USF Nursing Student One of Three Nationwide to Speak at RWJF 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.

USF Nursing Assistant Professor Denise Maguire, PhD, RN, CNL (left) with second degree baccalaureate program graduate and current PhD student Marian Hardwick (right) at the New Careers in Nursing Annual Summit October 6-8, 2011 in Washington, DC.

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.

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.

Related strories:

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

USF Re-awarded Scholarship Funding Through RWJF New Careers in Nursing Program

USF Awarded $100,000 for RWJF News Careers in Nursing Program