Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants

Objectives: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Behavioral Health Integration (NEPQR-IPCP:BHI) Program: The purpose of this program is to increase the access to and quality of behavioral health services through behavioral health integrated team-based care models; and train the future nursing workforce to provide integrated behavioral health services in primary care settings through academic-practice partnerships. Registered Nurses in Primary Care (RNPC) Training Program: The purpose of this four-year training program is to recruit and train nursing students and current registered nurses (RNs) to practice to the full scope of their license in community-based primary care teams to increase access to care, with an emphasis on chronic disease prevention and control, including mental health and substance use conditions. The program aims to achieve a sustainable primary care nursing workforce equipped with the competencies necessary to address pressing national public health issues, even the distribution of the nursing workforce, improve access to care and improve population health outcomes. Veteran Registered Nurses in Primary Care (VRNPC) Training Program: The purpose of this three-year training program is to recruit and train veteran nursing students and current registered nurses (RNs) to practice to the full scope of their license in community-based primary care teams to increase access to care, with an emphasis on veteran care, chronic disease prevention and control, including mental health and substance use conditions. The program aims to achieve a sustainable primary care nursing workforce equipped with the competencies necessary to address pressing veteran public health issues, as well as the distribution of the nursing workforce, improve access to care and improve population health outcomes. Mobile Health Training Program (NEPQR-MHTP): The purpose of this program is to improve and strengthen health equity in the nursing workforce with education and training to provide culturally aligned quality care in rural and underserved areas. The program will encourage recruitment and training of nursing students to address and manage social determinants of health (SDOH) and improve health equity of vulnerable populations in rural and underserved areas through nurse-led mobile health training sites. The NEPQR-MHTP will create and expand experiential learning opportunities for nursing students, including the provision of high-quality culturally sensitive care, identification of SDOH in local communities, engagement in critical thinking, and clinical practice highlighting a collaborative team approach to care. Nursing Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA) Program: The purpose of this program is to increase the nursing workforce by recruiting, training and producing skilled qualified clinical nursing faculty and nursing preceptors. The program will prepare nurses to serve as nursing clinical faculty and preceptors to newly hired or transitioning licensed nurses in a variety of care settings. The NPA program aims to create academies consisting of academic-clinical partnerships to develop and implement a formal curriculum to train clinical nursing preceptors. Registered Nurse Training Program (NEPQR-RNTP): The purpose of this program is to enhance nursing education and practice to advance the health of patients, families, and communities and improve health outcomes through innovative interprofessional training programs in acute care settings aimed to address and manage social determinant of health factors and improve health equity and health literacy in vulnerable populations. Simulation Education Training (NEPQR-SET): The purpose of the NEPQR-SET program is to enhance nurse education and strengthen the nursing workforce by increasing training opportunities for nursing students through the use of simulation-based technology, including equipment, to increase their readiness to practice upon graduation. This training expands the cap