Cal
State University, L.A. School of Nursing Expands Baccalaureate
Program
The
School of Nursing at California State University, Los Angeles
has received a pledge of $178,500 from Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center for the education of two cohorts of 10 nursing students
over three years in the Bachelor of Science Nursing program.
This support is the function of the Cedars-Sinai Institute for
Professional Nurse Development, a newly-formed partnership program
with Cal State L.A. specifically designed to increase the number
of graduates with Bachelor of Science degrees in Nursing. These
nursing students will complete their clinical rotations at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center.
“The
school of Nursing is thrilled at Cedars-Sinai’s support of Cal
State L.A.’s nursing program expansion,” said Judith Papenhausen,
the School’s director. “Our vision is to increase the numbers
of baccalaureate and advanced practice nurses we can produce
over the next five years. We are grateful that Cedars-Sinai’s
strong commitment to our community and to professional nursing
recognizes Cal State L.A.’s proven capability to prepare and
graduate well-educated nurses during this severe nursing shortage,”
she said.
In the forefront of nursing education, Cal State L.A.’s School
of Nursing currently has approximately 200 pre-nursing majors,
slightly more than 200 undergraduate nursing students, more
than 100 graduate students and 24 full-time faculty. The Cal
State L.A. nursing program has been a unit in the College of
Health and Human Services since its inception, and was organized
as a department in 1960.#
