Healthcare Workforce Summit

POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS (CONT}:

>> Establish ways to identify early those who have an interest in education and offer them opportunities to explore. Create bridges. >> Employers can facilitate providing space for clinical instruction and work with staff to make it available. >> Similar to how an anesthesia practice contracts their services to a hospital, perhaps a practice of nurse educators is a model to consider. Educating nurses at all levels would be their only responsibility. >> Bring current nurse educators together – they know what the solutions are. We need their voice. >> We must be involved with accreditors and the committees that are making regulations. Regulatory visits require a lot of paperwork - let’s meet with them and share what that means for educators. Partnerships can lead to changes that benefit everyone. >> Exposure of this problem to the community is necessary! Need a campaign that talks about nurse education and what the future would be like if we didn’t have educators. >> Sustainability of partnerships is key. We need ongoing training and commitment to nurse educators. >> First things first: Solutions start with what the data says and include what nurses think about teaching. >> We need to change the mindset of nurse managers who don’t want to lose their good nurses. >> Recognition – nurses are no different than anyone else. Everyone wants to be recognized for the good work they do.

Left to right: Dr. Deborah Stamps, Kate Valcin, Bonnie Lupo, Melissa Wendland

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Monroe Community College State University of New York