Division of Nursing Technical Assistance Workshop

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Division of Nursing Technical Assistance Workshop

• Advanced Education Nursing
• Traineeship (AENT) Program
• September 15-16, 2008 (San Antonio, TX)
• September 23-24, 2008 (Rockville, MD)
• Karen Delia Breeden, MPA
• Nancy Douglas-Kersellius
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Bureau of Health Professions
• Division of Nursing

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PROGRAM PURPOSE

• Grants authorized to meet the costs of
• traineeships that will pay all or part of the
• costs of the tuition, books, and fees of the
• advanced nurse education programs, and
• reasonable living expenses.

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APPLICATION DUE DATES

• HRSA Announcement Number HRSA-09-102
• Phase 1 Application Due Date in Grants.gov
• Tuesday, October 7, 2008
• by 800 PM EST
• Standard Form (SF 424 RR Short Form)
• HHS Checklist Form PHS-5161

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APPLICATION DUE DATES CONT.

• Phase 2 Supplemental Information
  Due Date in the HRSA EHBs
• Tuesday, October 28, 2008
• by 500 PM EST
• Biographical Sketch of Project Director
• Project Abstract
• Program Narrative
• AENT Attachments (1-3)
• AENT Program Specific Tables (1-6)
• Special Consideration Assurance Statement

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PHASE 2 - PROGRAM FORMS

• Attachment 1 AENT Program Agreement
  (electronic version)
• Attachment 2 Full-Time and Part-Time Status/
  Tuition, Fees and Stipends
• Attachment 3 Accreditation Documentation the
  Program / Approvals

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PHASE 2 - PROGRAM TABLES

• Table 1 AENT
• Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse
  Leader, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Administrator /
  Nurse Educator, and Post-Nursing Masters
  Certificate Traineeship Support and Graduate Data
  (Masters Program data only)
• Table 2 AENT
• Nurse-Midwifery Certificate, Nurse-Midwifery
  Masters, Nurse-Midwifery Doctoral and Nurse
  Anesthesia (First Year Only) Enrollment,
  Traineeship Support and Graduate Data
  

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PHASE 2 - PROGRAM TABLES CONT.

• Table 3 AENT Doctoral Enrollment,
  Traineeship Support and Graduate Data
• Table 4 AENT Graduate Data Rural,
  Underserved, or Public Health
• Table 5 AENT Ethnicity Data
• Table 6 AENT Race / Disadvantaged Data

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ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

• Collegiate schools of nursing
• Academic health centers and
• Other public or private entities capable of
  carrying out the legislative purpose.

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ACCREDITATION

• A collegiate school of nursing must be
• accredited by a body recognized by the
• Secretary of Education such as National
• League for Nursing Accreditation Commission
  (NLNAC), Commission on Collegiate Nursing
  Education (CCNE).
• Both institutional and graduate nursing program
  accreditations are required before the
  application can be considered for funding.

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ACCREDITATION OF NEW PROGRAMS

• New programs that are not yet accredited
• must provide documentation from the
• Department of Education that indicates
• reasonable assurance that the program will meet
  the accreditation standards of NLNAC or CCNE
  prior to the beginning of the academic year
  following the normal graduation date of students
  of the first entering class.

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ACCREDITATION OF NEW PROGRAMS

• New Programs should contact the Department of
  Education, Accreditation and State Liaison Unit
  at [phone] and follow instructions in
  application guidance.
• Documentation of the assurance from the
  Department of Education must be submitted with
  the application.

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PROGRAM APPROVALS

• New programs must identify all steps in the
  approval process and provide documentation of
  approval, i.e. copy of letter or meeting minutes
  from
• Nursing Faculty Committee
• Institutional Committees/Boards
• State bodies (State Boards of Nursing, Higher
  Education Boards)
• National Professional Associations (CCNE, NLNAC)
• Schools must submit documentation of all
  approvals with the application.

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USE OF GRANT FUNDS

• Stipends (maximum of 8,800 per student)
  pro-rated for training periods less than 12
  months.
• Full tuition and fees are allowable costs.
• Trainee travel not allowable.

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USE OF GRANT FUNDS CONT.

• Required program textbooks are allowable up to
  500 per trainees
• Only full-time, first-year nurse anesthesia
  students may be supported under the AENT program.
  
• Institutions should submit a separate Nurse
  Anesthetist Traineeship Program grant application
  to support nurse anesthesia students enrolled
  beyond the first 12 months of study.

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ELIGIBLE STUDENTS

• Eligible Student must be
• Enrolled full-time or part-time (within the last
  12 months of study prior to graduation)
• In an advanced education nursing program for
  preparation as a
• nurse practitioner,
• nurse-midwife,
• nurse anesthetist,
• clinical nurse specialist,
• public health nurse,
• nurse administrator,
• nurse educator,
• or other nurse specialty that meet the program
  requirements

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ELIGIBLE STUDENTS

• Students must also be
• Pursuing a Masters or doctoral degree, a
  combined RN to Masters degree, a nurse-midwifery
  certificate, or a post-nursing Masters
  certificate
• Citizen of the United States, a non-citizen
  national, or foreign national who possesses a
  visa permitting permanent residence in the United
  States
• Eligible for national nursing certification in
  the nursing specialty or field of study (as
  applicable) following graduation

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STATUTORY FUNDING PREFERENCE

• Preference will be given to qualified
• applicants that demonstrate a
• High rate of graduates accepting positions in
  medically underserved areas
• Minimum of 45 of graduates who spend at least
  50 of work time in these areas

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SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

• Special consideration will be given to
• eligible applicants who
• will use the award to train advanced education
  nurses who will practice in Health Profession
  Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
• provide applicant assurance and
• document a minimum of 10 of students who sign
  commitments to practice in HPSAs after graduation.

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HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010

• Healthy People 2010 is a national initiative
  led by HHS that sets priorities for all HRSA
  programs. The initiative has two major goals
• To increase the quality and years of a healthy
  life.
• Eliminate our countrys health disparities.

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FISCAL YEAR 2008 STATISTICS

• Submitted applications 322
• Applications not reviewed 4
• (Submitted in grants.gov but
• not submitted in HRSA EHBs.)
• Not recommended for funding 2
• (Data fields contained 0)
• AENT grants awarded 312
• Appropriation 16,000,000

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BUREAU OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION OF NURSING
Any Questions? Program Contact Karen Breeden,
MPA Project Officer Telephone [phone]
Website www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing
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Thank You!