Project Number: HRSA NEPQR-SET
Principal Investigator: Susana Barroso
Funded by: Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
Quality nursing education is crucial for expanding the nursing workforce and retaining nurses, especially in the face of the ongoing nursing and faculty shortage. Limited clinical sites have compelled nurse educators to seek innovative methods to enhance readiness for practice. One highly effective approach is simulation-based education.
With this grant, Barroso and her team will pursue a transformative three-year initiative to invest in a comprehensive simulation-based curriculum through expanded clinical partnerships and recruitment and retention of faculty and pre-licensure nursing students from diverse populations.
The team includes Jennifer Alderman, PhD, MSN, RN, CNL, CNE, CHSE; Jean Davison, DNP, RN, FNP-C; Carol Durham, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, FSSH; Megan Ross, MSN, RNC-MNN; Shielda Rodgers, PhD, RN; Louise Fleming, PhD, MSN-ED, RN; Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN; and Megan Williams, EdD, MSN, RN, FNP.
The UNC School of Nursing will collaborate closely with five clinical partners, including The Chatham County Council on Aging, El Centro Hispano, The UNC SON Mobile Health Clinic, Chatham County Health Department, and the Student Health Action Coalition. Together, they will work to achieve the program’s goals by expanding current academic-clinical partnerships and focusing on retention of students from diverse populations.
