Bridges to the Doctorate in Nursing for Northeastern Ohio

 描述(由申请者提供)：美国的健康差距对美国人的健康有重大影响。要成功地解决健康差距问题，需要增加最常受到健康差距影响的群体中的科学家人数。作为最大的卫生保健专业人员群体，护士和护士科学家有潜力改善健康差距，但只有不到2%的美国注册护士拥有博士学位。随着目前与慢性病有关的国家倡议、自我管理的需要以及正在进行的包括以团队为基础的初级保健的医疗保健改革，护士科学家有潜力为改善健康的科学和解决健康差距作出重大贡献。然而，护士科学家太少了，特别是来自代表性不足(UR)群体的科学家。该项目的目的是通过提供一个过渡性项目，将克利夫兰州立大学(CSU)和乌尔苏林学院(UC)的护理学硕士学生与凯斯西储大学France Payne Bolton(FPB)护理学院的博士项目联系起来，增加来自代表性不足群体的护士科学家的数量。护理学作为一门女性主导学科，在获得博士学位方面面临着比其他科学学科更多的挑战。在MSN和博士项目中，来自少数族裔背景的护士数量不断增加，分别为29.3%和27.7%。尽管教育程度有所提高，但护理学院来自UR群体的护士教师仍然太少：只有不到12%的护士教师来自少数族裔背景。5年计划的目标是：1.确定并招募5组桥梁参与者 他们的硕士学位课程，每年一组(n=4)，并提供指导研究经验(1至5年级)2.由加州大学、CSU和FPB为桥梁参与者(1至5年级)提供联合指导，重点是找出并解决UR小组的学生经常遇到的差距，以增强留住和融入学术角色的社会化。3.录取布里奇斯从加州大学和CSU毕业的学生进入FPB/凯斯西部储备大学攻读博士学位。为了实现这些目标，我们制定了一项计划，从加州大学和南加州大学寻找并招募有前途的MSN学生参加MSN项目。我们将每年从南加州大学和加州大学分别挑选2名学生，在5年内总共挑选20名学生。然后，布里奇斯的学生将被分配到共同导师，一名来自他们的MSN机构，一名来自FPB CWRU，并在他们完成MSN的过程中参与付费的指导研究体验。此外，每组4名学生将接受量身定制的节目，以帮助他们解决来自代表性不足群体的学生特有的需求和挑战。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Health disparities in the US have significant impact on the health of Americans. To successfully address health disparities requires increasing the number of scientists from the groups most commonly impacted by health disparities. As the largest group of health care professionals, nurses and nurse scientists have the potential to improve health disparities yet fewer than 2% of American RNs have PhDs. With the current national initiatives related to chronic diseases, the need for self-management, and ongoing health care reform to include team- based primary care, nurse scientists have the potential to make substantial and significant contributions to the science of improving health and to address health disparities. Yet there are too few nurse scientists, particularly from under-represented (UR) groups. The purpose of this project is to increase the number of nurse scientists from under-represented groups by providing a transitional program, bridging master's nursing students from Cleveland State University (CSU) and Ursuline College (UC) into the PhD program at the Frances Payne Bolton (FPB) School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University. Nursing, as a female predominant discipline, faces additional challenges in attaining PhDs beyond that faced by other scientific disciplines. Within MSN and PhD programs, there are increasing numbers of nurses from minority backgrounds, 29.3% and 27.7%, respectively. Despite this increased educational attainment, Schools of Nursing remain with too few nurse faculty from UR groups: fewer than 12% of nurse faculty come from minority backgrounds. The aims of the 5 year project are to: 1. Identify and recruit 5 cohorts of Bridges participants during their master's degree programs, one cohort (n = 4) in each year, and provide mentored research experience (years 1 through 5) 2. Provide joint mentoring by UC, CSU and FPB to Bridges participants (years 1 through 5) with a focus on identifying and addressing the gaps often experienced by students from UR groups to enhance retention and socialization into academic roles. 3. Admit Bridges student graduates from UC and CSU into PhD study at FPB/Case Western Reserve University. To accomplish these aims, have developed a plan to identify and recruit promising MSN students from UC and CSU who are in the MSN programs. We will select 2 students from CSU and 2 students from UC each year for a total of 20 students over the 5 year period. The Bridges students will then be assigned co-mentors, one from their MSN institution and one from FPB CWRU, and participate in paid mentored research experiences while they complete their MSNs. In addition, each cohort of 4 students will receive tailored programming to assist them in addressing needs and challenges that are specific to students from underrepresented groups.