Title: Strategies to Address Oregons Nursing Shortage: Funding Sustainable Solutions
1Strategies to Address Oregons Nursing Shortage
Funding Sustainable Solutions
2- Our Mission To advance, support and promote
the health of the people of Oregon and Southwest
Washington
3- Who We Are A private independent foundation
serving the Oregon and Southwest Washington
region. - What We Do
- Responsive grantmaking.
- Focused funding initiatives.
- Engage the community to share information and
build collaboration. - Provide training and technical assistance to the
community.
4Northwest Health Foundation Addresses Oregons
Nursing Shortage
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- In 2001, NWHF issued Oregons Nursing Shortage
A Public Health Crisis in the Making,
highlighting the severity of the shortage for the
region, predicted to be 20-25 by 2010.
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6Targeting Nursing
- In 2001, NWHF also invested in first targeted
initiative, Excellence in Community-Based
Nursing, to support innovative curriculum and
faculty development for nursing programs. Total
spent 180,494. - Designed to prepare nursing students for practice
in community health settings. - Five projects funded including three ADN programs
specifically addressing curriculum development. - See NLN Symposium Strategies to Promote
Community-Based Nursing Lessons from a Targeted
Initiative, Saturday 1045 1200
7The Meeting of the Minds Oregons Nursing
Leadership Develops a Strategic Plan
- Also in 2001, NWHF was instrumental in convening
a summit of the Oregon Nursing Leadership Council
(ONLC), to develop a strategic plan for
addressing the shortage. - ONLC brought together
- Oregon Nurses Association
- Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives
- Oregon Council of Associate Degree Programs
- Oregon Council of Deans
- Oregon State Board of Nursing
8ONLC Plan Proposed Collaborative Efforts Directed
Toward Five Major Goals
- Double the enrollment in Oregon nursing programs.
- Redesign nursing education to meet more directly
the changing health care needs of Oregonians. - Recruit and retain nurses into the profession.
- Development, implement and evaluation staffing
models that make the best use of the available
nursing workforce. - Create the Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) to
coordinate implementation and ongoing evaluation
of this plan. www.oregoncenterfornursing.org
9Investing in a Healthy Future Strategies to
Address the Nursing Shortage
10Investing in a Healthy Future Strategies to
Address the Nursing Shortage
- To invest in a healthy future for the region by
cultivating a stable, skilled workforce. - Five years, 5 million
- Provide core funding for the Oregon Center for
Nursing (OCN). - Support the development of advocacy among the
nursing community. - Create funding programs for collaborative and
sustainable solutions to the shortage.
11Funding Opportunities of the NWHF Initiative
will include
- The preparation of nursing faculty.
- Increasing the ethnic and racial diversity of the
nursing workforce. - Curriculum redesign to increase the breadth,
depth and quality of the preparation of nurses. - Developing specialty practice areas such as
long-term care, public health and mental health. - Providing educational assistance to students
through mentoring or other support programs. - The retention of nurses in the workplace.
12Expanding Capacity to Prepare Entry-Level Nurses
- First grant program, designed to increase the
ability of educational institutions to prepare
more new nurses. - Funds were provided to develop strategic plans or
implement strategies to increase capacity. - Five grants awarded in August 2003, for total of
653,216.
13Chemeketa Community College Partnerships in
Clinical Mentoring
- To develop and pilot a project that creates
adequate clinical faculty through intensive
orientation and mentoring from experienced
full-time academic faculty members to ensure a
high degree of knowledge transfer. -
- Elaine Mohn-Brown, EdD, MA, BSN
- mohe_at_chemeketa.edu
14Clackamas Community College Workforce
Improvement with Immigrant Nurses (WIN)
- To prepare 30-36 entry level RNs by targeting
nurses who have been credentialed in other
countries but who are living in Oregon and SW
Washington, providing English-language support
and internships in acute care, long-term care and
community health settings. - Judith Anderson, MSN, CNS, RN
- JUDYA_at_clackamas.edu
15Multnomah County Health Department Public Health
Resident Faculty and Recruitment Project
- To recruit, train and retain a culturally
diverse and appropriately educated public health
nursing workforce by increasing the number of
public health employees entering the nursing
profession and by providing opportunities for
nursing students to train in several public
health practice environments. - Bonnie Kostelecky, MSN, MPA, RN
bonnie.j.kostelecky_at_co.multnomah.or.us
16Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education
Increasing Capacity to Both Educate and Better
Prepare Nurses
- To develop, implement and evaluate a new model
of nursing education by - Developing competency-based education in all
nursing programs - Increasing educational capacity for basic RNs by
establishing a consortium of nursing programs - Increasing the number and quality of LPNs, CNAs
and community-based caregivers. - Louise Shores, EdD, RN
- Shores_at_ohsu.edu
17Peace Harbor Hospital Foundation Peace Harbor
Nursing Workforce Development Planning
- To support the planning activities necessary for
developing a collaborative system to provide
clinical training and online didactic instruction
for nursing students in Oregons remote central
and southwest coastal regions. - Cathleen Coontz, BSN, RN
- CCoontz_at_peacehealth.org
18Strengthening Capacity to Prepare Entry-Level
Nurses
- Second grant program of the Initiative.
- To develop and implement strategies to affect the
shortage in the region by - Increasing the number of new nursing
faculty, with advanced skills and interest in
teaching and - Increasing the opportunities for clinical
practicum of nursing students outside of hospital
settings. - Three grants awarded in July 2004, for a total of
450,000.
19College of NursingWashington State
UniversityEnhanced Expanded Nurse Educator
- To expand access to coursework through
web-based/distance offerings to increase the
number of masters prepared nurse educators. - Renee Hoeksel
- hoeksel_at_vancouver.wsu.edu
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20School of Nursing, Oregon Health and Science
University, Southern Campus Increasing Cultural
Competence for Entry-Level Nurses
- To provide learning experiences for nursing
students highlighting the health care needs of
culturally diverse vulnerable populations in the
Rogue Valley, Oregon. - Wendy Neander
- neandewe_at_ohsu.edu
21Susannah Maria Gurule Foundation Strengthening
the Capacity of Nursing through Innovative
Service-Learning Partnership with the Latino
Community
- To provide community practicum experience to
nursing students while promoting the health and
wellness of Latino families. - Marie Dahlstrom
- Mdahlstrom_at_smg-foundation.org
22Key Feature of Initiative Commitment to
Evaluation
- Purpose of evaluation is internal learning, as
well as external accountability. - Evaluation is collaborative among key
stakeholders and is ongoing. - Foundation supports evaluation of nursing
shortage initiative at 10 of total funding. - There is a strong collaboration between NWHF and
the evaluation team. - Contact Sherril Gelmon at gelmons_at_pdx.edu
23Conclusions
- NWHF has made a significant investment in the
future of Oregon and Southwest Washington. - No other regional funders have committed to such
a large-scale effort. - The funded projects are innovative approaches to
address nursing education and workforce issues. - The input of nursing leaders will continue to
shape the elements of the Initiative. - Weve only gotten started!
24Contact
- Judith L. Woodruff, JDDirector of Grant
ProgramsNorthwest Health Foundation503-220-1955
- judith_at_nwhf.org
- www.nwhf.org