Blue & You Foundation grants $68k to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to create continuing education program
Members of the Blue & You Foundation and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock celebrate a grant to build a new continuing education center in the Department of Nursing. Photo by Brad Sims. The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas presented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a $68,357 grant to support continuing education for healthcare professionals.听The grant will allow 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to launch and maintain a nationally approved continuing education program to provide continuing education opportunities for nursing students, healthcare professionals, and emergency response professionals.听鈥淭he grant will benefit our students, current and future nurses, and other healthcare professionals, such as paramedics, by offering AACN continuing education opportunities right here at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock,鈥� said Dr. Elizabeth Sloan Davidson, chair of the Department of Nursing.The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Nursing will use the funds to receive certification from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for the continuing education program and to hire a part-time nurse planner to administer and maintain the program.听鈥淲ith our state-of-the-art simulation center, made possible in part by earlier funding from the Blue & You Foundation, we are in a prime position to offer unique opportunities for hands-on application of new skills that will then provide a safer and even better quality healthcare experience for Arkansans,鈥� Sloan Davidson said. 鈥淥ur students can graduate already having skills and credentials that will give them a step-up in job readiness. We are grateful for this opportunity.鈥�Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield established the Blue & You Foundation in 2001. Since then, it has awarded more than $36 million to nonprofits and governmental agencies for 1,922 health-improvement programs in the state. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock was one of 39 initiatives out of more than 260 applications funded through the foundation鈥檚 2020 grant awards.鈥淲e had a record-high number of applications this year. The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock application stood out, and that is why it was chosen,鈥� said Patrick O鈥橲ullivan, executive director of the Blue & You Foundation. 鈥淲e appreciate everything you are doing to help keep Arkansans healthy and to build our medical workforce. We know how very important that is.鈥�This is the sixth grant 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has received from the Blue & You Foundation, totaling more than $375,000. Some of the previous grants have funded nursing equipment that will be used in the continuing education classes, including pediatric simulation models and mannequins that nursing students use to simulate human patients. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock plans to begin offering continuing education classes in July.
Members of the Blue & You Foundation and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock celebrate a grant to build a new continuing education center in the Department of Nursing. Photo by Brad Sims.
