TJU Instructor Miriam Bermudez Appointed HRSA Project Director

PHILADELPHIA, PA (07/20/2011)(readMedia)-- Miriam Bermudez, MSN, RN and Instructor at Thomas Jefferson University's School of Nursing, has been appointed Project Director for HRSA's Project Consult from July 2010- June 2013. The grant from HRSA provides $394,000 in annual funding. The project focuses on academic support for English as a second language undergraduate nursing students and for those from an underrepresented minority (URM)group. This is the 5th successful year of the project, bringing down JSN attrition rate and has increasing students' success with the NCLEX.