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Thursday, April 20, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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Legislator says new program should help nursing shortage
Branson has pushed for legislation to alleviate the shortage in Kansas, and she has served on committees studying the situation.
For State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, a shortage of nurses in Kansas is more than just another issue.
by Alan Morgan Kansan staff writer
Scholarships designed to lure workers to underserved areas
Her motives for tackling this problem have been twofold. Because Branson is a representative of Douglas County, her support for nursing issues will indirect affect KU's College of Health Sciences. On a campus like Branson is a 1942 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Nursing.
"I hope the program will help," Branson said. "It's a program that's undoubtedly needed in Kansas."
So when Mike Gov. Hayden on Tuesday signed into law a bill designed to attract more nurses to the school, there were areas. It was an issue that hat bhop.
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The program Branson referred to is the Nursing Scholarship Program, designed to encourage more Kansans to nurses and to work in rural areas.
Branson said that while serving on committees studying the nursing situation in Kansas, she was able to visit many rural hospitals.
"It's a really critical situation," Branson said. "Small hospital after small hospital was begging for qualified nurses, especially in western Kansas.
"There just aren't any nurses out there."
In its first year, the scholarship program will make scholarships of up to $3,500 available to 250 students. Hall of each scholarship will be released by the state and the rest by a sponsoring hospital or nursing home.
In return, the students must serve as staff nurses at the sponsoring facilities for a time determined by the nurse's choice. The students and health care facilities.
Branson said that the state would have to ensure that potential nurses from western Kansas received an extra number of those scholarships.
"I think that it is very essential. that the scholarships be spread to both central and western Kansas." Branson said. "The urban areas in western Kansas are where the scholarships are really needed."
However, a scholarship program for nurses will not be the final solution for the shortage. Branson said
When the nursing scholarship program was introduced on the floor of the House, there were several attempts to amend the bill. Many of the representatives thought that the program should have included scholarships for other health care workers.
"The scholarship program will only cure part of a much larger problem," Branson said. "What has happened is that women — and nursing has traditionally been a profession, but there are other professions they can go into. They are entering professions that are more rewarding and
pay more. They are entering professions in which they can have a say in the decision-making process."
"I think when nurses are allowed to be involved in health care policy decisions, then will they be more likely to become 'nurses'," Branson said.
Branson said that nurses had been eliminated from the decision-making process in health care facilities.
Despite attempts to expand the target recipients of the program, the bill remained solely as a program for nurses.
Branson said that the need for nurses was the most critical area and what the bill was intended to help.
Hayden approved the new law during a ceremony at the Wichita branch of the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
"A critical shortage of nurses in Kansas, along with other factors, is threatening our health care delivery system." Hayden said "With the establishment of this program, we can better alleviate that shortage."
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