十大菠菜台子 and BHSH系统 Announce Major Investment to Support 护理 Programs

To help meet the critical demand for nurses in 密歇根, 十大菠菜台子 and BHSH系统 announced a new partnership focused on increasing the number of nurses graduating from OU. 通过这次合作, BHSH系统 will provide 十大菠菜台子 with financial resources totaling more than $20 million over the next five years for the BHSH Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar program.

This investment includes more than $10 million for student grants and more than $10 million for infrastructure investments. To accommodate the influx in students and remain in compliance with state regulations and national accreditation standards, OU will use the infrastructure funding to expand lab and classroom space, purchase instructional equipment and hire faculty to teach additional course sections. Grant recipients will be on a path to become BHSH系统 team members for at least two years after graduation.

“The nursing shortage in our state is a critical and complex challenge that must be solved with bold and collaborative solutions,蒂娜·弗里斯·德克尔说, 总统 & BHSH系统(前身为博蒙特健康和频谱健康)首席执行官. “We are proud of our long-standing partnership with 十大菠菜台子 and to have this amazing opportunity to invest in talented, 有同情心的人想成为护士. We are incredibly excited about the impact the BHSH Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar program will have in health care and for our communities.”

“We deeply appreciate BHSH系统’s partnership and investment into the education of the next generation of health care providers,十大菠菜台子校长奥拉·赫希·佩斯科维茨说. “This magnanimous gift directly responds to the need for more highly skilled nurses and the workforce shortage that has become more critical since the beginning of the COVID-19 global pandemic. We are proud that BHSH系统 and OU have a shared commitment to improve the quality and delivery of patient care in 密歇根.”

“This visionary investment by BHSH系统 strengthens the health of 密歇根’s residents and the health of our economy, 这两者都是十大菠菜台子使命的主要焦点,佩斯科维茨补充道.

博蒙特健康集团总裁. Benjamin Schwartz said recruitment and retention of the next generation of nurses is one of his top priorities. “Students have so many choices and options about where they can work after graduation. I’m convinced that after these OU students spend some time working with us, 他们会想把自己的职业生涯奉献给我们的病人. 我们有一支不可思议的团队。.

OU’s nursing school educates BSN Pre-Licensure students via two tracks: a Traditional BSN track and an Accelerated Second-Degree track. The university currently admits 96 students into the Traditional BSN program two times per year and 64 students into the Accelerated Second Degree (ASD) BSN program three times per year.

“OU also will add a recruitment specialist to attract diverse students and ensure the success of candidates and graduates. OU Career Services will work in collaboration with the 护理学院 to design a marketing strategy specifically geared toward the recruitment of second-degree students working across industries,护理学院院长Judy Didion补充道.

OU’s 护理学院 has approximately 770 BSN Pre-Licensure students at any time, 每年大约有350名BSN护士毕业. The graduation rate is approximately 95% and the average NCLEX first-time pass rate during the pandemic is approximately 86%, which is above the 密歇根 average of 79% and on par with the national average of 87%. Prior to COVID, the OU pass rate was 91%, while the 密歇根 average was 89%. 整体, 据报道，94%的开放大学传统BSN毕业生在密歇根州就业, 而88%的ASD毕业生表示他们在密歇根州找到了工作.

关于十大菠菜台子

是十大菠菜台子的博士, Carnegie Classification R2 “High 研究 Activity” university located in 奥克兰 and Macomb counties, 密歇根. The main campus is located on 1,443 acres of scenic land in Rochester Hills and Auburn Hills. 十大菠菜台子 offers bachelor's degrees, graduate degrees and certificate programs. 十大菠菜台子 is organized into the College of 艺术与科学 (which includes a 音乐、戏剧和舞蹈学院), the 十大菠菜台子 William Beaumont School of Medicine and the Schools of 工商管理, 教育及公共服务, 工程与计算机科学, 健康科学, 护理, 和荣誉学院. 这所校园氛围浓厚的学校配有学生宿舍, 希腊的生活, Division I athletics and more than 250 student groups that lend to the total college experience. 欲知详情，请浏览 www.奥克兰.edu

关于BHSH系统

Formed from two leading health systems in 密歇根 (Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health), BHSH系统 is a not-for-profit health system that provides care and coverage with an exceptional team of 64,000多名专业人员，其中超过11人,500名医生和高级实践提供者，超过15,在22家医院提供服务的000名护士, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities—and Priority Health, 供应商赞助的服务超过1人的健康计划.在密歇根州有200万会员. 通过经验, 创新与协作, we are building a system designed to meet the needs of the people we serve through care and coverage that is simple, 负担得起的, 公平和例外.

关于博蒙特健康

博蒙特健康是BHSH系统的一个部门. 我们的使命是改善健康，灌输人性，激发希望. 有八家医院, 超过150个门诊点, 近5,000名医生和33名,000名员工, Beaumont’s commitment to patient and family-centered care contributes to the health and well-being of residents throughout the communities we serve and beyond.