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SUNY Sullivan outlines nursing program growth after $1.09 million transformation grant
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Dr. Charisse Taylor told the Sullivan County Legislature the nursing program at SUNY Sullivan has 65 students, received three grants this year and will add new cohorts and certificate options, including a certified nursing assistant class and an accelerated LPN-to-RN pathway.
Dr. Charisse Taylor, director of the nursing programs at SUNY Sullivan, told the legislature on Friday that the college’s nursing program currently enrolls 65 students across three cohorts — two daytime cohorts and one evening cohort — and that the college has received three grants this year to expand training capacity.
Taylor said SUNY’s Transformation Grant totaled $1,090,000 for SUNY Sullivan, with $780,000 of that directed specifically to the nursing program. She said the college also received a “High Need Simulation Grant” to upgrade simulation labs and a Mother Cabrini Health Care grant to supplement nursing faculty salaries and benefits. “We received several grants for the nursing program,” Taylor said. “That $780,000 came specifically to the nursing program.”
Taylor outlined how the program is organized: a senior daytime cohort, another daytime…
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