About Bringing the Best to NursingAt the national and state levels the nursing shortage is being felt and the lack of representation of minorities is of concern to improve quality of health care to the growing minority and aging population. Bringing the Best Nursing is a program to recruit, retain and graduate 80 high-quality minority and economically disadvantaged nursing students. The BBN will provide scholarships to selected students and needed support to these students to ensure they receive the highest quality, culturally appropriate education, preparing them to be clinically competent, professionally socialized, and compassionate nurses. This program specifically meets the needs of national and state initiatives, including the national goals of the Bureau of Health Professions and Healthy People 2010, by increasing the number of minority students that will be retained and will receive a quality and culturally sensitive nursing training. |