UNLV To Address Shortage Of Nurse Educators Through Innovative Partnership With UNR, USA - Medical News Today

UNLV School of Nursing Professor Lori Candela was recently awarded a $710,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop a first-of-its-kind partnership between schools of nursing at UNLV and UNR focused on addressing the shortage of nurse educators in Nevada. The primary goal of the three-year project is to accelerate the progression of students enrolled in nurse educator master's programs at UNLV and UNR into the existing Ph.D. program at UNLV, currently the only doctoral nursing program in Nevada. The project calls for exposing existing master's students to doctoral courses, streamlining curriculum, and actively recruiting the current nursing workforce to attract and retain eligible Ph.D. students. Exposing students to the collective expertise of both universities will increase the level of doctorally prepared nurse educators and improve faculty efficiency through shared online learning environments. Though the project is focused on schools of nursing in Nevada, it will be designed to serve as a model for institutions throughout the nation interested in forming collaborative nursing education programs.

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