SON awarded $1.8m grant for partnership to educate FNPs for practice in Native American, underserved and rural settings
Published June 30, 2016 This content is archived.
UB SON has received a 3-year $1.8 million HRSA Advanced Nursing Education Grant to increase cultural and telehealth preparation of FNP students to better prepare them for future practice settings.
This grant, led by Tammy Austin-Ketch, PhD, clinical professor and assistant dean for MS/DNP Programs, aims to increase access to primary care services for rural and underserved patients in New York.
UB will establish a new academic clinical partnership with Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (NFMMC), through which they will provide primary care services at two Native American health care clinics, Tuscarora Health Center and Seneca Gaming clinic, and the Golisano Center for Community Health.
The funding will provide the opportunity to hire two primary care nurses in the area who will also serve as part-time UB faculty. The grant will also help improve UB and NFMMC telehealth capabilities.
“It’s critical that we provide nursing students at UB with stronger ties to underserved populations where they might seek employment after graduation,” says Austin-Ketch.
The grant helps address the shortage of primary care professionals in the area.
