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Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage

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

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  1. Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage HEALTHCARE SHARESpring Conference April 7, 2006

  2. Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage

  3. Lake Land College Allied Health Philosophy Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage GROW YOUR OWN

  4. 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

  5. Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Critical shortage of practicing nurses

  6. Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage

  7. 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…

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. 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.

  12. 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

  13. 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:

  14. Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage OBJECTIVE 1 CONTINUE TO ATTRACT QUALIFIED STUDENTS INTO THE FIELD OF NURSING

  15. 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.

  16. Expanding Instructional Capacity to Address The Nursing Shortage • Identify adults and dislocated workers for potential enrollment in nursing programs.

  17. 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.

  18. 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) .

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

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  28. ANTICIPATED PROJECT RESULTS

  29. ANTICIPATED PROJECT RESULTS

  30. ANTICIPATED PROJECT RESULTS

  31. ANTICIPATED PROJECT RESULTS

  32. ANTICIPATED PROJECT RESULTS

  33. 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

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