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Article: California State University, Fullerton Department of Nursing Awarded $2 Million Grant from UnitedHealth Group.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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A $2 million grant from UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) will help fund California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) Department of Nursing's "Expanding Healthcare Access through Nursing" project (see also UnitedHealth Group).
The grant will help fund the five-year, $3.5 million project aimed at boosting the number of yearly graduates from the CSUF nursing program and providing more highly educated nurses for underserved and low-income communities. In addition, the CSUF nursing program has officially named its state-of-the-art, high-tech nursing training facility the UnitedHealthcare Nursing Skills Lab.
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