{"id":45632,"date":"2023-12-05T01:26:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T06:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=45632"},"modified":"2023-12-04T19:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:32:41","slug":"uofl-awarded-6-5-million-grants-for-nurse-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2023\/12\/05\/uofl-awarded-6-5-million-grants-for-nurse-training\/","title":{"rendered":"UofL Awarded $6.5 Million Grants For Nurse Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/12\/12\/trustees-support-uofl-president-during-investigation\/uofl-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Uofl-logo.gif?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Uofl-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Uofl-logo.gif?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Uofl-logo.gif?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Uofl-logo.gif?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Uofl-logo.gif?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nUniversity of Louisville&#8217;s School of Nursing is getting a big boost for its training programs, which is expected to bring better access to healthcare in medically underserved areas.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The two grants, worth $6.5 million, were awarded to the school by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The money will support recruitment and retention of nursing professionals across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly $4 million of the funding will go toward an accelerated Licensed Practical Nurse-to-Bachelor of Science in Nursing (LPN-to-BSN) pathway. The grant will support scholarships for up to 83 students to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. <\/p>\n<p>Then, $2.6 million will go toward a project aimed to increase the number and diversity of nurse practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release, Kentucky has a &#8220;severe shortage&#8221; of health care workers. Officials report that a portion of 113 of the state\u2019s 120 counties are designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas, including parts of Jefferson County.<br \/>\nSource: WHAS11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Louisville&#8217;s School of Nursing is getting a big boost for its training programs, which is expected to bring better access to healthcare in medically underserved areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":2515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-archive","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-bS0","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Uofl-logo.gif?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45633,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45632\/revisions\/45633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}