Lead applicant type: education training providerlead applicant location: louisville, kentuckyemployer partners: baptist floyd hospitalflaget memorial hospitalmary elizabeth hospital - university of…

Lead applicant type: education training providerlead applicant location: louisville, kentuckyemployer partners: baptist floyd hospitalflaget memorial hospitalmary elizabeth hospital - university of louisville (uofl)park duvalle community health centerhome of the innocents (hoti)education or training provider:elizabethtown community and technical collegejefferson community and technical collegejefferson county public schools (jcps)entities involved in administering the workforce development system: kentuckianaworks, INC.worker organizations, labor-management organizations, or labor unions: kentucky nurses associationoptional partners: none geographic scope: local regional BI-state specific locations include: jefferson and hardin counties in kentucky and floyd county in indiana. Total federal funding requested (total 5-year period): 2,371,023.38TOTAL match proposed (total 5-year period): 658,553.01PROJECT title name: spalding path proposed number of participants who start training: 360 BSN and 55 pmhnp students. Summary of project purpose and employment and training activities offered: spalding path will increase number of qualified nursing professionals (BSN) prepared registered nurses and MSN prepared pmhnps for the kentuckiana region through direct entry to nursing program pathway, clinical homes model of clinical education, strengthening technology-based didactic experiences, and strengthened simulation training. Clinical homes model is an innovative model of clinical education created out of hybrid between on-the-job training and traditional clinical placement approach. Students are recruited and placed within a single health partner during the entire clinical experience. Pmhnp health partner will have 1-2 pmhnp students per facility due to the smaller scale of outpatient mental health provider centers. Students in pmhnp graduate school will follow the same format of being placed with the facility that will provide appropriately trained preceptors and will rotate through clinical opportunities that partner provides ensuring wholistic on-the-job experience. Preceptor training is provided by a third party, online and self-paced, allowing working nurses to plan their time to complete the training. Target populations to be served: for BSN program track, target population is jefferson and surrounding public schools health academy students in targeted high schools in louisville and elizabethtown. Selected schools in louisville (waggoner, central, and western) have 52, 76, and 64.2 of students belonging to minority and underserved population, respectively. Spalding path will support black, indigenous persons of color (bipoc) and underserved students, while contributing to the growing racial diversity of the nursing sector. For MSN program, target population is registered nurses in jefferson county and surrounding areas that are seeking advanced practice certification and become high-skilled nursing professionals. Specific west louisville ZIP codes include 40202, 40203, 40210, 40222, and 40212. These areas are considered part of hrsas LI-northwest jefferson county b tract, which is considered a health professional shortage area. Training track: nursing career pathways targeted h-1B occupations: the first track creates a pathway for accelerated completion of pre-licensure nursing program creating BSN prepared registered nurses (code 29-1141.00, job zone 3) and second track creates advanced practice psychiatric nurses (code 29.1141.02, job zone 4). Recognized postsecondary credential(s) offered: students graduating from BSN program will be taking national board examination (nclex) to receive registered nurse (RN) credential. Students graduating from MSN- pmhnp program and will be taking american nursing credentialing center (ancc) certification exam and receive pmhnp-BC credential.