Nursing

Nurse Education and Practice Grant Programs
FY 2005 Funding Opportunities

• Advanced Education Nursing FY 2004 grantee abstracts
• Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship FY 2003 grantee awards
• Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship FY 2003 grantee awards
• Nursing Workforce Diversity FY 2003 grantees
• Nurse Education, Practice and Retention
  • Basic Nurse Education FY 2003 grantee abstracts
  • Internship and Residency FY 2003 grantee abstracts
  • Career Ladder Program Grants FY 2003 grantee abstracts
  • Enhancing Patient Care Delivery FY 2003 grantee abstracts
  • Geriatric Nursing Knowledge and Experiences in Long Term Care Facilities for Nursing Students FY 2003 grantee abstracts
  • Public Health Nursing Field Experiences in State/Local Health Departments for BSN Students FY 2003 grantees
• Comprehensive Geriatric Nursing Education FY 2003 grantee abstracts

FY 2002 grant abstracts and awards

Scholarship, Loan and Loan Repayment Programs

• Nursing Education Loan Repayment
• Nurse Faculty Loan Program FY03 grantee awards
• Nursing Scholarship Program
• Other financial aid programs

Authorizing Legislation:  Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act

Fiscal Year 2004 Appropriations
Total $141.9 million
Sec. 811 Advanced Education Nursing $58.6 million
Sec. 821 Nursing Workforce Diversity $16.4 million
Sec. 831 Nurse Education, Practice and Retention $31.8 million
Sec. 846 Loan Repayment and Scholarships $26.7 million
Sec. 846A Nurse Faculty Loan $4.9 million
Sec. 855 Comprehensive Geriatric Education $3.5 million

Data & Reports

• Women's Health in the Baccalaureate Nursing School Curriculum: Report of a Survey and Recommendations, Adobe Acrobat format

• Professional Nurse Traineeship Grants:  Who Gets Them and Where Do They Work After Graduation, Final Report, July 31, 2001, Adobe Acrobat format

• Projected Supply, Demand and Shortages of Registered Nurses, 2000-2020 (July 2002)

• National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses 
  The nation’s most extensive and comprehensive source of statistics on all those with current licenses to practice in the United States, whether or not they are employed in nursing. 2000 National Sample Survey | 1996 National Sample Survey | 1992 National Sample Survey

• Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes in Hospitals 
  study of relationships between nurse staffing variables and patient outcomes in acute care hospital inpatient units (April 2001)

• 50 Years at the Division of Nursing (April 1997), Adobe Acrobat format

• Expanding the Capacity of Advanced Practice Nursing Education (October 1995)

• Federal Support for the Training of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives (September 1994)

• Title VIII Funding Allocation Methodology: Phase 1
  Title VIII Funding Allocation Methodology: Phase 2

Meeting Presentations

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing, March 28, 2004 Meeting
  
• Nurse in Washington Internship ProgramHealth and Human Services Briefing, March 2, 2004
  
• Federal Support for Doctoral Education and Faculty Preparation, AACN 2004 Doctoral Education Conference, February 6, 2004
  
• National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, November 6, 2003

National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice

The Council  (NACNEP) advises the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress on policy issues related to the Title VIII programs administered by the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions Division of Nursing, including nurse workforce supply, education and practice improvement.

• About NACNEP

About the Division of Nursing
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-35
Rockville, Maryland 20857
Phone:  301-443-5688
Fax:  301-443-8586