Marian Hardwick One of Three Students Across the Nation Invited to Panel at RWJF NCIN Annual Summit

Marian Hardwick, USF Nursing second degree baccalaureate program graduate and current PhD student, is one of only three former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) New Careers In Nursing (NCIN) scholars in the nation invited to participate in a student panel on “Career Advancement for the Accelerated Nursing Student” during the RWJF NCIN Annual Summit October 6-8, 2011 in Washington, DC.

Marian Hardwick

Hardwick was one of eight second degree baccalaureate students in the VA Nursing Academy (VANA), a collaboration between The Department of Veterans Affairs and the USF College of Nursing aimed at boosting care for veterans and job opportunities for nurses, awarded RWJF scholarships when the USF College of Nursing first received funding for the NCIN program in 2008. Hardwick is currently working on a psychiatric unit at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital while pursuing her PhD at the USF College of Nursing.

Well-known Florida nursing advocate, Mary Lou Brunell, Executive Director of the Florida Center for Nursing and Secretary of the Florida Nurses Association, is also speaking at the RWJF NCIN Annual Summit. NCIN annual meetings engage grantees from across the country to explore best practices and new approaches to strengthen their accelerated degree programs and increase the pipeline of students traditionally underrepresented in nursing, according to the NCIN Summit website. This year, the summit will address effective strategies for recruitment and retention of underrepresented students. Attendees will participate in sessions to learn more about the history of diversity in nursing, best approaches to adult learning, communications to reach targeted audiences, and methodologies for creating future nurse leaders.

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