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Lamar University nursing students
The JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing has been awarded a $607,018 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide education and tuition support to students who pursue degrees in nursing education.
The nursing school plans to implement a program providing opportunities for financial support to eligible nursing students that attend the Master of Science in Nursing Education track and Graduate Certificate Program for Nursing Education.
“These grant dollars will be used to increase the number of nursing faculty throughout the region, state and nation by removing one barrier to higher education cost,” said Dr. Ruthie Robinson, director of Graduate Nursing Studies. “Eligible graduate nursing students can apply for loan repayment – up to 85% of their loans for their MSN.”
According to Robinson, the program will not only ease the financial burden for nursing students, but also increase the number of students admitted into the program and the number of graduates that complete the program.
“We hope that by receiving this grant, LU’s MSN program will be able to attract even more students and further increase the number of nurse educators. While Texas and the nation is facing an increasing nursing shortage, the ability to smooth the pathway to becoming a nursing educator becomes even more important than ever,” she said.