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Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage. HEALTHCARE SHARE Spring Conference April 7, 2006. Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage. Lake Land College Allied Health Philosophy.
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Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage HEALTHCARE SHARESpring Conference April 7, 2006
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage
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Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • In the last three years – 12 plant closings • 2,034 workers lost jobs • Few new jobs available without retraining
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Critical shortage of practicing nurses
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Nursing profession offers the opportunity for these dislocated workers and for other adults and young people seeking careers in a high-growth, high demand field, as jobs in nursing are projected to grow at a rate that is faster than average for all occupations…
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • LLC nursing programs are operating at capacity • Student to Instructor ratio • Facilities • LLC nursing program graduate: • 35 Practical Nursing (PN) students per year • 40 Associate Degree Nursing (AD) students each year.
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • These 75 nursing graduates account for less than 40% of the projected 200 new nurses needed annually in the district.
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Challenges facing LLC • Local nursing shortage • Scarcity of qualified nursing faculty • Lack of career awareness • Insufficient funding to expand the program
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Three-year project (CBJTG) • Increase capacity of LLC’s Practical Nursing • Increase capacity of LLC’s Associate Degree Nursing (AD) • Increase capacity to produce nurses to meet the growing needs of health care organizations.
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage Partners • K-12 Partners • Eastern Illinois Education for Employment System • Tech Prep • Local Workforce Investment Board • Dislocated Worker Services • Youth Services • Local Business and Industry • Carle Foundation Physicians • Pana Community Hospital • Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Systems • Shelby Memorial Hospital • St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital • Paris Community Hospital
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • To Address These Challenges: • LLC and our partners developed a multi-faceted project aimed at achieving five objectives:
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage OBJECTIVE 1 CONTINUE TO ATTRACT QUALIFIED STUDENTS INTO THE FIELD OF NURSING
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Expand the Health Occupations program through EIEFES to include additional high schools and hospitals • Develop and implement a Tech Prep program to target non-traditional students for nursing careers • Increase participation in the Allied Health Institute by offering scholarships for K-12 teachers.
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Identify adults and dislocated workers for potential enrollment in nursing programs.
OBJECTIVE 2 INCREASE ENROLLMENT IN THE PN PROGRAM BY 50% AND THE ADN PROGRAM BY 50% BY THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD.
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Hire a full time nursing instructor with a bachelor’s degree. (Spring 2006). • Provide release time to work on MSN degree • Pay tuition • Hire full time instructor with Masters Degree (Fall 2006) .
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage OBJECTIVE 3 IMPROVE THE COMPLETION RATE FOR NEW ADMITS FROM 62% TO 80% BY THE END OF THE PROJECT PERIOD
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Hire a part time Allied Heath Career Coordinator (75%) • Promote Career Development • Career Awareness • Tutoring and Mentoring • Job Readiness
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage OBJECTIVE 4 ACHIEVE 100% PLACEMENT OF NURSING GRADUATES IN RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF GRADUATION
Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage OBJECTIVE 5 DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE A REPLICABLE MODEL OF EDUCATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE FIELD OF NURSING
Contact Information Linda Von Behren Associate Vice President For Workforce Development (217) 234-5211 lvonbehr@lakeland.cc.il.us Ron Sanderson Special Projects Director (217) 234-5558 rsanders@lakeland.cc.il.us