The News Argus, March 2003
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WSSU's master's in nursing program begins in January
Classes for WSSU's lat
est master's degree pro
gram, the master's in
nursing program in the
School of Health Sciences
will begin Jan. 13.
"This program is the
first for an historically
black college and univer
sity [HBCU] in the
University of North
Carolina system and is
the first primary care pro
gram to be taught at
WSSU," said Dr. Sylvia
Flack, WSSU's dean of
the School of Health
Sciences.
"Not only is this pro
gram significant for the
region and the state but it
has national significance
as well."
Including WSSU's pro
gram, only 12 HBCUs in
the nation offer graduate
studies in nursing. This
program of study is a
Family Nurse Practitioner
(FNP) with an emphasis
on minority health and
psychology / mental
health. Flack said the fea
tures of the program once
again set WSSU apart as a
unique entity in produc
ing health care providers.
"No other FNP program
within the system or
nation offers these
emphases," Flack said.
"Another unique func
tion of this program is its
collaborative relation
ships. Faculty from North
Carolina A&T State
University, North
Carolina Central
University (NCCU) and
UNC-Chapel Hill collabo
rated with WSSU's Dr.
Carol Lundrigan, associ
ate professor of nursing,
to develop the program."
It also offers to faculty
from WSSU, A&T and
NCCU opportunities to
develop teaching and
mentoring skills at the
graduate level. Lundrigan
credited the Northwest
Area Health Educational
Center's (AHEC) role in
the program's develop
ment through AHEC
grants, which provided
clinical educational and
lab resources.
"This program has
major implications for
our efforts to provide
health care in the region
and conducting health
care research at Winston-
Salem State University,"
said WSSU Chancellor
Harold L. Martin Sr.
Courtesy of WSSU Web site
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