Friday June 21, 2024
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Goal of the summit: The nurses of Wisconsin will come together to address the current nurse shortage through the exchange of knowledge, experiences, ideas, and solutions to increasing the supply of nurses. The result of the summit will increase nurses’ visibility, value, and their vital role in the delivery of health care in Wisconsin.
Registration Fee: $30.00 (includes light breakfast and lunch)
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Deadline to Register: Friday, June 14, 2024
Chippewa Valley Technical College, Health Education Center, 615 W Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire, WI - Room 117 - Health Education Center Floor Map - Parking Map (park in the P3 parking lot and enter Door 1)
Fox Valley Technical College, 1825 N. Bluemound Drive, Appleton, WI - Room A170A - Campus Floor Map (park in the North Parking Lot and enter Entrance 16)
Madison College, Main Building, 1701 Wright St., Madison, WI - Room D1630 - Campus Map (Park in Health Education Center Parking lot and walk across the street to the Main Building)
Northcentral Technical College, Community Collaboration Center, 1000 W Campus Dr, Wausau, WI - Room E101/102 - Campus Map (park in Parking Lot B and use the Main Entrance)
There will be multiple meeting sites with a virtual connection.
Nurses will sit together to discuss information, share experiences and ideas.
Each topic will conclude with a sharing from each site an identified “nugget”.
Each participant will have the opportunity for personal self-reflection on each topic.
Call to action will involve each participant to share the most important activity that needs to be addressed further to advance nursing’s visibility, value, and vital role.
Wisconsin’s Nursing Associations convene to discuss and identify priorities for Wisconsin’s nursing shortage.
Summary of issues, ideas, and priorities
A printable copy of this document can be found here.
Overview
WNA has sponsored two meetings for the purpose of bringing Wisconsin’s Nursing Associations together to discuss issues and priorities for addressing Wisconsin’s nursing shortage. Meetings occurred on Saturday September 10 which was all day and a follow-up meeting on December 1, 2022. Fourteen of the twenty-four nursing associations participated in the meetings and are listed below.
Administrators of Nursing Education of Wisconsin
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses – Wisconsin
Greater Milwaukee National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Racine/Kenosha Wisconsin Chapter of the National Black Nurse's Association
Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society
Wisconsin Association of School Nurses
Wisconsin Center for Nursing
Wisconsin Director of Nursing Council
Wisconsin Division of Public Health Office of Policy and Practice Alignment
Wisconsin Emergency Nurses Association
Wisconsin League for Nursing
Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Leaders
Wisconsin Perioperative Nurses Association
Wisconsin Nurses Association
Wisconsin Public Health Association – Public Health Nurse Division
Process for the September 10, 2022 meeting:
The September meeting began with introductions from the participants that included a summary of their member concerns regarding the nursing shortage. Following the introductions there were two reports provided regarding recent surveys about the nursing workforce. The data provided were presented by Dr. Susan Zahner, who is the lead of UW-Madison, College of Nursing RN Workforce Survey Research Team. She provided a report of the preliminary findings from the 2022 RN workforce survey. Her report captured the data that impacted nurse recruitment and retention. The second presenter was Dr. Linda Young, who is the lead of UW-Eau Claire College of Nursing 2019-2020 Wisconsin Nursing Education and Nurse Faculty Survey Research Team. Her report summarized the results of the 2019-2020 survey which addressed data from schools of nursing, applications for admission and the nursing faculty supply and demand.
The remainder of the day was spent responding to and identifying the issues related to the retention and recruitment of the nursing workforce. A summary of responses from discussions is provided below:
Report of identified issues and preliminary ideas from the September 10, 2022 meeting
Workplace satisfaction:
More control over work schedule, increase salaries, innovative technology, regular meetings with management, reduce exposure to workplace violence and verbal abuse, real-time support, culture supportive of diversity of the workforce, new delivery models of nursing care and onboarding that works.
Improve the image of nurses/nursing:
Public awareness of the role and profession of nursing, legislator awareness of nursing’s contribution to health and healthcare, and statewide campaign focusing on recruiting into nursing.
Demonstrate value of “seasoned and experienced” nurses:
Increase recognition, salary considerations, encourage re-entry back into nursing, support time to precept and/or mentor.
Education
Retain nurse faculty, increase the diversity of the nursing faculty, continue state funding programs supporting growth in nurse faculty.
Increase nursing student exposure to non-traditional careers and increase number of minority nursing students.
Process for the December 1, 2022 meeting
Participants joined a two-hour virtual meeting that began with introductions and affirmations of the value of nurse’s contribution to the health of the public. Their responses are below:
- Care and support during a time of need that is holistic and engages family and other important individuals to the patient.
- Develop support systems, address population health, and promote prevention.
- Serve as a voice and advocate for patients and communities.
- Potential for bridging health care systems with community-based care to support population health.
- Conduct research that drives clinical standards that drive improvement and quality at the bedside and beyond.
- Promote quality improvement through use of technology and data that can be applied to the person and communities. Quality improvement parameters include promoting health, mitigating disease, supporting life transitions, addressing health disparities and social determinants of health.
- Engage nursing students that prepare them for future nursing practice including, evidence-based practice, applying strategies for care improvement, innovation and assist in understanding their role and responsibilities as practitioners and advocates.
- Influence better health of the patient, work and partner within nursing and with members of the interprofessional team.
- Promote and lead quality and safety, utilizing nursing leaders who support coalition building with outcomes that lead to improving health and support the well-being of nurses.
- Utilize the expertise identified by Florence Nightingale, Lillian Wald and others to support health promotion, leadership and advocacy.
Report of the initial identified priorities
The participants reviewed and discussed the responses and topics that were identified at the September 10 meeting. There was consensus that the specific issues identified were applicable to all work settings. The participants identified five priorities for continued work and strategy:
Priority 1. Support the development of new nursing delivery models for care and support.
Priority 2. Promote strategies that improve nurse well-being (physical and psychological).
Priority 3. Improve Wisconsin’s public health infrastructure through greater utilization of nurses.
Priority 4. Assure the supply of nurse faculty will meet the needs and demands for nurses.
Priority 5. Increase the public, legislators and key stakeholders’ awareness of the role and responsibilities of nurses and the value they bring to health care and population health.
December 2023
WNA sponsored five virtual “Dialogue Forums” for members of the Organizational Affiliate members. Each priority had a dialogue forum for the purpose of reviewing the background submitted by the members in the past, the importance, and ideas or strategies for solutions. A summary of each dialogue forum was developed and reviewed.
March 2024
Members of the Organizational Affiliates decided that the information and recommendations for each of the priorities will be presented to any interested nurse in Wisconsin. A planning committee was formed to develop a state-wide Invitational Summit on Addressing Wisconsin’s Nurse Workforce Shortage.
The summit, ‘Addressing Wisconsin’s Nursing Workforce Shortage,’ is jointly provided by the Wisconsin Nurses Association and the Wisconsin Center for Nursing.
Wisconsin Nurses Association is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
1. How do we recruit our middle and high school students into thinking about nursing as a career, and
2. Recruiting those individuals that are considering a second career, and
3. How to increase the diversity of our nursing workforce.
This topic reflects the discussion and exchange of ideas that took place among the WNA Organizational Affiliates. The discussion focused on assuring that the supply of nurse faculty will meet the needs and demands for nurses. This virtual discussion took place on Monday November 20, 2024, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm via Zoom.
Please refer to the first document in this section, The role of nursing education in supporting nursing workforce and faculty development , which provides a summary of thoughts and ideas.
Handouts and Resources:
Overview of competency-based nursing education
Academic & Institutional Partnership
Preceptorships
On-boarding of new nurse faculty
Overview of Apprenticeship Models
Nurse Apprenticeship - A model from the past, a solution for the future
ACCT - Innovating Workforce Education - Registered Apprenticeship
How Health Systems and Educators can work to Close the Talent Gap
Handouts and Resources:
Summary of Dialogue Forum Priority #2 Well-being
Moral Courage in Nursing - An Integrative Literature Review
National Nursing Association Well-being Resources
Wisconsin Peer Alliance for Nurses
Workplace Violence Prevention
Understanding and Prioritizing Nurses' Mental Health and Well-being
Regulatory Implications to Suicide among Health Professionals
WisPAN Nurse Mental Wellness Resources
The Cost of Nurse Turnover
American Academy of Nursing Consensus
Examination of Stress, Coping, and Adaptation
Tax Credit for Preceptors of Nursing Students and Employees
Nurses Need Workplace Violence Prevention Programs
NLGA Consensus Resolution on Workplace Violence Prevention
This is a summary of the WNA Organizational Affiliate Dialogue Forum on Priority on Public Health - Improve Wisconsin’s public health infrastructure through greater utilization of nurses, took place on Thursday, November 30, 2023, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm via Zoom.
The meeting discussion included clarity of the issue, what is known about the issue and identification of ideas that support the nurse’s role and contributions to improving Wisconsin’s public health infrastructure.
Dialogue Forum Public Health Infrastructure
New Burnout Prevention Training for Public Health Supervisors
Burnout is a widespread problem in public health. However, managers can play important roles in changing work practices for the better. A new online training from NIOSH offers ways to prioritize employee well-being and prevent burnout. Each unit takes about 15–30 minutes, making it easy to fit into your busy schedule. Continuing education credit is available at no cost. Go to: new online training
Public Health Nursing in Wisconsin What is a public health nurse?
Public health nursing is defined as the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences. (American Public Health Association, Public Health Nursing Section, 2013; American Nurses Association (2022), Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.) https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/phnc/ph-nurses.htm
Public Health Intervention Wheel
Public health nurses use the Nursing InterventiBacon Wheel to define the scope of public health nursing practice by the type of intervention and the level of practice (individual/family, community, or systems). Regardless of the site or the population, this core set of interventions represents public health nursing as a specialty practice of nursing. Click here: https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/practice/research/phncouncil/docs/PHInterventionsHandout.pdf
Handouts and Resources:
Public Health's Inflection Point with Generative AI
Rebuilding Community-Based and Public Health Nursing in the Wake of COVID
Public Health A Call to Action for Public Health to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
Assuring a Strong Foundation for our Nation's Public Health Systems
This is a summary of the WNA Organizational Affiliate Dialogue Forum on Priority - Identify nursing care delivery models that support nurses, and their delivery of quality care took place on Monday December 4, 2023. via Zoom.
Dialogue Forum Redesign Nursing Priority
Bringing care out of the clinic and into the community
Neighborhood Nursing’s teams of nurses and community health workers have started making weekly visits like these to the lobbies of three apartment buildings.
In Baltimore, nurses deliver primary care door-to-door : Shots - Health News : NPR
What does nursing practice redesign look like at your organization?
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/nursing/what-does-nursing-practice-redesign-look-your-organization
Impact of technology and nursing:
https://chat.openai.com/share/1dbfc2c6-1d25-4d52-912b-8ac20908e18f
Handouts and Resources:
Virtual Hospitals could Offer Respite to Overwhelmed Health Systems
Team-based care models and Nurses
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Friday June 21, 2024 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Goal of the summit: The nurses of Wisconsin will come together to address the current nurse shortage through the exchange of knowledge, experiences, ideas, and solutions to increasing the supply of nurses. The result of the summit will increase nurses’ visibility, value, and their vital role […]
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