Enhancing Success in Advanced Practice Nursing: a grant-funded project.

Full Abstract

The Enhancing Success in Advanced Practice Nursing (ESAPN) Project is designed to improve access to a diverse and culturally competent and sensitive health professions workforce by increasing the number of Hispanic, African-American and Asian nurses recruited, enrolled in and graduated from the MSN program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Nursing (UMDNJ-SN). In addition, the project plan includes the development and implementation of a comprehensive program that incorporates academic support services, career advisement and mentoring activities to retain and graduate an increased number of culturally, racially and ethnically diverse advanced practice nurses for the State of New Jersey. The project also seeks to improve the quality of care by preparing advanced practice nurses to provide culturally competent and sensitive care by assuring that the MSN curriculum includes content and clinical experiences relevant to the development of cultural competence. Faculty participation in workshops, designed to increase knowledge of cultural competence, is a key component. The success of the project will be evaluated using a variety of measures that track increases in the number of diverse students recruited and enrolled, the number of students accessing services associated with the ESAPN program, and increased retention and graduation of Hispanic, African-American and Asian nurses prepared as advanced practice nurses.

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Author information

Author/s: McNeal, Gloria J (GJ); Walker, Donita (D);

Affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Nursing located at 65 Bergen Street, Suite 1124, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA. mcnealgl(-atsign-)umdnj.edu

Grants: 1 D65 HP04000-01-00 (Agency:PHS HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: Journal of cultural diversity (J Cult Divers), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 13 (issue 1) : pp 10-9

Dates: Created 2006/05/15; Completed 2006/06/12; Revised 2007/11/14;

PMID: 16696540, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Accreditation - organization & administration
African Americans - education
Asian Americans - education
Career Choice
Career Mobility
Clinical Competence
Cultural Diversity
Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Graduate - organization & administration
Health Services Needs and Demand
Hispanic Americans - education
Humans

Humans
Mentors - psychology
New Jersey
Nursing Education Research
Organizational Objectives
Personnel Selection - organization & administration
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Social Support
Training Support - organization & administration
Transcultural Nursing - education
Urban Health

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