{"id":11405,"date":"2019-04-25T01:10:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T01:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/?p=11405"},"modified":"2019-04-26T21:06:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T21:06:25","slug":"specializing-in-primary-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/specializing-in-primary-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Specializing in primary care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11406 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/04\/Primary-care-474x600.jpg\" alt=\"nursing student\" width=\"474\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/04\/Primary-care-474x600.jpg 474w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/04\/Primary-care-474x600-119x150.jpg 119w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/04\/Primary-care-474x600-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>The School of Nursing has received a $2.5 million grant to offer a bachelor\u2019s degree specializing in primary care. The four-year grant is from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Classes will begin in summer 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The program, within the traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing track, includes a new curriculum emphasizing primary care in a clinical setting. It also includes team-based primary care clinical training in locations that serve primarily at-risk, underserved populations.<\/p>\n<p>The grant will pay for development of an annual interprofessional workshop focused on primary care for practicing registered nurses, clinical supervisors of nursing students and nursing faculty members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a critical need to increase the delivery of high-quality, primary health care by baccalaureate-prepared registered nurses practicing in community clinics. 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