The Quantum Foundation has awarded Palm Beach Atlantic University two grants totaling more than $280,000 over two years for health care needs in Palm Beach County.
A grant for $250,000 will go toward the PBA School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program, which will launch in January 2015 with a class of 24 students. The program will prepare graduates for state licensure to serve as nurse practitioners.
Graduates of Palm Beach Atlantic’s proposed DNP program, upon receipt of state licensure, will be equipped to work as nurse practitioners providing primary healthcare to patients including prescribing a range of medications. They also will be prepared to work in private practice, serve in hospital administration, teach nursing at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and lead a variety of health-related organizations.
A separate Quantum Foundation grant for $30,744 will go toward MedData, a prescription assistance service administered locally by Palm Beach Atlantic University. The program, offered through six clinics, provides assistance to indigent and uninsured patients in need of chronic care medication.
