ForHealth Consulting’s Jay Prosser DNP, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC, executive director of the Massachusetts Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability, and Hannah Hermanson, MPH, project management consultant, recently contributed several presentations at The National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers’ Annual Conference.
These include topics on accelerating nursing workforce solutions, plus innovative programs and data to transform policy. See below and click on the images of the presentations for more details.
The Road Traveled: Revisiting the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
Jay Prosser DNP, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC
Executive Director, Massachusetts Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability
Hannah Hermanson, MPHP
Project Management Consultant
Nearly 25 years after the Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) was initiated, the Massachusetts Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability (NCWS) revisited the impact and effectiveness of the NLC to facilitate interstate work for nurses. The NLC enables nurses to practice in person or provide telenursing services to patients across the country without obtaining additional licenses. The NCWS found that the compact would enhance Massachusetts’s ability to address staffing needs more readily, particularly for the nurse specialties most sought during pandemics, natural disasters, or other crises.
Strategic Alliances: Enhancing Clinical Nursing Education through Academic-Healthcare Organization Collaboration
Jay Prosser DNP, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC
Executive Director, Massachusetts Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability
This presentation detailed the importance of partnerships between academic institutions and healthcare organizations to enhance clinical nursing education. The Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability (NCWS) explored how hospitals can use experienced nursing staff as clinical instructors for nursing students and create a mutually beneficial relationship.
Breaking Barriers: Addressing Preceptor Challenges in Nurse Practitioner Education for Primary Care Solutions
Jay Prosser DNP, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC
Executive Director, Massachusetts Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability
There is a major shortage of primary care physicians in the U.S., including Massachusetts where one-third of residents report no primary care physician due to lack of availability. Nurse practitioners (NP) can potentially meet this demand, but there is an obstacle with a lack of clinical preceptors, who provide needed on-the-job education for NP students. This presentation explores how to address this issue to potentially equalize the NP system of clinical education with that of medical students. “If we fail to address this formally and enact systems, we will create further inequities and ultimately fail our students and the healthcare system.”
Proposed Revisions to the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers Supply Minimum Dataset
Carrie M. Oliveira, Ph.D.
Hawai’i State Center for Nursing
Crystal DeVance-Wilson, Ph.D., MBA, PHCNS-BC
Maryland Nursing Workforce Center
Hannah Hermanson, MPHP
Massachusetts Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability and ForHealth Consulting
The National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers (NCWS) established the recommended minimum data points that each state should collect to measure the status of its nursing workforce. The nursing supply data for a state is captured during license renewal cycles from all licensed nurses (LPN/LVN, RN, APRN). In 2022, the NCWS was formed to make recommendations to the state on how to grow the nursing workforce strategically.