NC Future of Nursing Action Coalition BSN

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NC Future of Nursing Action CoalitionBSN
Higher Degree Taskforce

• Champions
• Foundation for Nursing Excellence
• NC Area Health Education Centers

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Currently.NC Nursing Education Programs (2011)

• 59 associate degree programs (ADN)
• 55 based in community colleges
• 18 pre-licensure BSN programs
• 1 pre-licensure MSN program
• 2 diploma programs
• 19 RN to BSN completion programs
• 38 practical nurse education programs

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Currently. NC RN Nursing Workforce

• Greater than 66 of new graduates are prepared at
  the associate degree (ADN) level
• Only 15.7 of ADNs have completed a BSN or higher
  degree
• Decreasing pipeline for future faculty and
  advanced practice roles

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Tracking the NC Future of Nursing Journey

• 2002-2004 - The NC Institute of Medicine (NCIOM)
  convened a task force to study the nursing
  workforce
• 2004 NCIOM Nursing Taskforce Report Updated
  2007
• Included priority recommendation to increase
  of BSN-prepared nurses
• 2010 Institute of Medicine of the National
  Academies of Science Report Future of Nursing
  Leading Change, Advancing Health

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Journey continues.

• - April 2011 Summit Creating the Future of
  Nursing and Health Care in NC
• gt 200 thought leaders across multiple sectors
• Identified top 4 priorities for action in NC
• - 4/11-10/11 - Organizing the NC Future of
  Nursing Action Coalition
• - 9/11 - Recognition as an Action Coalition by
  Future of Nursing Campaign for Action
• - July/Aug 2011 Edition of NC Medical Journal -
  Future of Nursing in North Carolina

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Coalitions Mission Values

• MISSION Transforming Nursing for North
  Carolinas Health
• We VALUE
• the health of North Carolinians
• the contributions of every nurse and healthcare
  provider
• nurses as partners with consumers and other
  members of the health care team
• the work of nursing that improves the health and
  health care of North Carolinians

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BSN Higher Degree Taskforce Goal Statement

• North Carolina is committed to increasing the
  proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate or
  higher degree to 80 by 2020 to
• improve health outcomes for North Carolinians
  through a higher educated nursing workforce

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Goal Statement..

• expand consumer access to primary care through an
  increased number of advanced practice nurses and
• increase the critical pipeline of faculty to
  prepare an adequate nursing workforce for the
  future.

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Strategies to Achieve Goal

• Implement RIBN statewide by 2016
• Promote educational advancement
• Create a seamless educational progression from
  LPN/ADN to DNP/PhD
• Cultivate and promote nurse faculty role

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Implement RIBN Statewide by 2016 Major
Strategy underway.

• What is RIBN?
• Partnership between community colleges and
  universities to Regionally Increase Baccalaureate
  Nurses
• Dual Admission Criteria and Curriculum approved
  by both institutions
• Recognized as BSN program by NC Educational
  Assistance Authority
• New Educational Track to BSN degree
• NOT an RN to BSN program

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Four Year RIBN Curriculum

• Home-based at CC Years 1-3
• Take one university course per semester to
  maintain admission status and earn credits toward
  BSN
• - Most university courses on-line
• Year 1 General education/nursing pre-reqs
• Years 2 3 - Complete ADN program eligible for
  RN licensure
• Year 4 Complete BSN courses/degree at
  university while being eligible to work as RN

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Expected RIBN Outcomes

• Increase proportion of BSN-prepared nurses
• Increase access to BSN programs, particularly in
  rural areas
• Increase faculty and APRN pipeline
• Resource sharing among RIBN partners faculty,
  labs, other learning opportunities
• Economically feasible option to achieve BSN

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RIBN Journey In NC History in the making..

• 2008-10 AB Tech WCU developed model
• 1st students admitted 2010 1st RIBN BSN grads
  -2014 (PIN TDE grants)
• 2010 Added 5 Regional RIBN Partnerships
• 5 universities, 13 CCs, 1 private ADN program
• 2010 IOM Future of Nursing Report
• Reinforced need to increase education of nursing
  workforce
• 2011 Received funding from TDE PIN grant to
  support RIBN Expansion

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RIBN Journey into the Future..

• 2012 94 RIBN students to be admitted in 4
  Regional Collaboratives ( 23 at WNC RIBN)
• 2016
• gt85 new RIBN BSN grads/year beginning 2016
• RIBN option statewide
• Challenges/Opportunities
• Building strong working relationships with
  partners
• Having all faculty informed and committed to RIBN
• Keeping RIBN students focused on achieving BSN
• Funding expansion of RIBN
• 1/3rd of NC BSN programs and 1/4th NC CCs
• now involved

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Other major strategies to reach goal

• Priorities through 2012
• Create a business model to articulate return on
  investment for increasing the nursing workforce
  with BSN and higher degrees
• Promote Educational Advancement for practicing
  nurses
• Common statewide approved general education and
  pre-nursing requirements
• Next Steps

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Together we can transform nursing in North
Carolina!!!

• Visit our website at www.ffne.org for more
  information on the RIBN Project Future of
  Nursing Action Coalition