1. Your Wisconsin Center for Nursing: Leading Today for the Workforce of Tomorrow
Judith M. Hansen, MS, BSN, RN
WCN Executive Director
April 7, 2011

2. Objectives
Recognize the Wisconsin Center for Nursing as state resource for the nursing workforce
Identify current data on the nursing workforce that is available for our state
Connect the RWJF IOM recommendations for the Future of Nursing with implications for Wisconsin
Allow participants to provide input to regional nursing workforce needs in Wisconsin
3. Mission
Assure an adequate, well-prepared and diverse nurse workforce to meet the needs of the citizens of Wisconsin
4. Vision
Wisconsin will have a nursing workforce that is:
diverse
sufficient in number
appropriately educated
effectively utilized, and
adequately supported
5. History of WCN
2001 Nursing leaders with a vision for collaboration & redesign
2001-2004 - Awareness, communication, partnerships, funding
2005 WCN established & Board of Directors appointed
2006 - Established 501(c)(3) status
2007 RWJF Partners Investing in Nursing(PIN) grant Faye McBeath Foundation partnership
2007 - Advisory Council established
6. History of WCN, continued
Website created: www.wisconsincenterfornursing.org
2008 Medical College of WI - Healthier WI Partnership Program grant
2009 Successful legislation for portion of licensure funds to collect, analyze & disseminate nursing workforce data for a statewide plan
2010 Wisconsin RN Survey Historical first survey of 77,553 nurses
2010 Hired first full-time Executive Director
2011 Wisconsin LPN Survey & Education Survey
7. How did this all happen?
True Grit
Tireless dedication
Determination
Political savvy
Being in the right place at the right time
Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
Its all about relationships.
8. WCN Partnerships
Public and Private Nursing Education Programs in Wisconsin
WI Associate Degree Nursing Educators Administrators (WADNEA)
WI Assn. Colleges & Schools of Nursing (WACSN)
WI Assn. School Nurses (WASN)
Assn. of Nursing Educators of Wisconsin (ANEW)
WI Public Health Association (WPHA)
WI Org Nursing Executives(W-ONE)
WI Assn. Licensed Practical Nurses (WALPN)
Wisconsin League for Nursing (WLN)
Milwaukee Chapter Black Nurses Association (NBNA)
WI Hispanic Nurses Association (WHNA)
Fund for Wisconsin Scholars-Oscar Rennebohm Foundation
WI Nurses Association (WNA)
WI Nursing Coalition (WNC)
WI Healthcare Data Collaborative (including the following organizations: WI Center for Nursing, WI Area Health Education Centers, WI Hospital Association, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, WI Division of Health Services, WI Nurses Association, WI Department of Workforce Development
WI Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
WI Department of Regulation and Licensing (DRL)
WICouncil on Workforce Investment
WI Division of Health Services (DHS)
WI Division of Public Health (DPH)
Healthy WI Partnership Program
Faye McBeath Foundation
9. 2010 Wisconsin RN Survey
Mandate underWI Statutes, Chapter 106.30, administered by the WI Dept. of Regulation & Licensing
Successful 2009 legislation; efforts of nursing leadership from professional organizations, & Senator Judy Robson
Bi-annual license renewal in January-March, 2010
Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers - National Nursing Workforce Minimum Dataset: Supply
Survey development led by Sue Schuler, WCN Interim ED
Members of WI Healthcare Workforce Data Collaborative
Healthier WI Partnership Program Medical College of Wisconsin
October 2010 - At a Glance document
10. Why Data?
If you can measure that of which you speak and express it in numbers, you know something about your subject; but if you cannot measure it, your knowledge is of a very meager and unsatisfactory kind.
Lord Kelvin (1824 1907)
11. Why Plan?
Population projections for WI 1.5 million increase by 2034
24% increase in peoples 65 and over
133% increase in people 85 and older
Increasing diversity
Complex population health needs
Aging workforce & aging nursing educators
Nursing #1 trusted profession
Expertise in care coordination, patient-centered care
Who will take care of YOU?
12. 2010 RN Wisconsin Survey Results: Current RN Workforce
13. Age Distribution of RNs in Wisconsin and the US
14. Highest Level of Education: Nursing & Other Degrees
15. Wisconsin & U.S. Highest Nursing Degrees
16. Race/Ethnicity of RNs in Wisconsin & U.S.
17. Employment Settings of Wisconsin RNs
18. Plans to Leave Direct Patient Care
19. 55 years & over by work setting
20. Workforce Implications
Not just about having enough nurses
Need the right nurse, in the right place, at the right time
Diversity needed for culturally competent care
Adequate providers by specialty area
Regional workforce needs
National comparisons; want WI to lead
Need to balance graduates w/ workforce needs
Importance of role of nursing in healthcare reform
21. In Process
Data Sharing Agreement with DWD
Nurse researcher team from schools with doctoral programs
Detailed data analysis of 2010 WI RN Survey
2011 WI Education Survey - February
2011 WI LPN Survey - March
RWJF Partners Investing in Nursing (PIN) grant for demand data -March
22. Next Steps
Provide Supply & Education data analyses to DWD, make recommendations & assist in development of statewide workforce plan
Due to legislature September, 2010
Begin analysis of Education Survey & LPN Survey
Begin prep for next RN Survey in 2012
Possible Demand survey in 2012(PIN II Grant)
Ultimate goal All three legs of the stoolto compile comprehensive picture of the WI Nursing Workforce
23. Guiding Documents
Healthiest Wisconsin 2020 State Health Plan
RWJF Institute of Medicine -The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
24. Healthiest WI 2020 State Health Plan
WI dropped from 11th best in 2009 to 18th in 2010
Ranks 23rd in nation combined measures for infant health; high AA infant mortality rates in Milwaukee
WI leads nation for adult binge drinking & youth alcohol use
Second highest in nation for STI (Chlamydia) in Milwaukee in 2007 (50% >Chicago)
50th out of 50 states for per-capita state funding of public health
One of FOCUS AREAS diverse, sufficient & competent workforce that promotes & protects health supports need for work of WCN
Nurses can greatly impact population health
25. IOM Future of Nursing Report
Nurses should practice to the full extent of theireducation & training
Nurses should achieve higher levels of education & training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression
Nurses should be full partners with MDs and other health professionals, in redesigning health care in the U.S.
Effective workforce planning & policy-making require better data collection & and an improved information infrastructure
26. Report Recommendations
Remove scope of practice barriers
Expand opportunities for nurses to lead & diffuse collaborative improvement efforts
Implement nurse residency programs
Increase proportion of BSNs to 80% by 2020
Double number of doctorates by 2020
Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning
Prepare & enable nurse to lead change to advance health
Build infrastructure for collection & analysis of interprofessional healthcare workforce data
Provides framework to guide activities in WI
to address our unique nursing workforce needs
27. Regional Action Coalition (RAC)
WI submission in next wave of applicants.
Requires WCN in partnership with non-nursing entity
Faye McBeath Foundation - $15,000 start up money for RAC activities once accepted
Opportunity to mobilize partners to implement IOM recommendations in Wisconsin in tandem with the data being gathered & analyzed
Perfect timing for all to come together
28. The IOM Report: Building the Future of Nursing in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Center for Nursing, in partnership with Wisconsin Coalition for Nursing
May 2, 2011 Wilderness Resort, Wisconsin Dells
Keynote Speaker:Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, Vanderbuilt University
"The Future of Nursing: Workforce Data,
Quality, Economics,& Public Policy
29. The IOM Report: Building the Future of Nursing in Wisconsin
Ellen K. Murphy, MSN, JD, FAAN, UW-Milwaukee,
"Scope of Practice and What It
Means for Wisconsin
Nursing's Future.
Afternoon session: Facilitated regional activities for IOM implementation in our state, using the Appreciative Inquiry Model
Registration online at www.wisconsinnurses.com/reg_iomreport.asp
30. The Future of Nursing
Depends on us !
31. Now its YOUR turn
Q & A
Form small regional discussion groups
Brainstorm nursing workforce needs in your own organizations & regions.
Report-out to whole group
32. Contact information
Judith M. Hansen, MS, BSN, RN
Wisconsin Center for Nursing
PO Box 413
1921 East Hartford Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413
Office: 414-229-6014
Cell: 414-801-NURS (6877)
judi@wicenterfornursing.org
33. References
Acord, L., Dennik-Champion, G., Lundeen, S. & Schuler, S. (2010) Vision, Grit and Collaboration: How the WI Center for Nursing Achieved Both Sustainable Funding and Established Itself as a State Health Care Workforce Leader. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 11(2), 126.131.
Egan-Robertson, D., Harrier, D., & Wells , P. (2008) Wisconsin population 2035: A report on projected state and county populations and household for the period 2000-2035 and municipal populations 2000-2030. Demographic Services Center, Division of Intergovernmental Relations, Wisconsin Department of Administration.http://www.doa.state.wi.us/subctegory.asp?linksubcatid=105&locid=9
Healthiest Wisconsin 2020: Everyone Living Better, Longerhttp://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/hw2020/
Inglis, R. & Jahangir, M. (2011). Wisconsin Nursing Workforce Poster. LaCrosseDistrict Nurses Association: Gundersen Lutheran & Viterbo University.
IOM Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Division of Employment and Training (2010). Wisconsin 2010 RN Survey Summary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (2010). The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses