Kansas nursing shortage: Recruitment efforts, The

Kansas Nurse,  Sep 2003  

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The Board of Regents through a program promoted by the U.S. Department of Education are making available to primary and secondary schools curriculums that will support "Health Career Paths Model". This program is relatively new, but has great promise for preparing children to enter schools of nursing with the pre-requisite education necessary to be successful.

State Policy Issues

Nursing Student Scholarship Program: Started in 1990 from legislation passed under the Hayden Administration, this program provides a public/private partnership for the provision of nursing scholarship money to educate RN's and LPN's. Hospitals, Long Term Care facilities, state institutions, home health agencies and public health now participate by sponsoring a student and enjoying the benefits of a "work" payback arrangement for each year of educational support. For the 2001-2002 academic year 244 applications were received, 152 were funded, with 38 students added to the waiting list, the current academic year statistics include 247 applications received, 130 funded, with 89 on the waiting list. For the 2003-2004 academic year there were 110 funded, with 76 on the waiting list.

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