Grantee Name
Hartwick College
Funding Area
Special Projects Fund
Publication Date
March 2014
Grant Amount
$83,030
Grant Date:
November 2008 – July 2011
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORTMeeting the demand for registered nurses (RNs) in New York State—expected to exceed supply by 37,000 in 2015—would require that an additional 4,000 nurses graduate annually.
In particular, rural counties in upstate New York are experiencing severe shortages and challenges recruiting and retaining RNs: the RN vacancy rate in regional health care facilities is currently 15%, up from 9% in 2007. Moreover, according to a report issued by Senator Charles Schumer, upstate New York hospitals could be dangerously understaffed in an emergency, with nearly 500 fewer full-time equivalent nurses than needed to meet health care demands in the Southern Tier. To address this nursing shortage, NYHealth awarded Hartwick College’s Department of Nursing (the College) a grant to support the development of a flexible, accelerated nursing degree program targeting local adult and second-degree students.