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Recruiting Nurses of Color
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help to 4 4 students annually. T hose
enrolled at Southern O regon U n i­
O regon U niversity in M onm outh
w ill qualify for stipends and schol­
arships ranging from $ 1,800to $5,000
annually. Students in com m unity
co lleg es and those w ith a tw o-year
associate degree w ho w ant to earn
a b a ch e lo r’s degree in nursing will
versity in A shland and W estern
October 9, 2013
be eligible for $ 1,000 to $2,250.
percent population), the grant hopes
In O regon, the program sp ecifi­ to boost enrollm ent and support for
cally hopes to increase the num ber students o f L atino/H ispanic origin.
o f undergraduate nursing students
A n o th er goal is to enroll m ore
from d isad v an tag ed backgrounds co m m u n ity college students w ith
by 2 percent a year, going from the associate degrees into O H S U ’s bac­
cu rren t 13 percent to 19 p ercent by calaureate nursing degree program .
2016. B ecause o f the state ’s poor C urrently O H SU educates 55 o f
ratio o f L atino nurses to the L atino these students a year; the target is
p opulation (3.6 percent nurses to 12 70 by 2016.
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Turning a Hobby into a Business
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long term objectives fo r the co m ­
pany are recorded along w ith the
T h e m issio n sta te m e n t a rtic u ­ form ulation o f the c o m p an y ’s strat­
l a t e s th e p u r p o s e o f th e egies, tasks and functions.
c o m p a n y ’s e x iste n c e , th e ir ta rg e t
The competition refers to research­
a u d ie n c e as w ell as th e p ro d u c ts ing other businesses that offer sim i­
an d serv ice s. T h e v isio n s ta te ­ lar services and products w ithin m ar­
m en t -i is th e g u id in g fo rce b eh in d ket. This is com paring prices and
th e m is sio n s ta te m e n t th a t f o ­ other m arketing techniques.
c u se s o n the v a lu es, aim s an d the
T he m arket analysis is the study
fu tu re d ire c tio n o f th e c o m p a n y . o f the m arket in its entirety that relates
T he organizational plan is a d e ­ to the strengths, w eakness, opportu­
scription o f y o u r business, p ro d ­ nities and threats that m ay arise w hen
ucts and services and the goals o f launching your business.
the com pany. In this section, the
T he m arket plan is an essential
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part because this is w here you de­
velop strategies on how to solicit
consum ers and business. This is
w here you advertise! U se all public
relation resources and social m edia
to m arket your brand. Social m edia
has becom e the voice to the general
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T w itte r ,
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invest in a good publicist to let the
m edia know about your business.
T he financial plan is the spine o f
the b usiness plan because it is a
blue p rin t o f your b u sin ess’ current
and future financial state. It is based
upon the business balance sheet,
incom e statem ent and cash flow s.
In oth er w ords, the financial plan
captures how m uch m oney is needed
to start the business including all
start up expenses. In addition, the
financial plan will forecast proposed
revenue fo r years to com e to assess
grow th potential.
T he executive sum m ary is the
final p iece o f the puzzle, and the
m ost im portant part because it sum ­
m arizes all the sections o f your b usi­
ness plan by extracting the m ain
points. P rospective investors de­
term ine w h eth er y o u r business is
profitable based upon this section
o f the docum ent. M ake sure that
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