School of Nursing Funding Priorities
As an integral part of the Campaign, “A Healthier Tomorrow,” the School of Nursing has identified four key areas where philanthropy could greatly advance our efforts to provide the best and the brightest students and faculty with every opportunity for success:
Student Support - increasing scholarship opportunities to our undergraduate and graduate students is a primary goal of our Campaign. As the country experiences a severe nursing shortage, it is important that we are able to offer incentives to recruit the best and brightest future nursing professionals.
Faculty Support - endowing faculty positions so that we can continue to attract top-notch teachers and researchers to the School of Nursing without placing a burden on an already diminished budget is a key component of our Campaign. As important as student scholarship opportunities are, being able to recruit and retain superior faculty during a critical nursing shortage is especially challenging. Maintaining and growing our number of faculty is ever important in maximizing the number of students we can matriculate and graduate to become the health care workforce of tomorrow.
Facilities - 2004 will mark the groundbreaking of a state-of-the-art health sciences
building - housing both the School of Nursing and the School of Allied
Health Sciences. Equipping the building with the latest technology available
in patient care is paramount in preparing our students for the nursing
profession. And, as the use of bedside technology continues to increase
exponentially, our nursing students must be well-prepared as the power users
of this exciting innovation in health care.
Programs - most of our programs in the School of
Nursing could benefit dramatically from
increased funding - thereby allowing
us to offer more training, research, and practice opportunities for our
students. One of many programs supported by the School of Nursing is the
Good Samaritan Center, located in Dearing, Georgia, and staffed by Dr. Sandy
Turner, a family nurse practitioner and Associate Professor and Interim
Chair of Advance Practice Nursing. Dr. Turner opens the clinic each Monday
to address the healthcare needs of this rural population that is largely
limited in their access to healthcare.Also of great
importance to the community is the Healthy Grandparents Program where
faculty and students in Advance Practice Nursing visit families, access
their needs, monitor their health and help match them with area resources
for ongoing assistance.
