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NEPQR Simulation Education Training (SET), NEPQR Mobile Health Training, NEPQR (CFPA), NEPQR (RNTP), NEPQR (PRNP), NEPQR (WEP)
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Mobile Health Training Program (NEPQR-MHTP): The purpose of this program is to improve and strengthen health equity in the nursing workforce with education and training to provide culturally aligned quality care in rural and underserved areas. The program will encourage recruitment and training of nursing students to address and manage social determinants of health (SDOH) and improve health equity of vulnerable populations in rural and underserved areas through nurse-led mobile health training sites. The NEPQR-MHTP will create and expand experiential learning opportunities for nursing students, including the provision of high-quality culturally sensitive care, identification of SDOH in local communities, engagement in critical thinking, and clinical practice highlighting a collaborative team approach to care. Nursing Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA) Program: The purpose of this program is to increase the nursing workforce by recruiting, training and producing skilled qualified clinical nursing faculty and nursing preceptors. The program will prepare nurses to serve as nursing clinical faculty and preceptors to newly hired or transitioning licensed nurses in a variety of care settings. The NPA program aims to create academies consisting of academic-clinical partnerships to develop and implement a formal curriculum to train clinical nursing preceptors. Registered Nurse Training Program (NEPQR-RNTP): The purpose of this program is to enhance nursing education and practice to advance the health of patients, families, and communities and improve health outcomes through innovative interprofessional training programs in acute care settings aimed to address and manage social determinant of health factors and improve health equity and health literacy in vulnerable populations. Simulation Education Training (NEPQR-SET): The purpose of the NEPQR-SET program is to enhance nurse education and strengthen the nursing workforce by increasing training opportunities for nursing students through the use of simulation-based technology, including equipment, to increase their readiness to practice upon graduation. This training expands the capacity of nurses to advance the health of patients, families, and communities in rural or medically underserved areas experiencing diseases and conditions such as stroke, heart disease, behavioral health, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and obesity. Pathway to Registered Nurse Program (NEPQR-PRNP): The purpose of this program is to create a pathway from academic training to clinical practice through the creation and implementation of Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) to Registered Nurse (RN) Bridge Programs and employment of Clinical Nurse Faculty. Workforce Expansion Program (NEPQR-WEP): The purpose of the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention (NEPQR) - Workforce Expansion Program (WEP) is to increase the nursing workforce in rural (non-metro) and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings.
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Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP): Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Program: In Academic Year 2017-2018, IPCP grantees trained nearly 5,300 individuals. Grantees partnered with 150 clinical sites to provide interprofessional team-based training to 5,012 individuals. Approximately 61 percent of the clinical training sites were located in medically underserved communities, and 55 percent were in primary care settings. More than 58 percent of interprofessional trainees were nurses and nursing students, while 2,120 were trainees from other health care disciplines, including medical, dental, and behavioral health. Although targets were not met, this was primarily because the number of funded grantees was reduced.
Registered Nurses in Primary Care (RNPC) Training Program: The 42 awardees are located in underserved and rural areas in 26 U.S. States and all ten regions are represented. Eighty-six percent of the awardees are schools of nursing and six are healthcare facilities.
Veteran Nurses in Primary Care (VNPC) Training Program: NEPQR-VNPC award recipients are located in seven states across five HRSA regions. All are partnered with multiple primary care clinics located in HRSA designated rural or geographic primary care health professions shortage areas; 100% of the award recipients are Schools of Nursing.
In Academic Year 2019-2020, IPCP: BHI grantees trained 868 individuals and produced 509 graduates. Grantees partnered with 42 clinical sites to provide interprofessional team-based training to 849 individuals. Approximately 71 percent of the clinical training sites were located in medically underserved communities, and 81 percent were in primary care settings. More than 50 percent of interprofessional trainees were practicing nurses and nursing students, while 393 were trainees from other health care disciplines, including medical, dental, and behavioral health.
In Academic Year 2019-2020, the RNPC program trained 1,576 individuals in primary care nursing programs and produced 505 graduates. Over 40 percent of nursing students received training in substance use treatment (43 percent), in addition to participating in training related to COVID-19 (36 percent) and/or opioid use treatment (45 percent). RNPC grantees partnered with 455 training sites to provide experiential training. These training sites were located in primary care settings (75 percent), medically underserved communities (76 percent), or rural areas (38 percent). The majority of the clinical training sites offered COVID-19 related services (56 percent). In addition, clinical sites provided telehealth service (57 percent) and integrated behavioral health services in primary care (37 percent).
In Academic Year 2019-2020, the VNPC program trained 56 veterans to obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). The majority of the trainees received training in medically underserved communities (61 percent) and for more than 40 percent of trainees, their experiential training was in primary care settings. In addition, individuals were trained in opioid use treatment (32 percent), in telehealth (50 percent) and/or participated in COVID-19 related training (29 percent). The VNPC grantees partnered with 18 clinical training sites to offer experiential training. These training sites were located in medically underserved communities (56 percent) and/or primary care settings (44 percent). In addition, clinical sites offered services related to COVID-19 (72 percent), integrated behavioral health services in primary care (67 percent), opioid use treatment (50 percent) and/or substance use treatment (61 percent).
NEPQR-SET: No data available
In Academic Year 2020-2021, NEPQR-IPCP: BHI awardees trained 1,895 individuals and produced 1,097 graduates. Awardees partnered with 73 clinical sites to provide interprofessional team-based training to 1,100 individuals. Three-fourths of the clinical training sites were located in medically underserved communities (75 percent), over two-thirds were in primary care settings (67 percent), and almost half were in rural areas (47 percent). More than 50 percent of interprofessional trainees were practicing nurses and nursing Two-thirds of the clinical training sites offered integrated behavioral health services in a primary care setting (66 percent), 73 percent offered telehealth services, and 58 percent offered COVID-19 related services.
In Academic Year 2020-2021, the NEPQR-RNPC program trained 2,049 individuals in primary care nursing programs and produced 1,046 graduates Seven in 10 nursing students participated in training related to COVID-19 (70 percent); additionally, 36 percent received training in substance use treatment and 33 percent received training in opioid use treatment. NEPQR-RNPC grantees partnered with 596 training sites to provide experiential training. These training sites were located in primary care settings (74 percent), medically underserved communities (66 percent), and/or rural areas (41 percent). The majority of the clinical training sites offered COVID-19 related services (71 percent). In addition, clinical sites provided telehealth service (63 percent) and integrated behavioral health services in primary care settings (39 percent). NEPQR-RNPC awardees developed or enhanced 483 courses for students—31 percent related to primary care and 11 percent related to chronic disease, including mental health and substance use conditions.
In Academic Year 2020-2021, the NEPQR-VNPC program supported 130 veterans pursuing their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). A majority of veterans trained in medically underserved communities (75 percent) and/or primary care settings (50 percent). In addition, participated in COVID-19 related training (53 percent), trained in telehealth (52 percent), and/or trained in opioid use treatment (39 percent). The NEPQR-VNPC awardees partnered with 50 clinical training sites to offer experiential training. The majority of training sites in the NEPQR-VNPC program were located in primary care settings (82 percent) and/or medically underserved communities (66 percent). Additionally, clinical sites offered services related to COVID-19 (82 percent), integrated behavioral health services in primary care settings (40 percent), opioid use treatment (32 percent) and/or substance use treatment (32 percent). Awardees enhanced or developed a total of 63 courses; 32 percent of the courses focused on primary care and/or community-based collaboration and 30 percent of the courses focused on veterans’ health
In AY 2020-2021, NEPQR-SET awardees trained 2,934 individuals, 71 percent of whom were an underrepresented minority and/or from a disadvantaged background, and produced 1,150 graduates. Awardees partnered with 21 clinical sites to provide training to 460 individuals. Just over three-fourths of the clinical training sites were located in primary care settings (76 percent), 71 percent were in medically underserved communities, and almost one-half were in rural areas (48 percent). Almost all of the sites offered COVID-19 related services (95 percent) and over half offered telehealth services (57 percent). Awardees enhanced or developed 23 courses, 70 percent of which were simulation-based trainings. Thirty percent of the courses focused on health equity or health disparities.
In Academic Year (AY) 2021-2022, NEPQR Programs trained 7,560 nurses and nursing students, including 1,520 nurses and nursing students trained to provide care in medically underserved areas through NEPQR Programs. In addition, 4,230 trainees and professionals participated in interprofessional care teams through NEPQR Programs. This includes training in key areas to:
• Recruit and train nursing students and current registered nurses (RNs) to practice to the full scope of their license in community based primary care teams;
• Increase the training of the current and future nursing workforce and strengthen their ability to provide integrated behavioral health care; and
• Strengthen nurses’ capacity to address the complex health care needs of those living in rural and medically underserved areas through the use of simulation-based technology.
NEPQR-MHTP – Accomplishments will be updated in in future Congressional Justifications as the program data has not been submitted at this time.
NEPQR-CFPA- Accomplishments will be updated in future Congressional Justifications as the program data has not been submitted at this time.
NEPQR-RNTP- Accomplishments will be updated in future Congressional Justifications as the program data has not been submitted at this time.
NEPQR-PRNP-Accomplishments will be updated in future Congressional Justifications as program awards have not been made at this time.
In Academic Year (AY) 2022-2023, the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention programs trained 10,342 nurses and nursing students. A total of 5,245 nurses and nursing students completed a training program supported by the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention program during the academic year. Select Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention program outcomes include: 2,255 participants completed clinical training experiences in a wide variety of high-need and community-based settings. The 767 clinical training sites included community-based organizations, Federally Qualified Health Centers or Look-alikes, Rural Health Clinics or Critical Access Hospitals, mobile health clinics, and local health departments; and 853 courses, workshops, simulations, clinical rotations, and practicums were developed on topics such as primary care nursing, health equity, evidence-based practice, and interprofessional care. Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention programs trained 42,465 nurses and nursing students through these curricula.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
