New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program

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New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program

• Program Orientation Web Conference
• May 6, 2008 100 pm 300 pm EDT

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Operational Issues

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• Session being recorded
• Ask questions by typing into QA area on your
  screen (privately to the Host)
• Ask only general interest questions
• If there is a problem, send a message through
  the chat area OR if you cannot access the Web
  portion of this session, call 1(866) 229-3239

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Welcome Introductions

• Introducing the New Careers in Nursing
• New Collaboration between RWJF AACN
• Addresses several key needs in nursing
• Need for more diversity in nursing
• Need for more funding for accelerated students
• Need for highly educated entry-level nurses
• Need to increase the pipeline of future faculty

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Participants

• Geraldine (Polly) Bednash, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Executive Director, AACN
• Program Director, New Careers in Nursing
• Rosemary Gibson, MSc RWJF Senior Program
  Officer
• Vernell DeWitty, PhD, RN
• Deputy Program Director, New Careers in
  Nursing
• Joni Chang
• Program Assistant, New Careers in Nursing

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Program Director Polly Bednash

• Dr. Geraldine Polly Bednash is the executive
  director of the American Association of Colleges
  of Nursing (AACN). In her role, she oversees the
  educational, research, governmental affairs,
  publications, and other programs of the
  organization that is the national voice for
  baccalaureate and graduate programs in nursing.
  Representing more than 620 member schools of
  nursing, AACN is the only national organization
  dedicated exclusively to furthering nursing
  education in Americas universities and four-year
  colleges.

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RWJF Senior Program Officer Rosemary Gibson

• Rosemary Gibson, M.Sc., is a senior program
  officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  serving on the Quality/Equality and Pioneer
  Teams. She led a national strategy to improve
  end-of-life care and establish palliative care in
  mainstream health care.
• Before joining the Foundation in 1993, Gibson
  served as a senior research associate at the
  American Enterprise Institute, a Washington,
  D.C.-based public policy organization as vice
  president of the Economic and Social Research
  Institute, a policy think tank and as a
  consultant to the Medical College of Virginia and
  the Virginia state legislatures Commission on
  Health Care. She also served as a volunteer and
  board member at a free medical clinic in
  Washington, DC.

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Deputy Program DirectorVernell P. DeWitty

• Dr. DeWitty is the Deputy Program Director for
  New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program. She
  was previously the Director of Programs for the
  Center of American Nurses where she developed and
  implemented workforce advocacy programs for
  nurses. Dr. DeWitty has an extensive background
  in program development, health care and nursing
  administration. She has served in various
  administrative capacities in university teaching
  hospitals as well as community based hospitals.
  She is currently adjunct faculty at George Mason
  University in Fairfax, VA.

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Program Assistant Joni Chang

• Joni Chang is the program assistant for the New
  Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program. She is a
  graduate from Vanderbilt University with a degree
  in Chemistry and Psychology and a minor in
  Medicine, Health and Society. She has been with
  the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
  for a year and a half.

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Purpose of the Web Conference

• Enhance understanding of the program and
  application process
• Opportunity to ask questions
• Not the only opportunity to ask questions
  ongoing support is available through the
  National Program Office

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RWJF New Careers in Nursing

• A scholarship program to help alleviate the
  nursing shortage and increase the diversity of
  nursing professionals. Through grants to schools
  of nursing, the program will provide scholarships
  to college graduates without nursing degrees who
  are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and
  masters nursing programs.

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Program Overview

• Through the RWJF New Careers in Nursing
  Scholarship Program, funds to support up to 500
  scholarships of 10,000 each will be awarded to
  selected schools of nursing annually over a
  three-year period. Schools must demonstrate that
  the availability of scholarship funds will expand
  enrollment in accelerated nursing programs.

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Eligibility Criteria

• Schools must offer an entry-level accelerated
  baccalaureate or masters program in nursing.
• Accredited by a nursing accrediting agency
  recognized by the U.S. Dept of Education.

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Applications

• Must address the organizations past
  achievements and future plans to recruit and
  retain a diverse student body
• Explain how funding can help to leverage the
  expansion of faculty resources
• Identify what mentorship and leadership
  development activities will be available for
  scholarship recipients

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Program Basics

• A school of nursing may apply for between 5
  and 30 scholarships to be awarded to students
  from groups underrepresented in nursing or
  disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Up to 75 nursing schools will be selected to
  award scholarships.
• All applications must be submitted online.
• Deadline for applications is 300PM, EDT
• June 26, 2008.

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Review Process

• Proposals will be peer-reviewed
• Reviewers recommend award recipients
• RWJF makes final decision
• No feedback will be given on individual
  proposals due to volume

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Selection Criteria

• Schools of nursing must demonstrate that
  scholarship funds will be used to
• assist in recruitment and expand enrollment in
  accelerated baccalaureate and masters programs
  for non-nursing college graduates
• leverage expansion of faculty resources
• offer mentorship and leadership development for
  scholarship recipients.

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Technical Assistance

• Pre-application Services and Resources
• Complete information on the program and
  application process can be found online at
  www.newcareersinnursing.org
• Questions
• FAQs on New Careers in Nursing Web site
• Email ncin_at_aacn.nche.edu or call 202-463-6930
  ext. 232

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Technical Assistance

• Post-Award Service
• Peer-to-Peer forums for sharing knowledge
• Online resources for leadership development and
  mentorship
• Monitoring and follow-up of scholarship recipients

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Grantmaking Online Application Process

• Grantmaking Online website
• How to register to apply
• How to navigate the site
• Components necessary to complete the application
• How to upload documents onto the website and
• How to submit the completed application.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• To begin the application process, start from the
  www.newcareersinnursing.org website and click on
  Click Here to Apply

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• You may want to bookmark this page for easy
  access to your application.
• Read the Quickstart Guide before registering.
• Then click here to register. Please note that if
  you have previously applied for an RWJF grant,
  you will need to create a separate and unique
  Applicant ID for this particular grant.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website
You will be prompted to answer these three
preliminary questions.
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Grantmaking Online Application Website
You will then be asked to fill out your
registrant information. When creating your
Applicant ID and password, please be aware that
both are case sensitive. Please share your
Applicant ID and password with other colleagues
who will be working on the same application.
VERY IMPORTANT!!
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Grantmaking Online Application Website
This is the screen you will see after
successfully completing the registrant
information section. You should also receive a
confirmation email. In order to begin your
proposal, you will need to sign in with your
Applicant ID and password.
Click here
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Grantmaking Online Application Website
If you happen to forget your password, click here
for further assistance.
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Grantmaking Online Application Website
This is the screen you will see upon clicking the
link. Please enter either your Applicant ID or
email address. You will then receive an email
with your password included. You can also call
the NPO for further assistance.
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Grantmaking Online Application Website
The Home screen gives you a status report as to
where you are in the process of completing the
application.
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Grantmaking Online Application Website
About My Organization contains basic questions
about your institution.
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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Key Contacts allows you to add up to five
  contacts for the application, although only the
  Program Liaison information is required.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website
Project Information asks for information
regarding your current accelerated nursing
program(s). You must enter a Proposed Project
Title and answer at least one question in order
to save and return to your answers at a later
date.
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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Please limit all answers to one or two sentences
  EXCEPT for question 12 in which there is a 1,000
  character limit, including spaces.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Executive Summary asks you to describe how your
  school of nursing intends to use scholarship
  funding provided through this program. There is
  a 2,000 character limit, including spaces.

Click here for tips on cutting and pasting your
response.
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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Proposal Narrative asks you to download the
  Proposal Narrative Template in Step 1. Click on
  the file and open the document in Microsoft Word.
  

Click here to download
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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• This is what the Proposal Narrative document
  looks like when you open it. Read and follow the
  instructions carefully.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Once you have completed the Proposal Narrative
  document, save it to your computer and upload it
  onto the website.
• Click on Browse, find your file, wherever it
  may be located on your computer.
• Click Open, and then click Upload on the
  application website.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• If you have an updated version of the document,
  upload the newest version from your hard drive
  onto the website. The updated version will
  overwrite the previous version.
• You will see this message if you have
  successfully uploaded a document.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Before entering the Additional Documents
  section, you will be required to answer the
  following question. The answer should be Yes
  for all applications.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Additional Documents that you may submit along
  with your application include resumes and
  appendices.
• Follow the same instructions from the Proposal
  Narrative section to open the documents.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• This is what the Resume document looks like when
  you open it.
• The only resume required is that of the Program
  Liaison, but you may submit up to five resumes.
  Read and follow the instructions carefully.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• This is what the Appendices document looks like
  when you open it.
• Appendices are OPTIONAL. Read here for examples
  of what can be included. Read and follow the
  instructions carefully.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Follow the same instructions from the Proposal
  Narrative section to upload your documents onto
  the application website.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• The Proposal Summary page allows you to view
  all sections of the application. All
  requirements of the application can be seen on
  this page.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website
As you complete different sections of the
application, you will see a red check mark by
each section under Status
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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Once all sections have been completed, a
  Continue button will appear at the top of the
  Home screen and you will be able to submit your
  completed proposal from there.
• An email will also be sent automatically once all
  sections have been completed regarding the
  submission process.

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Grantmaking Online Application Process

• After clicking on the Continue button, you will
  be brought to the Proposal Summary page.
• You will be prompted to proofread all sections of
  your proposal before clicking on the Submit
  Completed Proposal link.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• This screen will appear once you have
  successfully submitted your proposal. You will
  also receive an email confirmation.

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Grantmaking Online Application Website

• Troubleshooting?
• You can access the FAQs and Help if you run
  into any problems.
• There is also a Help for the current page
  button on each page of the website that can
  provide useful information.
• Email of call the NPO.

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Questions

• Please feel free to ask any general questions
• you may have at this time. For specific
• questions, please email or contact the
• National Program Office (NPO)

Ph [phone], ext. 232 Fax (202)
785-8320 Email ncin_at_aacn.nche.edu
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Introduce Polling Questions

• Please tell us what you think about this web
  conference by answering the following questions.

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Thank you

• Vernell P. DeWitty, PhD, RN
• Deputy Program Director
• New Careers in Nursing
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• One Dupont Circle, Suite 530
• Washington, DC 20036
• Ph [phone], ext. 224
• Fax [phone]
• Email vdewitty_at_aacn.nche.edu