN program
in an effort to increase the number of baccalaureate degree-prepared nurses, supporting one of the goals in the
Institute of Medicine’s The Future of Nursing report.
Under Trocky’s leadership, the School has signed dual-admission agreements with a variety of community colleges throughout Maryland. The agreements offer a seamless transition from the college’s ADN program to UMSON’s RN-to-BSN program.
—K.N.