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UM-Flint School of Nursing receives $3.94M grant to address rural nursing shortage

October 23, 2024 9:25 am Austin LaFave

The UM-Flint Educates Rural Nurses program will increase health care professionals in settings like the McLaren Thumb Region Hospital.

The University of Michigan-Flint School of Nursing has announced the launch of an initiative aimed at addressing the critical nursing shortage in Michigan's Thumb region. The UM-Flint Educates Rural Nurses program, also known as the UM-FERN project, is backed by a four-year, $3.94 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration and seeks to[…]

UM-Flint nursing professors secure $1.5M grant to expand assault survivor care program in rural Michigan

September 12, 2024 8:26 am Asinda Sirignano

The fall 2023 cohort of SANE participants.

The impact and implications of the University of Michigan-Flint's School of Nursing Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program will continue to reverberate throughout the region, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program, also known as SANE, trains nurses to provide high-quality, compassionate care to survivors of[…]

UM-Flint doctoral nursing grads make clinical practice impact

December 19, 2023 4:08 pm Asinda Sirignano

From left to right: Marilyn McFarland, David M. French professor emerita; John Mailey, a 2023 Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate; and Hiba Wehbe-Alamah, professor of nursing, at the 49th Annual International Transcultural Nursing Society Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

This December, 108 students from the University of Michigan-Flint's School of Nursing successfully completed Doctor of Nursing Practice programs (BSN or MSN to DNP and Graduate Nursing Certificates), one of the largest doctoral cohorts graduating from the school in recent years. As part of their studies, DNP students design, implement, evaluate and disseminate the results[…]