School of Nursing Scrapbook 1979

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SAN DIEGO CLIPPING SERVICE

SOUTHERN CROSS DEC 6 1979.

USD ursing school granted $1 million A five-year, $1 million grant from the National Master's degrees in psych– iatric nursing. only a brief period of outpatient counseling.

Institute for Mental Health has been awarded to the University of San Diego Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing, Dean Irene Palm– er has announced. The grant, the Graduate Program in Advan ced · Psychiatric Nursing, will provide institutional and training support to regis– tered nurses seeking

"This has resulted in a 'revolving door' phenom– enon. This program will focus on long-term, pre- • ventive 'Outpatient thera- ~ py," she added. . Interested nurses who - ' - hold a B.S.N. degree may obtain registration and qualification information by calling the USO School of Nursing at 291-6480, extension 4548.

"The primary objective of the program is to prepare the graduates in practice settings that deal with the chronically mentally-ill patient," said _Janet Blen– ner, assistant professor of nursing at USO and project director of the grant. "In the past, people with mental problems have been placed in institutions and then released, with