T1Q47320
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Nurse Education Practice Quality and Retention: Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academy - Western University of Health Sciences (WESTERNU) proposes to create the WESTERNU-Faculty Academy Region 9 (WU-FAR9), consisting of academic-clinical-community partnerships, which develops and implements formal nurse education training curriculum used to train clinical nursing faculty and preceptors.
The WU-FAR9 consortium’s collaborative partnerships include WESTERNU’s College of Graduate Nursing, HealthImpact, a California-based organization dedicated to promoting a dynamic, well-prepared healthcare workforce, and San Antonio Regional Hospital (SARH), a community hospital and clinical site for multiple schools of nursing in HHS Region 9.
WU-FAR9 will address the nursing educator shortage throughout the region by implementing the recruitment/retention plan with strategies for effective recruiting, training, and providing guidance and connective supportive services for 416 clinical nurse educators, 416 directors of nursing education, plus 100 front line preceptors by September 2026.
With additional staff available as faculty and preceptors funded by this grant, more nursing applicants can be accepted into, mentored, and graduate from nursing programs. We are targeting clinical nursing faculty and preceptors associated with ADN, BSN, and MSN-E pre-licensure programs that educate tomorrow’s workforce.
The WU-FAR9 project proposes to contribute to the readiness of clinical faculty or preceptors offering multiple educational options with five (5) courses to augment the formal clinical nursing education required by the boards of nursing.
The WU-FAR9 course offerings include:
I. Clinical Faculty/Educator (CF/E) Certificate Program (30 CE hrs.) Virtual;
II. CF/E Train-the-Trainer Program (16 CE hrs.) In-person – Prerequisite: I;
III. Nurse Preceptor Educator Certificate Program (16 CE hrs.) Virtual – Prerequisite: I;
IV. Nurse Preceptor Educator Train-the-Trainer Program (8 CE hrs.) In-person – Prerequisite: I & III;
V. Preceptor Certificate Program (16 CE hrs.)- Virtual – Open to preceptor – No prerequisite.
Course I CF/E Certificate is a prerequisite for courses II, III, IV. We anticipate 75% (699) of participants will acquire Master Trainer-the-Trainer licenses, as a result, exponentially increasing the number of well-trained nursing faculty and preceptors.
WU-FAR9 will provide virtual and in-person education to clinical faculty, clinical educators, and preceptors to improve their teaching, based on the latest neuro and learning sciences and on the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s seminal study, Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation, led by Dr. Patricia Benner.
The legacy potential of this project offers real-world solutions for training clinical nurse faculty and preceptors. As the lead organization, WESTERNU is ready – upon award – to implement, manage, and coordinate efforts to operate the WU-FAR9 serving Region 9. WU-FAR9 was carefully developed with a smooth implementation and project sustainability in mind.
WU-FAR9 will deliver formal nursing education for clinical faculty and preceptor training offering 1,407 total training course seats for 932 total participants to increase the knowledge and skill-sets of nursing clinical faculty and preceptors, in-person at locations within HHS Region 9 throughout the grant from Sept. 2022 to Sept. 2026.
WU-FAR9 participants will access supportive services to improve resiliency and well-being to prevent burnout. (4-year). Post-training employment opportunities within partnering clinical sites. Enhance/create new academic-clinical preceptor development through an evidenced-based training curricula, testing with SARH, using RCQI process; tracking of participants, retention; and identify approaches to enhance overall learning experience, address cultural awareness, SDOH, health equity, and health literacy (4-years). WESTERNU qualifies for substantially benefits UN.
The WU-FAR9 consortium’s collaborative partnerships include WESTERNU’s College of Graduate Nursing, HealthImpact, a California-based organization dedicated to promoting a dynamic, well-prepared healthcare workforce, and San Antonio Regional Hospital (SARH), a community hospital and clinical site for multiple schools of nursing in HHS Region 9.
WU-FAR9 will address the nursing educator shortage throughout the region by implementing the recruitment/retention plan with strategies for effective recruiting, training, and providing guidance and connective supportive services for 416 clinical nurse educators, 416 directors of nursing education, plus 100 front line preceptors by September 2026.
With additional staff available as faculty and preceptors funded by this grant, more nursing applicants can be accepted into, mentored, and graduate from nursing programs. We are targeting clinical nursing faculty and preceptors associated with ADN, BSN, and MSN-E pre-licensure programs that educate tomorrow’s workforce.
The WU-FAR9 project proposes to contribute to the readiness of clinical faculty or preceptors offering multiple educational options with five (5) courses to augment the formal clinical nursing education required by the boards of nursing.
The WU-FAR9 course offerings include:
I. Clinical Faculty/Educator (CF/E) Certificate Program (30 CE hrs.) Virtual;
II. CF/E Train-the-Trainer Program (16 CE hrs.) In-person – Prerequisite: I;
III. Nurse Preceptor Educator Certificate Program (16 CE hrs.) Virtual – Prerequisite: I;
IV. Nurse Preceptor Educator Train-the-Trainer Program (8 CE hrs.) In-person – Prerequisite: I & III;
V. Preceptor Certificate Program (16 CE hrs.)- Virtual – Open to preceptor – No prerequisite.
Course I CF/E Certificate is a prerequisite for courses II, III, IV. We anticipate 75% (699) of participants will acquire Master Trainer-the-Trainer licenses, as a result, exponentially increasing the number of well-trained nursing faculty and preceptors.
WU-FAR9 will provide virtual and in-person education to clinical faculty, clinical educators, and preceptors to improve their teaching, based on the latest neuro and learning sciences and on the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s seminal study, Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation, led by Dr. Patricia Benner.
The legacy potential of this project offers real-world solutions for training clinical nurse faculty and preceptors. As the lead organization, WESTERNU is ready – upon award – to implement, manage, and coordinate efforts to operate the WU-FAR9 serving Region 9. WU-FAR9 was carefully developed with a smooth implementation and project sustainability in mind.
WU-FAR9 will deliver formal nursing education for clinical faculty and preceptor training offering 1,407 total training course seats for 932 total participants to increase the knowledge and skill-sets of nursing clinical faculty and preceptors, in-person at locations within HHS Region 9 throughout the grant from Sept. 2022 to Sept. 2026.
WU-FAR9 participants will access supportive services to improve resiliency and well-being to prevent burnout. (4-year). Post-training employment opportunities within partnering clinical sites. Enhance/create new academic-clinical preceptor development through an evidenced-based training curricula, testing with SARH, using RCQI process; tracking of participants, retention; and identify approaches to enhance overall learning experience, address cultural awareness, SDOH, health equity, and health literacy (4-years). WESTERNU qualifies for substantially benefits UN.
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Pomona,
California
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 295% from $1,000,000 to $3,951,700.
Western University Of Health Sciences was awarded
Nurse Education Practice Quality: WU-FAR9 Clinical Faculty Academy
Project Grant T1Q47320
worth $3,951,700
from the HRSA Office of Federal Assistance Management in September 2022 with work to be completed primarily in Pomona California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 4 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.359 Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention Grants.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA) Program.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 7/21/25
Period of Performance
9/30/22
Start Date
9/29/26
End Date
Funding Split
$4.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for T1Q47320
Transaction History
Modifications to T1Q47320
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
T1Q47320
SAI Number
T1Q47320-318111213
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Other
Awarding Office
75RJ00 HRSA Office of Federal Assistance Management
Funding Office
75RQ00 HRSA BUREAU OF HEALTH WORKFORCE
Awardee UEI
NFFLPSHMNJN4
Awardee CAGE
1EFE2
Performance District
CA-90
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Budget Funding
| Federal Account | Budget Subfunction | Object Class | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, Health and Human Services (075-0353) | Health research and training | Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) | $1,969,215 | 100% |
Modified: 7/21/25