UofL secures $6.5 million to enhance training for nursing professionals | UofL News
Summary
The University of Louisville has received $6.5 million through two federal grants to help increase Kentuckians access to health care, particularly in underserved rural and urban areas. This collaborative effort will provide an opportunity for licensed practical nurses to accelerate their pathway to RN licensure and meet workforce needs in medically underserved areas of Kentucky, Mitchell said. This is why I do what I do.A second $2.6 million HRSA grant was awarded to Sara Robertson, associate professor and interim associate dean for the DNP and APRN programs, for Advancing Diversity and Health Equity in the Primary Care and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Workforce. The goal is to increase the education of nurse practitioners from diverse populations, including underrepresented minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.We want the nurse practitioner workforce to more closely mirror the population of Kentucky in terms of diversity and enable NPs from rural areas in the state to earn an APRN degree and provide high quality health care in their own rural areas across the Commonwealth, Robertson said. This funding will help make their dreams of becoming a nurse practitioner a reality and at the same time, improve access to quality health care across the state of Kentucky.