Not only is there a nationwide shortage of nurses overall, but there is a particular need for nurses to serve the Hispanic/Latino population. Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States.

Carroll University’s Hispanic Nursing Project (HNP) is an academic support program funded through a Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. The institution received its first grant in 2004 and received a three-year continuation grant in 2007. The Hispanic Nursing Project is a funded support program to prepare students who have educationally or economically disadvantaged backgrounds for a career in nursing.

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Why the Hispanic Nursing Project?

• Pre-freshmen year, four-day Summer Institute to help prepare you for college.
• Academic support tailored to your schedule to ensure your success in the nursing major.
• Individualized advising from the Hispanic Nursing Project coordinator.
• Mentoring from an upper class nursing student.
• CNA course, if placement available, offered during the January term and paid for by the HNP.
• Scholarships if determined eligible by the Carroll Financial Aid Office and HNP criteria.
• Resume writing, job placement assistance and much more.

Requirements for the Hispanic Nursing Project

• You are interested in becoming a nurse at Carroll University
• You have a desire to serve people of Hispanic backgrounds
• You declare the Hispanic Health and Human Service minor or are bilingual and bicultural. Carroll recommends two or more years of high school Spanish.
• You have an educationally or economically disadvantaged background.
  • Your parents do not have a bachelor's or higher degree OR
  • The high school you attended had at least 20 percent of students eligible for free or reduced price lunches OR
  • The high school you attended had an average SAT/ACT score below the average for the state of Wisconsin for the past academic year OR
  • You come from a school district where 40 percent or fewer go on to attend college OR
  • English is not your primary language OR
  • You are of minority descent (American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, Black or Aftrican American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander) OR
  • Your family's adjusted gross income does not exceed 200 percent of the current published poverty guidelines.

For more information on the Hispanic Health and Human Services minor, click here.

For specific coursework showing the nursing major and the Hispanic Health and Human Services minor:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (Cohort A): Hispanic Health and Human Services (HHHS) Minor
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (Cohort B): Hispanic Health and Human Services (HHHS) Minor

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Hispanic Nursing Project
262.524.7618 or 262.650.4926

This project is supported in part by funds from the Division of Nursing (DN), Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under grant number 1-D19HP04154-01-01 “Hispanic Nursing Project” for $1,050,190. The information or content and conclusions should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any official endorsement be inferred by, the DN, BHPr, HRSA, DHHS, or the US Government.