UNE receives community and public health nursing grant

UNE Nursing

The University of New England’s Department of Nursing has received a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) program to train students in in community and public health nursing.

The grant, totaling more than $715,000, will provide 12 UNE students with a community health nursing curriculum and accompanying clinical experience in partnership with Greater Portland Health, a federally qualified health center with five sites serving vulnerable populations including immigrants and refugees, low income seniors and Portland’s homeless population. Nursing student participants will achieve essential knowledge, skills and cultural competencies to enter the workforce in community-based settings. The training will give students value experience and help to meet a need for skilled nurses. “This is a wonderful accomplishment for the Department of Nursing,” said Director Jen Morton, D.N.P., M.S., M.P.H., R.N. “We look forward to building an infrastructure that supports community-based nursing care as an integral component to pre-licensure nursing education and expanding the capacity of graduates entering the community and public health nursing workforce.”

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.