The next award period for the NRSA grant will be Fall 2002 but the curriculum is open to all students interested. The concentration in Nursing Systems is designed for students whose career goals are practice and research in health care delivery or academic administration. The focus within the courses is on organization theory, management in complex systems, and research in organizations. Students focus either on the management of health services or educational administration. Emphasized domains include management, education administration, health care delivery, and health, disease, and nursing as they relate to health care and educational policies.
Related domains are health policy, information systems, and finance.
The concentration in Community Health nursing builds on the knowledge base of health promotion, disease prevention, epidemiology of health and illness, and the structure and management of health care environments. Emphasis is placed on knowledge development related to intersectoral collaboration and planning for the community's health. O ther sources of funding The Graduate Student Affairs office of the School of Nursing maintains a notebook with current information on sources of funding for graduate students. Much of this information is sent to us by outside organizations, though some information also comes from within the University of Texas. The following list contains some of the regularly offered awards and their application deadlines for the 2001-2002 academic year.