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KDOC Nursing Education Program Proposal Breakthrough Team

Team Purpose

Expand the number of students (by approximately 24 to 30 annually) who have the opportunity to receive a nursing credential (LPN and/or RN) by providing high quality clinical sites at the El Dorado, Ellsworth, Norton, and Hutchinson Correctional facilities as well as Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility,

Provide an additional career path for nursing students with a well-paying, stable job opportunity in rural, underserved areas,

Create a pipeline of qualified nursing candidates for positions in correctional medical facilities,

Provide Hutchinson, Pratt and Barton County Community Colleges with a cost-effective option to expand their nursing programs, and

Enhance the clinical competency of new nursing staff working within the correctional and related public health systems.

Current Status

The proposal has been presented to the Kansas Board of Nursing.

Next Milestones

Future plans call for the initial implementation beginning in the fall of 2010.

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