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Growing Our Own

Growing Our Own. Gulf Coast Health Services Steering Committee Initiatives HISD Career and Technology Education Workshop August 2, 2004. From Competition to Collaboration. Nursing shortage in 2000 Vacancy rates Ambulance diversions Sign-on bonuses

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Growing Our Own

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  1. Growing Our Own Gulf Coast Health Services Steering Committee Initiatives HISD Career and Technology Education Workshop August 2, 2004

  2. From Competition to Collaboration • Nursing shortage in 2000 • Vacancy rates • Ambulance diversions • Sign-on bonuses • Texas Medical Center Nurse Executive Discussions

  3. Greater Houston Partnership Gulf Coast Workforce Board A Regional Perspective Health Services Steering Committee

  4. Health Services Steering Committee • Organizations: • 14 Hospitals/Health Systems • 2 Academic Health Centers • 2 Universities • 3 Community College Districts • Texas Medical Center • Representatives: • CEOs/Presidents, CNOs, CHROs

  5. Health Services Steering Committee • 4 Strategic Workgroups • Making Government a Facilitating Partner • Addressing the Internal Challenge: The Work Environment in Hospitals • Enhancing Educational Capacity • Marketing Healthcare Career Opportunities

  6. Government as a Facilitating Partner Three Sources of Funding for Nursing Education in Texas: • Traditional formula funding through Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for 62 nursing education programs • Dramatic Growth Funds allocated for institutions with high enrollment increases intended to support those enrollments prior to formula funding pass-through • Tobacco Settlement Funds for Nursing Innovation Grants and Faculty Overload

  7. New Funding for Nursing in Texas

  8. New Funding for Nursing in Texas • At it’s July 2004 meeting the THECB approved Legislative recommendations for new special item funding for nursing education to include: • $23.5 million Dramatic Growth Funds for LVN and RN programs at community colleges, universities and HRIs • $20 million Nursing Success Supplement based on the # of RN grads

  9. Improving the Work Environment • Major Projects: • Ideal Work Environment Project • Vacancy and Turnover Survey • Performance Measure: • Reduced Vacancy and Turnover Rates

  10. Improving the Work Environment

  11. Expanding Educational Capacity • Major Projects: • Loaned Faculty Initiative • Nurse Faculty Salary Initiative • THECB Nursing Innovation Grant Proposal • Performance Measure: • Enrollment of Students Seeking Initial RN Licensure • Graduations of Initial RN Licensure Students

  12. Expanding Educational Capacity

  13. Expanding Educational Capacity

  14. Marketing Healthcare Careers • Major Projects: • Nursing Blitz! • Foreign Trained Nurse Initiative • Work School Program • HISD High School Re-design • Performance Measures: • Increasing Numbers of Qualified Student Applicants • Nursing Workforce Diversity that More Closely Matches Population Served

  15. Marketing Healthcare Careers

  16. Ethnicity of RNs vs. Population Sources: Texas State Data Center, State Board of Nurse Examiners

  17. Marketing Healthcare Careers • HISD High School Re-design Connection: • Marketing/Internship Sub-committee • Curriculum Sub-committee • Professional Development Sub-committee

  18. Contact Information

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