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Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies (CFPA) Program

Purpose: Support the creation of academies, consisting of academic-clinical-community partnerships, that develop and implement formal nurse education training curriculum used to train clinical nursing faculty and preceptors.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Program (IPCP): Behavioral Health Integration (BHI)

Purpose: Increase the access to and quality of behavioral health services through team-based care models in interprofessional nurse-led primary care teams in rural or underserved areas.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Mobile Health Training Program (MHTP)

Purpose: Increase and strengthen the diversity, education, and training of the nursing workforce to provide culturally aligned quality care in rural and underserved areas where there are health care disparities related to access to and delivery of care.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Pathway to Registered Nurse Program (PRNP)

Purpose: Create a pathway from academic training to clinical practice through the creation and implementation of licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse to registered nurse bridge programs and employment of clinical nurse faculty.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Registered Nurse Training Program (RNTP)

Purpose: Enhance nursing education and practice to increase the number of nursing students trained in acute care settings to address and manage social determinant of health factors and improve health equity and health literacy in underserved areas.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Simulation Education Training (SET) Program

Purpose: 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.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP)

Purpose: Increase the nursing workforce in rural and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings.

Nursing Student Loans (NSL)

Purpose: Assist accredited public schools and educational intuitions in offering low-interest loans to degree-seeking students in the health care field.

Opioid Workforce Expansion Programs (OWEP) for Professionals and Paraprofessionals

Purpose: Train behavioral health professionals who provide opioid use disorder and other substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery services in high-need and high-demand areas.

Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program

Purpose: Recruit and retain medical, nursing, and behavioral/mental health clinicians with specific training and credentials providing pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent mental and behavioral health care in Health Professional Shortage Areas.

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