| Awardees |
Award Amount |
California State University, Chico Research Foundation |
$249,999 |
Sierra Community College District, Lake Tahoe Community
College Campus |
$250,000 |
Yosemite Community College District, Columbia College
Campus |
$222,320 |
| TOTAL |
$722,319 |
California State University (CSU), Chico Research
Foundation |
Sherry Fox
(530) 898-5891 |
Coalition Partners: California State University,
Chico School of Nursing, Enloe Medical Center, Butte College Nursing
Department, Feather River Hospital, and First Responder Emergency Medical
Services |
Award Amount: $249,999 |
Summary: Three human patient simulators will be installed
at the premises of one of the project partners, the Enloe Medical Center.
Nursing students from CSU, Chico and Butte Community College will make use of
this equipment to meet part of their clinical practicum requirement to become
Registered Nurses. During the 2007-08 school year, the availability of human
patient simulators is expected to allow the enrollment of an additional ten
nursing students, and during the 2008-09 school year the enrollment of 30
additional nursing students is projected. This resource will also be
available to the staff of coalition partners to develop and maintain clinical
competency.
The contractor is expected to provide a full time coordinator and a
half-time technician who will ensure substantially full-time utilization of
the simulation equipment.
The colleges are expected to adapt their Registered Nursing training
curriculum to reflect the availability of the nursing simulation equipment
which is being provided with resources made available by this sub-grant. |
Sierra Community College District, Lake Tahoe Community
College Campus |
Margaret White
(916) 781-6221 |
Coalition Partners: Lake Tahoe Community College,
Barton Memorial Hospital, and Marshall Hospital |
Award Amount: $250,000 |
Summary: Three human
patient simulators will be installed at Barton Memorial Hospital in South
Lake Tahoe. The main beneficiaries of the use of this equipment are enrollees
at Lake Tahoe Community College who are enrolled on a distant on-line basis
in the Sierra College Associate Degree in Nursing program. In addition to
benefiting current students, it is projected that ten additional students
will be enrolled each year because of the availability of the human patient
simulators. This resource will also be available to the staff of coalition
partners to develop and maintain clinical competency.
The college is expected to provide a full time coordinator and a
half-time technician who will ensure substantially full-time utilization of
the simulation equipment.
The college is expected to adapt its Registered Nursing training
curriculum to reflect the availability of the nursing simulation equipment
which is being provided with resources made available by this sub-grant. |
Yosemite Community College District, Columbia College
Campus |
Danise Rapetti
(209) 588-5038 |
Coalition Partners: Columbia College, Modesto Junior College,
Sonora Regional Medical Center, Mark Twain Hospital, Tuolumne General
Hospital, Oakvalley Hospital, and Sonora High School |
Award Amount: $222,320 |
Summary: Three human patient simulators will be installed
at the Sonora Regional Medical Center. The level of additional enrollment in
Registered Nurse training due to availability of this equipment is projected
to be ten each semester. This resource will also be available to the staff of
coalition partners to develop and maintain clinical competency.
The college is expected to provide a full time coordinator and a
half-time technician who will ensure substantially full-time utilization of
the simulation equipment.
The college is expected to adapt its Registered Nursing training
curriculum to reflect the availability of the nursing simulation equipment
which is being provided with resources made available by this sub-grant. |
