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Georgia State to establish nursing leadership and informatics concentration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Angela Arnold Go, 404-413-1083, College of Health and Human Services Georgia State nursing school receives grant to establish graduate health care leadership and informatics concentration ATLANTA — The Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing at Georgia State University received more than $800,000 in a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a new master’s degree concentration in Nursing Leadership and Health care Innovations. The three year grant provides funding for the development of the program, as well as for faculty and a staff administrator. The nursing school has already initiated the new concentration, which features optional courses in nursing informatics and nursing leadership, and 10 students have enrolled for fall 2009. Georgia State will become the only university in Atlanta to offer the nursing informatics curriculum and the second statewide. By offering a degree concentration in nursing leadership and informatics, Georgia State is helping to fill a gap in the health care system. As health care strives to become more efficient, particularly through the use of technology, a need has arisen for nurses who understand both patient care and how technology can be used to improve care. With this increased use of technology, including the transition to personal health cards for all citizens by 2014, nurse informaticists who can translate technology into practice are in great demand. “The need for a master’s degree concentration in nursing leadership and health care innovations is enormous. Nurse leaders are needed to implement innovative strategies for enhancing patient care outcomes and maximizing the use of technology in practice,” says Cece Grindel, associate director for graduate nursing. The School of Nursing is working with Georgia State’s Institute of Health Administration to offer some of the coursework required in the new master’s program concentration. For more information on the degree program’s curriculum, visit http://chhs.gsu.edu/nursing/docs/HealthcareInnovationsCurr.pdf. ###
Sep 16, 2009 Georgia State University
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