The Virginia Department of Health announced last week the first recipients of the Earn to Learn Nursing Education Acceleration Program grant, which aims to address critical workforce shortages for nurses across Virginia.
Rappahannock Community College was among these recipients and received $301,596.74.
The goal of the program is to transform nurse clinical education to accelerate the development of practice-ready nurse graduates, a release said. The grant was open to educational institutions or organizations that offer Virginia Board of Nursing approved nursing education programs for pre-licensure Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses.
In establishing the program, the General Assembly directed the VDH to utilize $5 million of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLRF) authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to establish the Earn to Learn program in fiscal year 2024. For the next two fiscal years, $4 million in general funds was appropriated to the pr...