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Healthcare Workforce Shortage Initiative
The following grants have been awarded to address healthcare workforce issues:
Increased number of BSN nursing education slots (2004-present)
Tri-College University, Fargo, ND-Moorhead, MN
$375,756 over three years (2004 grant)
A total of 54 new nursing student slots per year at end of three years through:
- A new freshman track at Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM)
- LPN to BSN program at North Dakota State University (NDSU)
- A second degree BSN program at Concordia College (CC) for those with existing degrees
Progress:
- A total of 54 new nursing student slots opened per year.
- By 2014, up to 175 additional new four-year degree nurses will have entered the healthcare workforce.
Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND
$96,000 over three years (2007 grant)
- A total of 12 new nursing student slots per year
Access to distance education programs (2001-present)
Lake Region State College, Devils Lake, ND
$168,467 in two grants to implement licensed practical nurse (LPN) distance education programs targeting rural areas of Grafton and Northwood, ND.
- Current CNAs employed at healthcare facilities in these communities were provided
an opportunity to earn their LPN degree via distance education.
Progress:
- 9 students passed LPN course at Grafton; all plan to practice in the area.
- 2 of the above 9 LPNs have been accepted to registered nursing programs.
- As a result of this project, there was a plan for Minot State to bring their bachelor of science-nursing program to Lake Region State College.
- 5 students are currently enrolled in the LPN program at Northwood.
Access to simulation mannequins/simulation equipment (2000-present)
Over $292,545 awarded to address decreased access to on-site clinical experiences:
| $109,711 |
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University of North Dakota (UND) |
| $ 81,086 |
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Jamestown College (JC) |
| $ 64,004 |
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MN State Community & Technical College (MSCTC), Moorhead, MN |
| $ 23,000 |
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Northland Comm. & Tech. College, Thief River Falls, MN |
| $ 14,744 |
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NDSU |
Progress: Increased access to clinical experiences due to saturation of area clinical sites.
CNA training opportunities (2003)
| $9,480 |
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Grand Forks Career & Technical Education – CNA course for high school students
Outcomes: 83 students completed training. Due to demand, two summer sessions were held with 23 students completing the program. They intend to have a CNA elective course next year due to the tremendous response to these sessions. |
| $6,735 |
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Riverview Place, Fargo, ND – CNA course for New Americans
Outcomes: 6 New Americans passed North Dakota CNA test. |
| $5,000 |
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Teamworks, Inc., Park Rapids, MN - CNA course for high school students.
Outcomes: 9 students from three area high schools became CNAs. |
Health careers scholarships (2001-present)
| $234,650 |
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BSN nursing scholarships - CC, JC, MSUM, NDSU, UND |
| $ 35,000 |
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Health careers scholarships - dental assisting, dental hygienist, LPN – MSCTC |
| $ 4,000 |
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Medical student scholarships - UND Medical School: Mack Traynor, MD, Scholarship Fund, Robert G. Rogers, MD, Scholarship Fund
Outcomes: Approximately 270 scholarships awarded. |
Statewide Healthcare Workforce Summit (2006)
| $10,000 |
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To bring together nearly 200 stakeholders including policy makers, government agency reps, educators, healthcare administrators, state healthcare organizations and public health reps to begin development of a coordinated statewide plan addressing the healthcare workforce needs of North Dakota. |
Spot, Support and Secure Primary Care Pilot Project (2007)
| $87,745 |
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To recruit students from predominantly rural and small town backgrounds to the discipline of family medicine (career day presentations, residential camps, externships and physician mentor networks). |
Don Breen Rural Externship in Family Medicine (1998-2007)
| $77,500 |
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To provide stipends to first year University of North Dakota medical students who participate in a summer externship in rural family medicine. |
Development of Rural Health Nursing Workforce Strategies for Region
| $35,000 |
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DMF is contracting with UND’s Center for Rural Health to convene the regional educational institutions which produce nurses to develop a long-term strategy to address the nursing shortage. |
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