Transforming Nursing Educationin Indiana

Judith A. Halstead, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAANIndiana University School of Nursing

Indiana State Nurses Association Annual MeetingSeptember 28, 2012

Key Message #1 Transforming Practice

Nurses Should Practice to the Full Extent of Their Education and

Training

Recommendations

Remove scope of practice barriers Expand opportunities for nurses to lead and

diffuse collaborative improvement efforts Implement nurse residency programs

Implications

Develop skills related to quality improvement, research, improving health care outcomes, cost reduction, collaboration, developing patient-centered care models, entrepreneurship, advocacy

Interprofessional education and practice Focus on transition from education to practice

through prelicensure and advanced practice residencies, across all care settings

Key Message #2Transforming Education

Nurses Should Achieve Higher Levels of Education and Training Through an

Improved Education System That Promotes Seamless Academic Progression

Recommendations

Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by 2020

Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020

Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning

Implications

Seamless academic progression RN-BSN education APRN education

Academic/practice partnerships Student and faculty diversity Faculty capacity

Advanced degrees Faculty development – novice and experienced

New clinical models

Key Message #3Transforming Leadership

Nurses Should Be Full Partners, with Physicians and Other Health Care

Professionals, in Redesigning Health Care in the United States.

Recommendations

Prepare and enable nurses to lead change to advance health

Implications

Take responsibility to seek leadership development at all levels

Integrate leadership theory and business practices across nursing curricula

Key Message #4Improving Data

Effective Workforce Planning and Policy Making Require Better Data Collection

and Information Infrastructure

Recommendations

Build an infrastructure for the collection and analysis of interprofessional health care workforce data

Implications

Standardized minimum data sets across states and health care disciplines

Collaboration amongst state boards, workforce centers, HRSA, Dept. of Labor

Goal of improving data collection and analysis, timeliness of data and public accessibility to data

Indiana Center for Nursing

Will Nursing Hear the Call to Lead?

Nursing students Frontline nurses Community nurses Chief nursing officers Nurse educators Nursing organizations