Leading Change, Advancing Health in Kansas Through Nursing

Campaign Vision –

That all Americans have access to high-quality, patient-centered care in a health care

system where nurses contribute as essential

partners in achieving success.

4 Key Messages of IOM Report

1. Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training.

2. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression.

3. Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States.

4. Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and an improved information infrastructure.

Practice#1 Remove scope-of-

practice barriers

Education #3 Implement nurse residency

programs#4 Increase proportion of nurses

with BSN to 80% by 2020#5 Double number of nurses with a

doctorate by 2020 #6 Ensure that nurses engage in

lifelong learning

Leadership#2 Expand opportunities

for nurses to lead & diffuse collaborative improvement efforts#7 Prepare & enable

nurses to lead change to advance health

Campaign for Action PillarsIOM Recommendations

Interprofessional Collaboration Diversity Data#8 Build an infrastructure to collect & analyze interprofessional health care workforce data

Campaign Strategies

Diverse Stakeholders

Policy-makers

Communications

Action Coalitions

Research, Monitoring, Evaluation

Grantmaking

RWJFAARP

Advisory Committee

Health professionalsPayers

Consumer advocatesBusiness Policy-makers

Philanthropies

Educators

Hospitals and health systems

Public health agencies

Campaign Supporters

States with Action Coalitions

KS Action Coalition Partners

NURSE PARTNERS NON-NURSE CHAMPIONSUniversity of Kansas University of Kansas Hospital

Pittsburg State University Kansas Board of Regents

Fort Hays State University KU Dept of Family Medicine

Wichita State University Kansas Dept of Commerce

Washburn University Kansas Dept of Health & Environment

Kansas Association of Colleges of Nursing

KCADNE- Kansas Council of Associate Degree Nurse Educators

KCPNE- Kansas Council of Practical Nursing Educators

Kansas Organization of Nurse Leaders

Kansas State Nurses Association

Kansas State Board of Nursing

Kansas Action Steps

PracticeWorking to full extent of Practice for RNs as well

as APRNsDevelop and sustain

grassroots campaign for support of the changes to the KS Nurse Practice

ActDevelop and deliver an educational module to

focus on what full scope of authority looks like for

all nurses

EducationDevelopment of

standardized prerequisites

Discuss and develop model for statewide

academic progressionEncourage lifelong

learning- create webinar focused on importance of continuing education throughout the lifetime

LeadershipBased upon a needs

assessment through the Leadership and

Mentorship Survey work has begun to develop:

• Leadership Resources

• Mentorship Program• Online Platform to

create “Match.com” style website to match mentors with mentees

AdvocacyAdvance the health of

Kansans by championing

nursing’s capacity to transform health and

healthcareBuild capacity for advocacy; how to advocate for KSACCreate an elevator speech for nurse

championsID outside groups to

connect with

Interprofessional Collaboration Diversity Data#8 Build an infrastructure to collect & analyze interprofessional health care workforce data

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http://campaignforaction.org/

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Send inquiring e-mail to:

Cynthia Teel cteel@kumc.eduor Jon Teel teel@kumc.edu

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