Summary: Third Annual Wyoming Nursing Summit

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Summary Third Annual Wyoming Nursing Summit

• Held Sept 28-29, 2006
• Casper Wyoming

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Purpose

• To convene nurses across the state and
  stakeholders across the health care delivery
  continuum to address nursing workforce issues and
  issues regarding the value of nursing.
• Held in conjunction with the Annual Wyoming
  Nurses Association Meeting

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Day 1 Schedule activities

• Key note presentation by Dr. Sean Clarke,
  Associate Director, Center for Health Outcomes
  and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania
  School of Nursing
• Link to PowerPoint presentation
• http//www.

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Updates and Discussion

• Board of Nursing K. Ouzts
• Fay W. Whitney SON P. Clarke
• Rural Health Committee B. Worthen
• WY Nurses Assoc L. Mink V. Taylor
• Sigma Theta Tau M.K. Goetter
• WONE F. Jones
• WY Dept of Employment T. Gallagher T.
  Decklever

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Updates from 2nd Summit groups

• WCNNE re-organizing to become active
• A Nursing Council has been formed to advise the
  WY Dept of Employment on implementation of a
  study of demand for nursing in the state (funded
  in the last Legislative session).
• The Wyoming Community Foundation has agreed to
  serve as the primary applicant for a RWJ proposal
  to develop a Partners in Wyoming Nursing Center
  proposal to be discussed during round tables
  later in the Summit

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Updates continued

• One LPN program w/ 16 (8 in Kemmer 8 in
  Evanston) students has started this past year and
  a second program will be opening in January 2007
  in Powell.
• Also three different institutions Powell Valley
  Health Care, Cheyenne LTC and Cheyenne Regional
  Medical Center have all developed and implemented
  a program for CNAs to become RNs using an online
  courses and a clinical faculty provided by the
  institution.
• S. Howard reported that the Wyoming Recruitment
  posters for men and minorities in nursing are
  still in process but should be available within
  the next few months.

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Day 2 Schedule and activities

• Key note presentation by Dr. Dennis Sherrod,
  Professor and Chair of Recruitment and Retention,
  Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina
• Link to power point at
• http//www.

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Round Tables- planning the proposal for RWJ

• Participants reviewed a draft proposal and based
  on information during the Summit recommended
  revision of the proposal objectives as follows
• Broaden proposal to include more than Long Term
  Care in the first couple objectives
• Recognize Dept of Employment survey and build
  upon it

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Proposal objectives continued

• Incorporate CNAs, LPNs into objectives
• Add an objective looking at Task analysis for RNs
  considering models of care, cost effectiveness
  potential delegation
• Begin changing the work place based on what we
  already know
• Continue to examine changing attitudes and
  student nurse experiences in long term care

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Next Summit

• Agreed to plan next Summit as this one was
  planned in conjunction with WNA
• Leaders of different nursing organizations will
  again work together to plan conference.