Yavapai college (YC), a public institution of higher education (IHE) located in prescott, arizona, proposes an LPN fast track program under the department of labor nursingexpansion grants nursing…

Yavapai college (YC), a public institution of higher education (IHE) located in prescott, arizona, proposes an LPN fast track program under the department of labor nursingexpansion grants nursing career pathways track. The proposed project, the YC LPN fast track program, will upskill certified nursingassistants (cnas), licensed nursing assistants (lnas), and military medical personnel(MMP) to the higher skilled profession of licensed practicing nurse (LPN). The YC LPN fasttrack program will consist of 22 credits over two semesters including theory, pharmacology, clinical, and skills lab courses. YC will admit 120 learners in the five-year grant period (10STUDENTS per cohort, two cohorts per semester in years 2-4). Based on YCS historical pass ratesfor its allied health and nursing programs, IT is expected that 105 learners will graduate thelpn fast track program and pass the nclex-PN, certifying them as lpns in the united states.yavapai county is the primary geographic scope for the project. IT is located in north-centralarizona, and due to IT being a popular location for retirees, IT has an aged population. Theprimary target demographic for YCS LPN fast track program is male nurses, who areunderrepresented within the nursing profession. Learners for the program will be recruited viaemployer partners, nursing and allied health advisory boards, and marketing campaignsthrough the colleges website and social media platforms.lpns in yavapai county currently earn a median income of more than 60,000, which isconsiderably higher than the 36,000 median income of cnas and lnas in yavapai county.additionally, lpns are expected to see a remarkable 38.8 rate of job growth in yavapaicounty between 2020 and 2030, far surpassing the projected growth of lpns nationwide (ABOUT6 ). The need for lpns in yavapai county is currently pressing, and IT will continue to grow incoming years.YC has six strategic partners in place to help make this proposed project a success. Fouremployer partners include dignity health yavapai regional medical center, northern arizonaveterans affairs health care system, good samaritan society, and granite creek health andrehabilitation center. These employer partners are already advisory board members and clinicalsite partners for the colleges nursing and allied health programs. Clinical partners are requiredto offer preceptors for nursing students, and the same practice will continue throughout the grantprogram to ensure preceptor engagement for learners in the LPN fast track program. Arizonanurses association (azna) has agreed to serve as the worker organization partner for this grantprogram, and northern arizona council of governments (nacog) has agreed to serve as theworkforce development partner for this grant program.a total project cost of 1,351,948.66 has been budgeted for five years to build an LPN fasttrack program at YC. This cost will be shared between the 1,124,821.28 requested from dolnursing expansion grant program (80 ) and 227,127.38 in the form of a cash match from YC.