Health Professions
Nursing Workforce Development
Advanced Education Nursing
Authorizing Legislation
- Section 811 of the Public Health Service
Act.
| |
FY 2006
Actual |
FY 2007
CR |
FY 2008
PB |
Increase
or Decrease |
| Budget Authority |
$57,021,000 |
$57,061,000 |
--- |
-$57,061,000 |
FY 2008 Authorization.........................................................................................................Expired
Statement of the Budget Request
- The FY 2008 Budget does not request
funding for this program. This is $57,061,000
below the FY 2007 Continuing Resolution
(CR).
Program Description
- Approximately 13 percent of the nursing
workforce is prepared at the master’s
or doctoral level. The goal of the Advanced
Education Nursing authority is to provide
support for: (1) projects that support
advanced nursing education and practice;
and (2) traineeships for individuals in
advanced education programs. This program
awards grants and enters into contracts
with eligible entities to meet the costs
of projects and traineeships that support
the preparation of registered nurses (RNs)
as nurse faculty, nurse practitioners
(NPs), clinical nurse specialists (CNSs),
nurse-midwives (NMWs), nurse anesthetists,
nurse administrators, public health nurses
and other nurse specialties requiring
advanced degrees.
Rationale for the Budget Request
- The FY 2008 Budget does not request
funding for this program. This is $57,061,000
below the FY 2007 CR. The President’s
budget priority focuses on nursing programs
that provide direct patient care in areas
where nurses are critically needed through
scholarship and loan repayment programs.
Funding levels for the Advanced Education
Nursing Program during the last five years
reflect this effort and are as follows:
| FTE |
$ |
| 2003 |
50,174,000 |
| 2004 |
58,636,000 |
| 2005 |
58,160,000 |
| 2006 |
57,021,000 |
| 2007 |
57,061,000 |
Outputs:
| |
FY 2006
Actual |
FY 2007
CR |
FY 2008
PB |
| Advanced
Education Nursing Program: [1]
Number of students* |
2,900 |
2,900 |
-- |
| Number
of minority/disadvantaged students
enrolled |
720 |
720 |
-- |
| % minority/disadvantaged
enrollment |
25 |
25 |
-- |
| Number
of graduates |
1,190 |
1,190 |
-- |
| Number
of graduates practicing in underserved
areas |
400 |
400 |
-- |
| % of graduates
practicing in underserved areas |
34 |
34 |
-- |
| Traineeship
Programs: [2] |
|
|
|
| Number
of students supported* |
9,000 |
9,000 |
-- |
| Number
of graduates |
3,629 |
3,629 |
-- |
| Number
of graduates practicing in underserved
areas |
1,705 |
1,705 |
-- |
| % of
grads practicing in underserved areas
|
47 |
47 |
-- |
*Includes both full-time and part-time
students
[1] Advanced Education
Nursing Program output targets have been
consolidated and include Nurse Practitioner
and Nurse Midwifery Programs, Nurse Anesthetist
Education Programs and Other Educational
Programs.
[2] Traineeship Program
targets have been consolidated and include
the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program
and the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship
Program.
Performance Analysis
- Most of the Health Professions’
Title VII and Title VIII programs were
reviewed as a unit during the FY 2004
budget cycle using the Program Assessment
Rating Tool (PART). This program was included
in that assessment. These programs, in
the aggregate, received a rating of Ineffective.
New performance measures are being established
for the Health Professions program overall. |
