The NEA is important because it supports innovations in education that enable schools to infuse their graduates with skills needed by today's changing health care system with its emphasis on primary care and health promotion. All 28 NEA supported centers are in medically underserved areas, with 32,000 primary care service visits in 1995. The NEA was reauthorized in 1998. Also provides grants to educate master's and doctoral students as clinical nurse specialists, public health nurses, nurse administrators, faculty, nurse anesthetists, and non-primary care nurse practitioners. Includes traineeships for master's and doctoral students with a limit of 10 percent of appropriations for doctoral traineeships.
Grantees are responsible for accomplishing the objectives of their grants.
This program is the major federal scholarship source for undergraduate nursing students. The majority of SDS recipients are minority students. This program seeks to attract health professionals to practice in Health Professional Shortage Areas that lack such providers. Many of those areas are rural, and have difficulty attracting and retaining caregivers. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.