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CO-OP Program Receives National Recognition
February 28, 2005
The Caring For Our Own Program (CO-OP) has received national
recognition, having been one of four programs invited to present
at the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and
Practice (NACNEP) on April 8, 2005. Kay Chafey, PhD, RN, Project
Director, and Fredrica Lefthand, Assistant Project Director, will
be making the presentation at the NACNEP meeting on April 8th and
will have a question and answer period following the
presentation. Of the 70 work-force diversity programs currently
funded by the Division of Nursing, Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), the CO-OP program was selected as Exemplar
in the Nursing Workforce and Diversity program.
The National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and Practice
is a federally mandated advisory group that makes recommendations
and advises the Division of Nursing, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, and Congress on policy matters arising from the
administration of Title VIII, the Public Health Service Act. The
Council (NACNEP) is considering nursing workforce issues at this
April meeting along with violence and improved safety in nursing
education and practice settings and in the workforce. NACNEP is
very influential in advising on policies that involve nursing.
There will be congressional staff present to hear about the
success of programs that have received federal health and human
services dollars for nursing education.
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