夏威夷查米纳德大学获逾220万美元联邦护理拨款：全州今年唯一获此项资助的院校
位于美国夏威夷州檀香山县檀香山市（Honolulu, Hawaii）的查米纳德大学（Chaminade University of Honolulu）宣布，该校护理与健康专业学院获得美国卫生资源与服务局（HRSA）「护理人才多元化计划」（Nursing Workforce Diversity）拨款，金额逾220万美元，将在四年内发放。该校是夏威夷州今年唯一获得这项拨款的院校，拨款编号为1 D19HP56223-01-00。
护理学院助理教授阿内拉·拉博尔（Anela LaBore）表示，这笔拨款具有变革意义，资金一方面直接支持护理专业学生，另一方面用于加强学校面向社区的早期推广与教育项目，改善学生的学习成果。
按该计划的宗旨，这笔钱将用于增加来自弱势种族、经济与文化背景的护理专业学生在招生、在学进阶与毕业各环节的人数。拨款中除奖学金外，很大一部分将用于招收更多来自代表性不足与弱势群体的护理学生，既服务夏威夷各岛屿长期被忽视的社区，也回应夏威夷的护士短缺。
资金还将用于帮助新生打好基础：学院计划开发一系列「就绪模块」短期课程，帮助学生达到或提升通识教育要求，为护理专业的高强度训练做好准备。查米纳德的护理本科为四年制学士项目，学院也会在招生环节用这笔资金把「成为一名护士需要什么」讲清楚，帮助高中生更好地规划自己的教育路径。
查米纳德大学的护理教育始于2010年的本科专业，此后陆续增设硕士与博士层级的护理研究生项目，护理与健康专业学院已培养出数百名护士，服务于夏威夷及全美各地的患者。
学院表示，这笔联邦资助将支持弱势背景的护理学生完成从招生、在学进阶到毕业的全过程，也为夏威夷补充本地培养的护理人才。
Chaminade University Wins Over $2.2 Million in Federal Nursing Funding, the Only Hawai'i Institution Awarded the Grant This Year
Chaminade University of Honolulu, in Honolulu, Hawaii, has announced that its College of Nursing and Health Professions has earned a Nursing Workforce Diversity program grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), valued at over $2.2 million and distributed over four years. Chaminade was the only institution in Hawai'i to be awarded the grant this year. The grant number is 1 D19HP56223-01-00.
Anela LaBore, an assistant professor of nursing at the college, said the HRSA grant is transformative and will go both to directly supporting nursing students and toward enhancing Chaminade's early outreach and education initiatives designed to improve educational outcomes. 'We provide a lot of support to students, and this grant will allow us to expand that support,' LaBore said.
In keeping with the mission of the program issuing the grant, the money will be spent to increase the enrollment, progression and graduation of nursing students from disadvantaged racial, financial and cultural backgrounds. Aside from scholarships, much of the award will be spent on recruiting more nursing students from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups, benefiting the islands' overlooked communities while addressing Hawai'i's nursing shortage.
Funds will also better prepare incoming students: LaBore and her colleagues plan to develop 'readiness modules,' specialized short courses to help students meet or improve general education requirements ahead of the rigors of nurse training. Part of the funds will also support messaging in the nursing school's recruitment process, helping high school students better understand what it takes to become a nurse so they can make better decisions about their educational pathways.
Chaminade's nurse education program was launched in 2010 as an undergraduate major and has since expanded with master's and doctoral graduate nursing programs. The College of Nursing and Health Professions has graduated hundreds of nurses now serving patients throughout Hawai'i and across the nation.
Chaminade University official announcement
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图片来源：查米纳德大学护理专业学生在教师指导下进行临床技能练习（官方图）。查米纳德大学。 / A Chaminade University nursing student practices clinical skills under an instructor's guidance (official photo). Chaminade University.
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