The Future of Nursing Education

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1 The Future of Nursing Education Columbia, MO June 28, 2011 Diana Mason, Strategic Advisor, Campaign for Action

2 IOM Report Education Recs: Increase to 80 percent the proportion of nurses with BSN by 2020 Double number of nurses with doctorate by 2020 Implement nurse residency programs Promote lifelong learning

3 BSN Rec Rationale Exposes students to leadership and community and public health More prepared to care for complex patients More likely to get advanced degrees, enabling them to be faculty and PCPs Offers foundation for more complex roles

4 Improving Education The Evidence Studies show significant association between educational level and patient outcomes* 6% of AD nurses get advanced degree, enabling them to teach and serve as PCPs, compared to 20% of BSN grads (Aiken, 2009) *Aiken et al., 2003; Estabrooks et al., 2005; Friese et al., 2008;Tourangeau et al., 2007; Van den Heede et al., 2009

5 Improving Education Community colleges crucial role Gateway for students who wouldn t enter BSN programs because of space, distance or cost Must get graduates to continue education Partnerships East Central College Missouri Valley College University of MO Joint support program with Penn Valley CC St. Louis CC signing agreements

6 Achieving 80/20 AD-to-BSN programs Hospital/university partnerships offer onsite classes Online education programs Community colleges can offer 4-year BSN Educational collaboratives between universities and community colleges (Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education) AD-to-MSN programs

7 Achieving 80/20: Increasing Capacity Academic-service partnerships Nurse-managed health centers Preceptor models Dedicated education units Regional school network partnerships Support from funders

8 Double Number of Doctorates PhDs More Faculty Increase capacity

9 Implement Nurse Residency Programs Reduce high turnover rates among newlylicensed nurses Enable graduates to acquire knowledge and skills to deliver safe, quality care Develop leadership and technical skills

10 Implement Nurse Residency Programs Evidence New nurses often overwhelmed in first year of employment by practice demands (Kovner et al., 2007) Residency programs have been shown to decrease nurse turnover (Krugman et al., 2006; Williams et al., 2007; Goode et al., 2009)

11 Lifelong Learning Nursing becoming increasingly technical and complex Employers need to build capacity for lifelong learning

12 What Other States Are Doing Education State Objective 80/20 FL Developing AD-to-BSN education models and community college and state university regional partnerships 80/20 NM Attempting to develop uniform curriculum. Developing faculty pool to share across schools. Seeking to turn community colleges into 4-year degree granting schools 80/20 CT Secured funding for simulation labs; developing common curriculum and articulation agreements 87% of states involved in 80/20

13 What States Are Doing Education State Objective Doctorates GA PhD-granting schools offer online PhD programs and DNP programs at remote sites via distance ed Residencies MT Implementing rural nurse residency program IPE IN Interprofessional education program shared by SoN and School of Medicine at Indiana University. Create case studies for nursing and medical students to use simulation

14 What Nurse Leaders Are Doing Nurse Leader Maureen White Barbara Wadsworth Title Affiliation Education Recommendation CNO North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Requires all new nurses to have BSN degree CNO Abington Health, PA Requires all nurses to attain BSN within 10 years or less; new nurses must attain BSN within five years of hire date Kathy Ricks CNO VA Health System Launching residency program this summer following successful pilot

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