Mission FAQs Learning Styles Project Modules Web Resources Contact Us Mission My name is Dr. Norma Martínez Rogers and I am the project director of Avanzar.  This is a federally funded Health Resources and Services Administration grant with a purpose of increasing the enrollment and graduation of baccalaureate-prepared nurses who will ultimately enter nursing practice. This project specifically addresses Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010) goals and our own state’s health priorities.  Avanzar means to advance in Spanish. This program is designed to help individuals, particularly Hispanics, to successfully complete their education, thereby advancing their careers in professional nursing. In addition, Avanzar will address the nursing shortage by providing more baccalaureate-prepared nurses who are ready to practice in urban, rural or medically underserved areas. We will accomplish this by bridging the baccalaureate nursing program at the University of Texas at Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing (UTHSCSA SON) with the pre-nursing program being developed at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).  Objectives of the Avanzar project will address problems such as increased enrollment; retention and graduation of students, especially minorities, who are seeking baccalaureate and advanced nursing degrees; long distance education; and creating a community-based elective for the UTSA pre-nursing students that has preceptor clinical training opportunities in rural settings. Avanzar will expand enrollment in the baccalaureate nursing program at the UTHSCSA SON.  The Avanzar project will combine three major strategies: Develop a consortium with the UTSA specifically designed to recruit, mentor, and prepare students to advance and be successful in the baccalaureate nursing program at the UTHSCSA SON Expand the mentoring program of the UTHSCSA SON to the UTSA for the purpose of increasing retention Involve the community at every stage so that ultimately there will be an increase in the ratio of professional and advanced practice nurses in South Texas. I look forward to developing a strong pre-nursing program at UTSA so each of you can be better prepared to complete your goal to be a registered nurse with a baccalaureate degree. I am very interested in helping you in anyway possible to fulfill your goals.           AVANZAR is funded by HRSA, Education Practice and Retention Grant. Grant No.  D11HP07309 Project Director: Dr. Norma Martínez Rogers, Associate Professor/Clinical Faculty Advisor : Dr. Adelita G. Cantu, Instructor/Clinical Site Designed By: Heather Cura, Web Specialist For more information: cantua2@uthscsa.edu Phone: (210) 567-5834 Cell: (210) 542-0039 Fax: (210) 567-5738      UTSA Health Professions Office: http://www.utsa.edu/healthprofessions/ © 2007 UTHSCSA - SON Created: April 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Updated: 12 April 2007 By: Heather Cura Links provided from Health Science Center School of Nursing pages to other websites do not constitute or imply an endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites.