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Eastern Shore/Western Shore Faculty Initiative. Judith M. Jarosinski, PhD, RN, CNE Tina P. Brown Reid, EdD, MSN Lisa A. Seldomridge, PhD, RN This work was supported by a Nurse Support II Grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission under the auspices of HSCRC. Overall Goal.
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Eastern Shore/Western Shore Faculty Initiative Judith M. Jarosinski, PhD, RN, CNETina P. Brown Reid, EdD, MSNLisa A. Seldomridge, PhD, RN This work was supported by a Nurse Support II Grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission under the auspices of HSCRC
Overall Goal • Plan and implement a needs assessment in partnership with selected nursing programs representing diversity in educational offerings, geographic region, student body and faculty.
Purposes of ESWSFI • Reviewing existing faculty staffing challenges across Maryland by program level • Investigate current efforts aimed at managing staffing challenges in Maryland • Explore additional solutions while managing all data in a central location. • Gain a broader understanding of regional similarities and differences in the shortage of nursing faculty and preceptors • Build bridges for collaborative problem-solving
Aspects of the Needs Assessment • Identify participating schools • Gather demographic information and quantitative data • Administrators who do staffing • Collect qualitative data • Administrators who do staffing • Faculty with interest in faculty shortage and staffing solutions • Faculty who orient graduate student preceptors
Timeline • Invitation to participate-today! • Confirmation of participant schools by Oct. 30, 2015 • Development of public website by Nov. 15, 2015 • Demographic/quantitative surveys-completion by Dec. 20, 2015 • Administrator interviews by March 1, 2016 • Faculty focus groups by March 1, 2016 • Data analysis by April 30, 2016 • Recommendations by May 15, 2016 • Feedback on recommendations by June 15, 2016
Project Participants & Roles • Jeffrey Willey • Project liaison & qualitative researcher • Michele Bracken • Focus group leader & qualitative researcher • Jennifer Schultz • Project evaluator • Salisbury University student worker • ESWSFI@Salisbury.edu • PIs
Next Steps • Consider another NSP-2 grant proposal to implement ES-FAMI across the State • Revise ES-FAMI materials to be relevant for preceptors who work with graduate students