Published November 08, 2017 
Weekly Digest
The
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released the proceedings of a workshop titled
Future Financial Economics of Health Professional Education. In October 2016, the National Academies, with support from AACN and other national organizations, convened a workshop to explore resources for financing health professional education in high-, middle-, and low-income countries and innovative methods for financially supporting investments in health professional education within and across professions. Participants examined opportunities for matching population health needs with the right number, mix, distribution, and skill-set of health workers while considering how supply and demand drive decisions within education and health. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
AACN Updates
Recognizing Excellence at AACN's Annual Academic Nursing Leadership Conference:
The Social Pulse
Washington Weekly
In this edition of Washington Weekly: The House of Representatives moves on two legislative proposals impacting healthcare and tax reform; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to hold a public workshop on opioid packaging, storage, and disposal; and learn about the next NINR Director's Lecture featuring Dr. Margaret Heitkemper from the University of Washington School of Nursing.
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New Partnership & Grant-Funded Initiatives
- The College of Nursing at Upstate Medical University (NY) will use a federal grant to increase the number of family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (FPMHNP) in rural communities and in medically underserved communities. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the four-year grant worth more than $1.8 million. Read more >>
- Ashland University's Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences has been awarded $198,828 in renewal grant funding from the Ohio Board of Nursing's Nurse Education Grant Program. This two-year grant funding makes possible Ashland's "Undergraduate Nursing Expansion: Services Excellence and Clinical Faculty Joint Appointments" project in partnership with OhioHealth Mansfield and Shelby Hospitals. Read more >>
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a $1.39 million grant to Florida International University Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences to implement the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce program. This unique, two-year nursing education initiative will prepare advanced practice nurses to provide primary care in rural and underserved areas through academic and clinical training. Read more >>
- Dr. Jennifer Elder, a professor at the University of Florida (UF) College of Nursing, part of UF Health, has received an additional round of funding to continue to forge a much-needed bridge between patients who have autism and their families with professionals who can provide them with support and information. Dr. Elder received a Tier III Pipeline to Proposal award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to build collaborations that further autism research for underserved families. Tier III awards fund the development of high-quality research proposals that can be submitted for PCORI funding. Read more >>
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