Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment and Professional Success

Joanne Noone, PhD, RN, CNENorthwest Portland Area Indian Health

Board Quarterly Board MeetingOctober 28, 2015

Oregon Nursing & Population Demographics

Oregon Health & Science UniversitySchool of Nursing

One School of Nursing – Multiple Campuses

MonmouthLa Grande

Klamath FallsAshland

PortlandVirtual

Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment & Professional Success Model

Student Empower-

ment& Success

Academic Socialization

Financial Resources

Community/Professional

NetworkCurriculum

Campus Culture

Social Determinant

Strategy

Educational opportunity

Academic socialization

Economic stability Financial resources

Socioeconomic opportunity

Community & Professional Network

Social inclusion Campus Culture

Health equity Curriculum Development Capacity-

Building for Health Equity

HealthE STEPS Team

Peggy WrosProject Director

Joanne NooneProject Manager

Ashland Faculty CoordinatorRana Najjar

Monmouth Faculty Coordinator

Leela DaCostaAshland Diversity CoordinatorDavid Cortez

Monmouth Diversity Coordinator

Support Provided

• Scholarships/stipends/NCLEX prep support• Mentorship• Individualized case management• Workshops– Scholarship search– Essay writing– Mock interviews– Graduate school opportunities– Financial literacy

Scholarship Recipient Data

Fin Disad

Ed DisAd

URM

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

95

84

59

87

87

67

14-1513-14

Year One Trainee Data

• 41/44 retained through Year 1 (93.2%)• 15 students graduated• 12/14 passed their license exam on first try –

85.7% pass rate (better than national pass rate of 81.74%)

• 9/12 (75%) of graduates working in a medically underserved area

Students say…..

“Thank you for this great opportunity. This scholarship is fantastic! I am going up to Salem with my mentor tomorrow to spend the day with ORANA (ORegon Association of Nurse Anesthesia) on their legislative day. I am very excited.”

OHSU Ashland Student

Success!

I wanted to share a great success story. I worked last year with a Native American pre-nursing student. I showed her the Path

to Scholarships essay format through the Edudaris, and she applied for a lot of scholarships. Anyway, I saw her at a

concert the week before last, and she told me that she won $28,000 in scholarships this year! She also won a Ford

scholarship, but she ended up getting so much other funding that she can’t use it. She has a 4.0 pre-nursing GPA and will be

applying for our nursing program this year. I’m going to encourage her to apply for our pre-nursing stipend.

Diversity Coordinator

Outreach

Peggy Wros representing SON at the OHSU Tribal

Gathering in January 2013 David Cortez and David Martinez

from Center for Diversity and Inclusion at NPAIHB Powwow

Pipeline Activities

“I want to be a doctor so being in this class helps me learn new skills and how to talk to patients.”

2015 Konaway Participant

“Nursing was a great class! It really taught me about different options in the medical field. I learned SOOO many new things. It was also REALLY fun and we got to experience real life things that were interesting.”

2013 Academia Latina Participant

Konaway Nika Tillicum Camp, 2013 with Trish Kohan

Questions

What is the role of nurses in improving the health of Native Americans in our region? How could it be improved/expanded? Is it an interest/priority for tribal leaders to increase the number of Native American nurses in the workforce? If so, how can we partner with Native American groups throughout the state to increase Native American student interest in nursing?

What advice do you have for us?

Thank you

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Grant Number D19HP25901 Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment & Professional Success (HealthE STEPS , $1.05 million. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.