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Overview
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Purpose of grant is to
increase nursing program faculty in Maryland Nursing programs.
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Classroom or clinical program
faculty are both appropriate.
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The Teach for the Health of It program is funded for
$800,000 over two years for 40 or more qualified Registered Nurses
to move into faculty teaching positions and to aid nursing students
to complete their degree.
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Program has 2 components: nursing faculty component
and succession planning component.
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Applications can be made by partnerships of at least
one healthcare provider institution and at least one educational
institution.
Nursing Faculty Component
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Healthcare employer releases a
Master’s prepared Registered Nurse to teach.
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Up to $10,000 is available for this nurse to obtain
any additional credentials needed.
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Partnerships will create a MOU
that defines parameters.
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New faculty member remains on healthcare employer
payroll and collects the same wage and benefits.
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Educational institution pays healthcare employer what
it would normally have paid faculty member.
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Alternative approaches developed by partnerships will
be considered.
Succession Planning
Component
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Intended to aid students in completing their
education credential as quickly as possible.
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Scholarships of up to $10,000 per
student are available to educational institution for students’
tuition.
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Students may or may not be employees of healthcare
provider institution.
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Students may be in entry-level non-traditional
programs, BSN, graduate, or education certificate programs.
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Priority to students receiving MSN in nursing with
emphasis in education so that the students are qualified to teach in
the future.
Application
submission
Priority is given
to:
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