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Project Name: Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships (A22)
Applicant Title: RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE
Abstract Text: The purpose of this project is to secure funding to provide financial assistance to approximately 24 first-year graduate nursing students matriculating in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in Nurse Anesthesia. The DNP program provides graduates with the eligibility to sit for the national certifying examination in this clinical nursing specialty. The objectives of the project are to: 1) prepare doctoral level graduates to deliver culturally sensitive and appropriate, quality nurse anesthesia care to diverse populations; and 2) increase the diversity of the nurse anesthesia workforce to reflect the diversity of the region and the nation. All DNP programs within the University at Buffalo School of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). In addition, the Nurse Anesthesia program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA). The COA accreditation was renewed in 2020. CCNE accreditation of the DNP programs was renewed through 2027. The program employees 3 full-time faculty and benefits from approximately 40 other faculty who provide clinical and didactic instruction to students. This project seeks to provide tuition assistance and stipend support for up to 24 graduate student trainees over each of the next three years. Throughout their course of study, these students will provide anesthesia care as trainees to populations within urban and rural underserved settings throughout New York State; a State comprised of over 1,800 Primary Medical Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). We are also requesting special consideration based on the high rate of graduates placed within a HPSA.