UDM College of Health Professions receives Michigan Nursing Corp Grant
July 14, 2008University
of Detroit Mercy's College of Health Professions was recently
awarded a grant for $258,280 from the Michigan Nursing Corps for
its recent proposal addressing the nursing shortage issue.
The critical shortage of nurses and educational faculty is both a public health concern and an economic development opportunity for Michigan. The focus of the Michigan Nursing Corps award is to help increase the number of educational and clinical nursing faculty and reduce the long wait periods currently experienced by nursing students.
Dean of
the College of Health Professions Suzanne Mellon, PhD, RN, received
the award last month by the State of Michigan's Department of
Community Health and the Department of Labor and Economic
Growth.