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Accessibility Information Nurse Support Program II (NSP II) goal of Nurse Support Program (NSP) is to increase the number of nurses in Maryland hospitals.
NSP I is hospital centered while NSP II focuses on expanding the capacity to educate nurses through nursing education programs at is showing a critical need for an increase in highly-educated nurses and an improved education system, which is needed to address the nursing shortage expected to impact the state by 2025. While 19. 3 percent of nurses hold a graduate degree, less than 2 percent have a doctoral degree.
Nurses with doctorates are needed to teach future generations of nurses and to conduct research that will become the basis for improvements in nursing science and implementation of the following goals will assist in meeting this critical need Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by 2020 (goal extended to 2025) as recommended in the 2010 Institute of Medicine Report Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020 (goal met) Double the number of full-time nurse faculty credentialed by the National League for Nursing as Certified Nurse Educators by 2025 Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning Build an infrastructure for the collection and analysis of inter-professional data (goal met- funded the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center- see more at https://www.
nursing. umaryland. edu/mnwc/ the years, the Nurse Support Program, both NSP I and NSP II (formerly titled Nurse Education Support Program) has been expanded to encourage new and innovative approaches to address the challenges and demands facing the nursing and allied professions.
It has successfully met the needs of hospitals for nursing professionals and schools of nursing for educational capacity through faculty development to ensure qualified bedside nurses for over 26 years.
Nurse Support Program (NSP) is funded by the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) and administered by Maryland Higher Maryland Nursing Education Articulation - The goal of this articulation plan is to create a pathway for nurses to advance their education, thereby creating a more highly educated workforce. more information, please visit the Nurse Support Program website at http://www. nursesupport.
org/ Background on the NSP I and NSP II Programs HSCRC has funded programs to address the cyclical nursing workforce shortages since 1985. In July 2001, the HSCRC implemented the hospital-based Nurse Support Program I (NSP I) to address the nursing shortage impacting Maryland hospitals. Since that time, the NSP I completed three program evaluation cycles at five year intervals.
The most recent NSP I July 12, 2017 to extend the funding until June 30, 2022. HSCRC implemented the NSP II program in May 2005 to respond to the faculty shortage and other limitations in nursing educational capacity underlying the nursing shortage. The Commission approved an increase of up to 0.
1 percent of regulated gross hospital revenue to increase the number of nurses in the state by increasing the capacity of nursing programs through institutional and nursing faculty interventions. MHEC was selected by the HSCRC to administer the NSP II programs, as the coordinating board for all Maryland institutions of higher education.
On March 7, 2012, the HSCRC approved modifications to NSP II to include increased doctoral education support for greater development of new and existing nursing faculty. the conclusion of the first ten years of funding on January 14, 2015, five more years of funding was renewed. The HSCRC renewed NSP II funding for FY 2016 through June 30, 2020.
In 2016 the Maryland General Assembly revised the NSP II statute to meet Maryland’s changing health care delivery models to recognize all registered nurses (RNs) are needed to ensure a strong nursing workforce. On December 11, 2019, the HSCRC renewed NSP II funding for FY2021 through June 30, 2025. copy of the Maryland Nurse recently highlighted the NSP II Nurse Educator Workshop for nurse educators across the state.
Go to page 14 to read about what our team is doing to support the need for more nurse faculty and educators. You can also read archived editions of Maryland Nurse. Repayment Tax Credit: https://mhec.
maryland. gov/preparing/Pages/StudentLoanDebtReliefTaxCredit. aspx Nursing Program Capacity Study: https://mhec.
maryland. gov/publications/Documents/nursecapstud1006. pdf For additional information on NSPII Nurse Faculty Programs for New Nurse Faculty, Nurse Educator Doctoral Grants for Practice and Dissertation Research, Cohen Scholars and Academic Nurse Educator Grants, visit www.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.