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Western Governors University Nursing Education Program Receives $500,000 Grant from the Texas Workforce Commission
Date:6/11/2009

Pilot Program for Nation's First Competency-Based B.S. in Nursing Leading to RN Licensure Set to Begin in Texas This Fall

SALT LAKE CITY, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Western Governors University, www.wgu.edu, has received a $500,000 grant from the Texas Workforce Commission for the development and launch of the first national, accredited online competency-based bachelor's degree program aimed at preparing students for initial licensure as registered nurses. The program, which is called the Multi-State Approach to the Preparation of Registered Nurses, or MAP-RN, is being developed by WGU in collaboration with state workforce agencies and healthcare institutions. The Texas pilot program is slated to begin this fall.

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Last year, more than 50,000 applicants to nursing schools were turned away, despite a nationwide shortage of registered nurses. This innovative new program is designed to help address this crisis in U.S. healthcare by making quality nursing education more accessible to working adults. The program combines WGU's online, competency-based academic approach with intensive clinical simulations and clinical practice at partner hospitals, supervised by onsite clinical coaches serving as WGU adjunct faculty. Texas is the second state to launch a pilot program for this degree program; the first pilot is set to begin in California in July.

In addition to the Texas Workforce Commission, WGU has partnered with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, U.S. Department of Labor, the California Workforce and Development Agency, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Catholic Healthcare West, Hospital Corporation of America, Kaiser Permanente, Tenet Healthcare, and Unive
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