Summary: Second Annual Summit

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Summary Second Annual Summit

• September 16, 2005

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Dr. Deb Burton

• Talk about HEALTH as focus of nursing work force
  issues
• Retention Meter
• Time w/ pt
• Healthy work place
• Intellectually stimulating
• Safe
• AND money
• Diversity recruitment image

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Wyoming Update

• WNA legislative day opportunity for key points
  emphasis
• Losses of nurses from the state
• Issue of attrition from nurg programs need
  reality check before admission
• Board of Nursing seeking funds for work force
  study

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Wyoming update

• Salaries for nurses are an issue
• Sigma money could be used for local/regional work
  force study
• We can link with WONE for retention work

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Dr. Claudia Beverly

• Confirmed we have an aging problem in WY
• Recognize the resource of CNA and take charge
• Training support
• Career ladders
• Educate WY residents about what is happening
  For SHAME
• Become CEOs

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Large group action plans

• Collect data on shifts (12 hr)
• How many working other jobs affects on
  environment
• If pay increased would 12 hr be desirable
• WCNNE reactivated and assume action plan
  leadership
• Combine Summit/WNA/Sigma/Workforce
• meeting
• Follow up during Legislative days

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Large group action plans

• Show-case positive work environments
• Ask every nursing program to examine geriatric
  education long term care in all programs, also
  for CNAs
• Online and affordable resources
• Long term care clinical experiences
• Examine programs re mental health knowledge
• Online, affordable, with clinicals

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Large group action plans

• Communication links for support available to
  education-website? Nursing Workfore Center?
  Collective conduit
• Plan how to deliver long term care how address
  Retention meter
• Medication aids
• Address ADN/LPN/CNA bridge to RN program
• Address LPN spin out from ADN
• Organization support for long term care include
  special sections in WNA? Leadership
• Examine service models in long term care for
  complex needs

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Large group action plans

• Leadership image and training for long term care
  ( other health care settings and other levels)
• Expand concept of leaderships within
  settings/organizations
• Identify potential leaders at all levels
• Define skills/prep for DONs
• Commitment to mentoring in WNA/SBN Nurg Center
• Leadership training statewide

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Large Group Action Plans

• Explore options for alternate shifts
• Time w/pts
• Develop tracks for CNAs
• Redesign for staff turnover
• Recruitment into HC facilities
• Look at Magnet Program (state Magnet status)
• State funding for Magnet development
• Creative environment for EBN
• Value/include LPN, CNA
• Look at support for education
• Loan forgiving

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Large group action plans

• Cost benefit analysis
• Nurses are not costs, they are benefits
• Use existing data (nursing home compare)
• Address dollars/salaries
• Promote WY
• Recruit diversity
• Clinical career ladders for nurses and nurse
  aids
• Professional/agency valuing of being w/ patients
• Professional valuing of our young

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Large group action plans

• Redesign practice to include committees,
  leadership opps, learning
• Bonuses, tuition support, professional dues paid
• Safety issues

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Final Action Plans

• WCNNE w/ LTC leadership redesign long term care
  in WY
• Nursing Center for communication, leadership,
  state level magnet salary development link
  w/GEC
• Develop Education Ladder
• Gather data specific to WY
• Poster Ad campaign to support diversity in
  nursing
• Another Summit

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Next Summit

• Plan Nursing Summit w/ WNA, WONE, Sigma Theta
  Tau, others?? having conjoint meetings
• Plan for fall Sept or Oct
• Plan for Cheyenne or Casper
• Plan on shared keynotes and round tables but
  separate business and unique meetings
• WNA and Nightingale Center (UWYO) will take
  leadership in planning