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OKC Medical Briefs September 1, 2004
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more
than $1.6 million in three grants to the University of Oklahoma
College of Nursing.
The grants include $814,313 to train adult nurse practitioners
through distance-learning programs at OUHSC and $85,250 for
scholarships. The grant also includes $775,371 to expand the basic
nursing training in rural northeast Oklahoma through the OU College
of Nursing in Tulsa.
According to Deborah Booton-Hiser, professor and direct...
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