Nursing School awarded grants
The School of Nursing receives two federal grants to support graduate school programs
Ona Golonka
Issue date: 11/12/09 Section: News
"You have to have a desire to help and the ability to do it, but you also have to understand how to do it," Burrow said.
"This grant provides grads with ideas on how to service these populations," she said.
Romnee Auerbach, another student in the DNP program who also works at a mental health clinic in Salem, entered the program to further her professional goals and to help vulnerable people.
"I have a goal of one day to open a clinic for kids with mood disorders," Auerbach said. "The program has the info that I need."
The other aspect of the DNP program, the integrative health component, aims at combining conventional medicine with integrative or alternative medicine.
"Society needs health care workers that know that people are utilizing other options," Warner said.
"It's helping the students understand that there are different approaches to health," she said.
According to Warner, Portland is a perfect place to offer such a program, due to the resources that are available, such as acupuncture, massage therapy and herbal medicine.
"It's something we should look at more as a whole in nursing, as nurses already look at everything holistically," Auerbach said.
The integrative health component of the program proves to be unique and attractive to students.
"I have a friend who flies in from the East Coast specifically for this program," Burrow said. "People are choosing to come back to UP for their social policy and their integrated health component. These two components have become a huge influence on the practice."
The smaller of the two grants, for $23,268, is called the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship grant.
It is geared toward advanced education nursing traineeships and provides scholarships and tuition assistance for graduate students.
Financial aid at the graduate level is difficult to come by.
"It's one of my favorite grants," said Stacey Boatright, grant director and program counselor for nursing graduate students.
"This grant provides grads with ideas on how to service these populations," she said.
Romnee Auerbach, another student in the DNP program who also works at a mental health clinic in Salem, entered the program to further her professional goals and to help vulnerable people.
"I have a goal of one day to open a clinic for kids with mood disorders," Auerbach said. "The program has the info that I need."
The other aspect of the DNP program, the integrative health component, aims at combining conventional medicine with integrative or alternative medicine.
"Society needs health care workers that know that people are utilizing other options," Warner said.
"It's helping the students understand that there are different approaches to health," she said.
According to Warner, Portland is a perfect place to offer such a program, due to the resources that are available, such as acupuncture, massage therapy and herbal medicine.
"It's something we should look at more as a whole in nursing, as nurses already look at everything holistically," Auerbach said.
The integrative health component of the program proves to be unique and attractive to students.
"I have a friend who flies in from the East Coast specifically for this program," Burrow said. "People are choosing to come back to UP for their social policy and their integrated health component. These two components have become a huge influence on the practice."
The smaller of the two grants, for $23,268, is called the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship grant.
It is geared toward advanced education nursing traineeships and provides scholarships and tuition assistance for graduate students.
Financial aid at the graduate level is difficult to come by.
"It's one of my favorite grants," said Stacey Boatright, grant director and program counselor for nursing graduate students.
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posted 11/26/09 @ 10:46 PM PST
Hello, I'm a nurse student and this post is very helpul to me. Thank you!
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