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Funding Proposal

Fiscal Year 2014-2015

Title of Project: ND Center for Nursing Infrastructure

Overall Project Goal: Continue to develop infrastructure for the ND Center for Nursing

Overall Outcome Measures: Establishment of office, measurements of board development, satisfaction of Board of Directors and Leadership Team regarding coordination and communication

Brief Summary of Proposed Project: This infrastructure development proposal includes the necessary costs to support the infrastructure of all Center activities including board and leadership team development and coordination, communication and marketing and out-sourced supportive services including accounting/bookkeeping, attorney, and adhoc secretarial support. Operating expenses include those needed to maintain our website, newsletter and other communication and marketing functions as well as maintain our office and registration with the North Dakota Association of Nonprofits and the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers.

Proposed Budget

Year Annual Goal Annual EstimatedPersonnel Expenses

Annual EstimatedOperating Expenses

Annual Estimated Revenue and Source

AnnualEstimated In-Kind Contributions

2014-2015

Continue board development and coordination. Continue leadership team development and coordination. Monitor Center finances. Maintain communications and marketing activities.

ED- 20% FTECC- 20%

Travel $11,000

Conference calls $2,000Constant Contact $2,280Webhosting $250Online Payments $350Survey Monkey $204Printing/Marketing $2,000Postage $1,000

Accounting/Bookkeeping $7,000Attorney $1,000Adhoc Secretarial $500Rent $3,300Phone/Internet/Utilities $1,800Insurance $1,700Annual Report Fees $100Meeting Expenses $600NDANO Dues $265Forum Dues $500Office Equipment $1,500Office Supplies $1,500Audit $9,000

$0 In-kind time

2015-2016

Continue board development and coordination. Continue leadership team

ED- 20% FTECC- 20% FTE

$50,000 In-kind time

development and coordination. Monitor Center finances. Maintain communications and marketing activities.Start strategic planning process.

2014-2015 Budget Summary

Annual EstimatedPersonnel Expenses


Total Program Expenses

Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$34,895.80 $47,849 $82,745 $0 $82,745

2014-2015 Proposed Workplan

Strategies Activities Month/Person(s)

Activity Completion Status

Continue board development and coordination.

Coordinate monthly Executive Committee Meetings with President.

Monthly

Patricia, President

25% 50% 75% 100%

Coordinate quarterly Board of Director Meetings with President.

Quarterly

Patricia, President

25% 50% 75% 100%

Compile minutes from each meeting and send to Secretary for review.

Ongoing

Patricia, Secretary

25% 50% 75% 100%

Update Boards of Directors website and board materials and list of board members.

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Orientate new board members.

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Assist board in board development activities as determined by annual assessments including coordinating board development training.

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Continue leadership team development and coordination.

Coordinate leadership team full group, home group and project meetings.

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Update leadership workgroup list and organizational chart.

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Recruit new leadership team members and orientate to

Ongoing 25% 50% 75% 100%

organization. PatriciaMonitor Center finances.

Review monthly financial summary from Brady Martz, correct any errors and send to Treasurer for review.

MonthlyPatricia, Treasurer

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop quarterly summary using monthly financial reports and annual approved budget. Include summary of trends. Send to finance committee for review.

Quarterly

Patricia, Finance Committee

25% 50% 75% 100%

Coordinate audit by Brady Martz in conjunction with the Finance Committee.

Summer, 2014


25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop 2015-2016 funding proposals for all projects and draft overall budget spreadsheet. Work with finance committee to organize.

Spring, 2015


25% 50% 75% 100%

Maintain communications and marketing activities.

Continue to update website, facebook and twitter including updating software.

Ongoing

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Continue monthly enewsletter including leadership team and individual nurse interviews and coverage of nursing events.

Monthly

Kyle, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Send out press releases about board, leadership team and strategic plan activities.

Ongoing

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

2015-2016Continue board development and coordination. Continue leadership team development and coordination.

Monitor Center finances. Maintain communications and marketing activities.Start strategic planning process.

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: Building fundraising infrastructure for the North Dakota Center for Nursing.

Originating Home Group: Finance and Sustainability Workgroup

Overall Project Goal: Develop a global approach to integration of health care facilities and other donors into future funding strategies of the North Dakota Center for Nursing.

Overall Outcome Measures: Amount of funding raised through charitable strategies, number of donors, number of health care facilities and other organizations providing donations

Brief Summary of Need for Project: As a 501c3, the North Dakota Center for Nursing will need to develop a comprehensive fundraising plan that provides a global approach to further integration of support of health care facilities and other donors. The project involves providing concentrated effort in developing a fundraising plan and connecting the plan with meeting specific unmet needs of health care organizations, foundations, commerce and oil companies. This fundraising plan would also include further integration of leadership team organizations (i.e NDNA, Sigma Theta Tau Chapters, education programs) to leverage potential fundraising. The fundraising plan will also include the development of marketing strategies including deliverables that place an emphasis on the benefits and outcomes of providing funding to the North Dakota Center for Nursing.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: During year one, we have purchased a two-year premium membership at Impact Foundation, registered to become an Impact Non-profit and attended a one-day Impact Foundation fundraising training. The group adopted the High Impact Fundraising model as our fundraising infrastructure and focused efforts on the first steps of this plan which include telling your story and attracting donors (internal operations). Our first major fundraising effort was Giving Hearts Day held on February 13, 2014 which brought in approximately $3,600 from 42 donors and a match from Dakota Medical Foundation. Donations ranged from $5 to $200. The group is in the process of developing a donations list on our website to acknowledge our donors.

Plans for Year 2 of Project: During year two of the project, the group plans to continue improving our telling your story and attracting donors and also start to develop plans for implementing external operation strategies in our fundraising model, work on obtaining sponsorships for ND Center for Nursing events and participating in Giving Hearts Day in February, 2015.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015

Impact Nonprofit membership, fundraising plan, Giving Hearts day

ED- 10% FTEPC/Web- 10% FTE

$1,500 marketing costs

$4,000 –Giving Hearts Day$1,500 Sponsorships

In-kind time$4,000 DMF match giving hearts day

2015-2016

Impact Nonprofit membership, fundraising plan, evaluate plan, Giving Hearts day


$1,080- 2 year membership$1,500 marketing costs

$6,000–Giving Hearts Day$2,000 Sponsorships $2,000 Organizational Donations

In-kind time$4,000 DMF match giving hearts day





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$17,447.90 $1,500 $18,947.90 $9,500 $9,447.90

2014-2015 Draft Workplan: Group Meetings in August, October, December, March

Year/Annual Goal

Activities MonthResponsible

Person(s)


Continue Implementation of charitable strategy.

Determine need for sponsorships for NDCN events and develop plan for obtaining sponsors.

August-September

Workgroup/Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Review status of implementation of charitable strategy for internal operations (telling your story and attracting donors)

August-September

Workgroup/Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop implementation plans for external operations (sustaining donors, raising major gifts and planned giving as needed). Start to implement targeted strategies.

October-June

Workgroup/Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Meet with Funding Logic to gather feedback/assistance.

August-JunePatricia/Group chair

25% 50% 75% 100%

Apply to participate in Giving Hearts Day.

Complete application and attendee required training session.

October-November

Patricia/Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Create implementation plan for Giving Hearts Day which is February 12th. Develop plan for board involvement and the leadership team.

October – January

Patricia, Kyle and workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

High promotion of the event. Aim for the video award and the greatest

January- February 12th

Kyle25% 50% 75% 100%

number of donor cities.

Send out thank you cards, seek feedback from event. Engage board and leadership team in writing thank you notes.

February-MayPatricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

List donations on website. Develop recognition item/awards for those that donate TBD.

February-May 25% 50% 75% 100%

2015-2016Impact Nonprofit membership, charitable strategy, evaluate plan, Giving Hearts day

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: A Celebration of the Unification of the Voice of Nursing

Originating Home Group Area: Finance and Sustainability Workgroup

Overall Project Goal: Increase team building, recognition and commitment to the work of the Center for Nursing while increasing the visibility of the ND Center for Nursing through an annual celebration that will over time serve as an annual fundraiser.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of participants at each event, # of dollars raised during events

Brief Summary of Need for Project: Continued implementation of the tier 1 funding proposal including the assessment of a $30 nurse licensure fee will require continued promotion of the benefits of the Center for Nursing to all nurses. This is also an opportunity to further the development of a unified voice through team building, presentation of awards and celebrate accomplishments of the Center for Nursing.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: The group organized a small celebration reception after the ND Action Coalition Leadership Summit on October 4th. 31 tickets sold for celebration and 5 tickets were given out as door prizes at summit. Weather resulted in many leaving prior to reception. Approximately 20 attended and the reception was moved up by an hour to 3:00 PM. Total revenue including ticket sales and donations at cash bar= $543. Expense total $1,000.85 with a net loss of $457.85.

Plans for Year 2 of Project: The group is proposing to partner with the NDBON to plan an event in conjunction with their 100th Anniversary celebration. The celebration would take place around (before or after) Nurses Week which is May 6-May 12, 2015. The celebration with an estimated 300 attendees would include a conference including a keynote speaker and a gala in the evening with a dinner, awards presentations, possibly entertainment and a silent auction. The initial plan is to charge $50 for the conference portion and $30 for the Gala portion. The conference will include continuing education credits. The Celebration would be the wrap-up of a year of events celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the NDBON which is slated to include a governor’s proclamation, meetings/events in each quadrant of the state and other activities which the ND Center for Nursing would assist in promoting.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015

Nurses Week Conference and Gala in conjunction with 100 year NDBON event


Food for conference/gala $18,000Keynote speaker $10,000Printing/supplies $1,000Music/Entertainment $2,500Awards $500Marketing $1,000Speakers –$5,000 conference & gala

Registration- $26,000Sponsorships- $8,000Silent Auction $4,000Some of this will go to NDBON.

In-kind timeNDBON- event planner, $25,000 for expenses.

2015-2016

Five-year celebration


$30,000 $40,000 In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$14,15.25 $38,000 $52,105 $38,000 $14,105.25

Proposed 2014-2015 Workplan: Group Meetings in May, June, August, October, December, February, April

Strategy Activities MonthResponsible

Person(s)


Nurses Week Conference and Gala in conjunction with NDBON 100 year anniversary

Determine joint committee membership/start meeting with NDBON committee- meeting in May

April-June 25% 50% 75% 100%

Determine date, location and time for celebration

April-June 25% 50% 75% 100%

Design save the date materials in conjunction with NDBON, also solicit silent auction donations.

May-June 25% 50% 75% 100%

Determine sponsorship categories and promotion. Also determine other fundraising opportunities such as a silent auction.

June- October 25% 50% 75% 100%

Determine program for event and invite keynote and other speakers. Invite speakers in May/June

June-September

25% 50% 75% 100%

Examine the possibility of honoring all of the awardees from the past year in the state and having our own award. Establish cut-off date.

September-November

25% 50% 75% 100%

Set up one registration site in conjunction with NDBON

November-December

25% 50% 75% 100%

Determine catering and other logistics for event

December-March

25% 50% 75% 100%

Event promotion and registration December- April 25% 50% 75% 100%

Hold event. May 25% 50% 75% 100%

Evaluate event. June 25% 50% 75% 100%

2015-2016Five-year celebration

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: Faculty Online Orientation and Development Resources

Originating Home Group Area: Nursing Education and Faculty Resources Faculty Resources Subgroup

Overall Project Goal: Provide resources to recruit and retain nursing faculty and to provide development/orientation resources.

Overall Outcome Measures: Number of faculty position openings, number of students encouraged to become faculty, number of times online webinars are accessed

Brief Summary of Need for Project: North Dakota nursing education programs are experiencing increasing faculty position openings (NDBON Nursing Education Annual Report 2011-2012). This is compounded by the many barriers to recruiting faculty including a lack of interest in becoming faculty, reluctant to go to graduate school due to the high costs, low faculty salary as compared to practice salaries, intensive out-of-state faculty recruitment outside of North Dakota and differences in salaries between programs (ND Center for Nursing Spotlight Report, 2013).

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: Our faculty recruitment materials were revised including the faculty recruitment website (click here to see the website), posters and brochures. Brochures and posters were sent to all nursing education programs in March. The faculty recruitment website had 161 Page Views/2,281 hits from July – December, 2013.

A NurseTim subscription was purchased for all nursing education programs on leadership team (16) and usage is tracked monthly. NurseTim provides over 70 live and archived webinars and ANCC approved contact hours that include teaching strategies, assessment and exams, lab and clinical, curriculum, faculty success and a Certified Nurse Educator prep course. These resources will be available to all education programs represented on the ND Center for Nursing Leadership Team and will include all full-time, part-time, adjunct faculty, staff and preceptors. Reminders including lists of suggested webinars are sent to program contacts each month. The number of subscribers has increased from 43 in September to 212 in March. There have been increases in the number of live/archived webinars viewed and number of CE credits earned.

September October November December January February March0

50

100

150

200

250

43

118

35

212

9

140.03

NurseTim Tracking Statistics

Number of SubscribersNumber of Live/Archived Webinars ViewedNumber of CE Credits Earned

http://nursetim.com/

http://www.ndcenterfornursing.org/nurse-faculty-recruitment/



Plans for Year Two of Project: The plan for year two includes the purchase of a NurseTim subscription for all nursing education programs that are a part of the leadership team (16 programs). Monthly reminders to programs will continue to help build subscribers and usage of the site- especially to part time faculty and clinical faculty who are currently underrepresented. In addition, information about webinars viewed will be provided to CUNEA for a discussion about promoting particularly useful webinars to their faculty. The faculty recruitment site will migrate over to the new Legendary Nurse Career Ladder portal which is a part of the Statewide Nurse Recruitment proposal.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015

Purchase NurseTim and promote subscriptions and usage.

ED- 1% FTE NurseTim $6,000 ($375/program)

In-kind time

2015-2016

Purchase NurseTimpromote subscriptions and usage. Evaluate through surveys of faculty and programs.

ED- 1% FTE NurseTim $6,000($375/program)

In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$1,206.66 $6,000 $7,207 $0 $7,207

Proposed 2014-2015 Workplan

Strategies Activities Month/Responsible

Person(s)


Purchase NurseTim and promote usage.

Determine nursing education program representation on leadership team.

June

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Negotiate contracts for purchase of annual subscription of Nursetim for programs.

June-July

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Send monthly reminders to programs about usage, new live webinars and targeted webinars available.

Monthly

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop list of webinars viewed across all programs and meet with CUNEA to discuss strategies.

July-September

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Track number of subscribers, webinars viewed and CE credits earned.

Monthly

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

2015-2016 Purchase NurseTim and promote subscriptions and usage.Evaluate through surveys of faculty and programs.

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: ND Center for Nursing Preceptor Program

Originating Home Group Area: Nursing Education and Faculty Resources

Overall Project Goal: Develop a process to identify nurse preceptors and to provide preceptor education to nurses in ND.

Overall Outcome Measures: Perceived difficulty in placing students due to preceptor availability, # of preceptors by program, # of preceptors in program, # of preceptor/program matches

Brief Summary of Need for Project: According to the 2012 Education Program Survey, North Dakota nursing education programs indicated that there is a shortage of qualified preceptors which results in reduced availability of quality clinical sites. Some of the challenges indicated by programs included that there has been a decline in nursing units accepting students due to a novice staff, the need to orientate/mentor own staff and an increase in staff’s stress due to the booming population. In addition, analysis of clinical placement maps indicates that there are several communities in North Dakota that are currently not hosting any clinical students. This results in a misdistribution of students and the overuse of preceptors.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: The group collected interview data from all APRN nursing education program and survey data from an online survey of APRNs. APRN programs were all supportive of the concept of designing standardized orientation/training programs for preceptors. Survey results from 29 APRNs indicated that several APRNs hadn’t been contacted by nursing education programs and that they felt precepting was valuable personally and to their profession. Many APRNS that responded to the survey indicated their interest in participating in the preceptor program. The highest rated incentives included the availability of online training modules on teaching and student evaluation, an online clearinghouse that provides a central place, connections with other preceptors and professional recognition as a preceptor. A consultant, Becky Graner, was hired to work with the group on developing an online educational program and explore best practices.

Plans for Year Two of Project: During the second year, the APRN preceptor program will be finalized, the online platform developed and pilot tested and the full program launched in January. Costs include fees for application of CE credits, incentives and software for the development of the platform.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015 Launch APRN program.Early program Evaluation.

ED- 10% FTEPC/Web- 10% FTEConsultant $4,000

CE Fees- $175Incentives- $500Software- $100Travel for videotaping $600

Charge for out of state preceptors $250

In-kind time

2015-2016 Develop and Pilot RN program. Maintain APRN program. Evaluate programs.

ED- 10% FTEPC/Web- 10% FTEConsultant $4,000

CE Fees- $200Incentives- $800

Charge for out of state preceptors

In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$21,447.90 $1,375 $22,823 $250 $22,572.90

2014-2015 Proposed Workplan- Workgroup Meetings in April, May, August, October, December, March

Strategies Activities Month/Responsible

Person(s)


Finish Development of APRN preceptor course.

Finish development of preceptor introductory course powerpoint slides. Determine who will be videotaped presenting. Should we include multiple preceptors also talking about experience?

April- June

Workgroup

Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Determine needed additional course materials and finish development of additional materials for preceptor course. Also determine possible incentives for participants. Determine fees for out of state participants.

April-June

Workgroup

Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Draft NDBON Contact hours application for introductory video and additional content.

April-June

Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Videotape preceptor program introductory course and small video clips.

July-October

Kyle, Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Submit NDBON Contact Hour application.

OctoberPatricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop additional components and online interface for preceptor program.

Investigate best practice strategies for recruitment and retention of preceptors including monetary and non-monetary incentives, especially those that are applicable to statewide programs.

April-June

Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Determine additional components of preceptor program- online clearinghouse, matching of preceptors to programs, networking opportunities, registration, out-of state programs?

July-September

Workgroup, Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop marketing materials for program.

August-September

Workgroup, Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop platform for overall program including additional components of program and include videos

September-November

Workgroup, Kyle, Patricia,Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Launch APRN Preceptor Program

Determine audience to pilot test program.

September-NovemberWorkgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Pilot test program with small audience and soft launch.

December

Kyle/Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: Statewide Nurse Recruitment Program

Originating Home Group Area: Workplace Planning

Overall Project Goal: Attracting a well-qualified pool of diverse nurses to fit projected nursing needs.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of jobs posted, # of job seekers, revenue from career center, satisfaction with career center services, hits/visits to Legendary Nurse portal website and subpages, surveys of high school teachers/counselors

Brief Summary of Need for Project: As North Dakota continues to grow in population, providing an adequate health care workforce continues to be a challenge. Ongoing maldistribution of nurses and a projected shortage of LPNs indicate the need to increase recruitment efforts.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project:

Online Recruitment Toolkit- During year one, the toolkit was developed in response to survey results of health care occupation teachers and career counselors. The toolkit includes a dedicated webpage including a word cloud of the many different nursing careers, links to more information about nursing careers and education programs, links to scholarship and loan repayment programs, a recruitment flyer, a contact list for nursing education program simulators, a guest speaker/mentor list, and a list of different nursing career paths and pictures of nurses in different setting and reflecting diversity. The toolkit was presented to health care occupation teachers and counselors during in-person meeting in August and has continued to be promoted in our enewsletter, presentations at the Nursing Student Association of North Dakota meeting, at the North Dakota Board of Nursing January meeting and through reminder emails to high school teachers, counselors and guest speakers.

Career Center- This included continued implementation of an online Career Center in conjunction with Affiniscape. The Career Center has had 9 job flashes from July – Dec., 2013 with an average distribution of 15,070 individuals per month with a 19% average open rate. Total revenue collected as of December 31 st is $9,924.

Plans for Year Two of Project: During year two of the project, the group proposes to merge all career information and the career center into one interactive and integrated web portal. This portal would lead users to different sections depending on their desired career path and would include information from these current web pages: Nursing Education programs, Grant Funded Programs, Regulation, Nursing Organizations, Your Career in Nursing, Future Nursing Faculty, Scholarships and Loan Repayment. The current Career Center would also become part of this portal and would be run by the ND Center for Nursing by choosing not to renew our current contract with Affiniscape. Branding of this new portal will be developed and will feature the Legendary ND Nurse to provide a link with the Legendary ND campaign by the ND Tourism Department. This portal is linked with the state’s Experience ND website that is being included a 2020 and Beyond project to provide more marketing of targeted careers nationwide.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015

Develop and launch Legendary Nurse Portal and new Career Center.

CC- 20% FTE Website Plugins and Other Upgrades $500

Career Center Royalties $15,000

In-kind time

2015-2016

Continue marketing and improving Legendary Nurse Portal. Evaluate program.

ED- 2% FTECC-20% FTE

Career Center Royalties $20,000

In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$10,762.60 $500 $11,262.60 $15,000 Profit- $3,737.40

Proposed 2014-2015 Workplan: Group Meetings in May, August, November, March

Strategies Activities MonthResponsible

Person(s)


Development of Legendary Nurse Portal

Develop draft branding and design of portal and marketing materials. Develop plan for marketing portal.

March-MayKyle, MSUM Student Interrn, Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop draft template for portal and determine how pages will merge into new template.

June-July

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Implement design and template to create beta portal.

August-November

Kyle, Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Pilot testing and soft launch of portal.

December

Kyle, Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Launch portal. JanuaryKyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop new career center that will be included in Legendary Nurse Portal.

Explore options for how to set up career center. Examine other career centers, services offered and prices.

March-June

Kyle, Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Draft design for job flashes and other materials for career center.

June-July

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop draft template for June-July 25% 50% 75% 100%

career center, purchase plugins. Develop marketing plan for career center component. Explore connectivity with Experience ND and 2020 and Beyond.

Kyle, Workgroup

Send letter of contract termination to current career center company and determine needed transition steps.

August

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Implement template and build career center.

August-November

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Pilot testing and soft launch of career center with portal.

DecemberKyle, Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Launch Career Center and marketing plan.

January

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Ongoing addition of job postings, monitoring of job seekers and distribution of job flashes.

January-June

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: Enhancing the ND Work Environment for Nurses

Originating Home Group Area: Workplace Planning

Overall Project Goal: Work to retain talent through the development strategies including examining the potential for transition to practice programs, examining and the development interventions for the workplace environment.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of facilities in pilot programs, # of nurses employed at pilot facilities, satisfaction of participants, pre- and post-assessment of strategies, baseline and multi-year turnover rates in pilot facilities

Brief Summary of Need for Project: North Dakota continues to experience high levels of nurse staffing turnover in addition to the maldistribution of nursing supply and projected shortages of LPNs. This turnover results in high recruitment costs, per diem and traveling nurse expenses and instability in the workplace.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: The group has engaged several organizations during this year including the North Dakota Organization of Nurse Executives and the CAH Quality Network in order to develop a list of priority strategies for enhancing the work environment. The strategies are derived from results from the 2013 Hospital Survey which included 42 work environment measures designed to access the readiness of a health care facility to apply to the ANCC Pathways to Excellence program. Facilities that have completed the process to becoming Pathways to Excellence certified have been shown to have high rates of nurse satisfaction and retention. The priority strategies include 1) offer an educational session on the Pathways to Excellence program, 2) shared governance, 3) external nurse recognition program, 4) self-care for nurses, 5) nurse representation on interdisciplinary quality teams, 6) overtime staffing policies, 7) preceptors- individualized orientation and adjustment in staffing, 8) mentoring programs for nurses at all levels, 9) retention incentives and 10) recognizing nurses for quality outcomes. The group also explored the potential for developing a statewide transition to practice program by investigating several model programs and obtaining feedback.

Plans for Year 2 of Project: The group has decided to pilot a customized Pathways to Excellence strategy development program to a small group of five hospitals which will include an introductory webinar on the application process, customized follow-up teleconference calls with best practices for targeted strategies, and networking calls between participant pilot facilities. The intent of this program is to provide the necessary support to enable hospitals to develop needed work environment changes to successfully apply for Pathways to Excellence designation within a 3-5 year time frame. Each participating hospital will be asked to agree to provide pre- and post-assessment data and other data to determine impact of this program. They will also be asked to provide mentoring support to future health care facilities that may also participate in this program in the following years. The hospitals would also be responsible for their own application fees to ANCC when they determine that they are ready to apply. It is anticipated that the process of implementing changes related to the Pathways to Excellence strategies will produce measurable changes in participating hospital environments independent of the hospital obtaining Pathways to Excellence designation. The group will also begin collecting information from long term care facilities and from LPNs regarding their work environment needs and develop a plan for implementation of programming during year 3.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015 Pilot customized Pathways to Excellence Strategy Development Program providing support through the development of targeted strategies. Engage long term care community in developing work environment programming. Evaluate strategies to retain/recruit LPNs in urban and rural health care facilities in ND.

ED- 9% FTEResearch Consultant$3,000

Live and taped orientation webinar $1,500 (15 participants 3 at each site)

Individual consulting teleconference calls for each site and/or for each strategy $4,000 ($400 per call)

Networking teleconference calls between participants $200

In-kind time Application fees to Pathways to Excellence program by hospital participants

2015-2016 Possible expansion of Pathways to Excellence program to additional sites. Program evaluation.Launch long term care program. Launch LPN program.

ED- 10% FTE Programmatic Costs TBD

In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$13,859.94 $5,700 $19,559.94 $0 $19,559.94

2014-2015 Workplan: Group Meetings June, August, November, February, April


Person(s)


Pilot customized Pathways to Excellence Strategy Development Program providing support through the

Develop marketing and application materials for pilot program. Disseminate to hospitals.

June-July

Workgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Collect applications, determine criteria for selecting five hospitals to include in program. Have MOA signed for each pilot hospital.

AugustWorkgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

process of identifying strategies and developing programs.

Determine date for webinar with pilot hospitals and negotiate contract with ACNN.

August-September Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Launch program including webinars and on-going support. Collect pre-assessment and baseline data from each hospital.

October-June

Patricia, ANNC

25% 50% 75% 100%

Determine whether to offer program next year or develop new programming.

February-June

Workgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Engage long term care community in developing work environment programming.

Survey long term care DONs using Pathways to Excellence pre-assessment survey, determine additional issues and the possibility of transition to practice programs, best practices etc. Invite additional participation from ND-NADONA and NDLTC on group.

July- September

Patricia. Research Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Examine survey results and determine priority strategies. Present to ND-NADONA and NDLTC during October meeting to gather feedback and suggestions for programming.

October-November

Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Examine possible programming and develop implementation plan.

December-April

Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Evaluate strategies to retain/recruit LPNs in urban and rural health care facilities in ND.

Develop list of possible individuals, organizations and education program to gather information about LPN recruitment/retention issues and possible solutions including retention incentives and marketing.Determine data collection mechanism and questions.

August-October

Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Collect data/information from targeted individuals. Examine best practices in other states. Invite individuals to join group.

November-JanuaryPatricia, Research Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Examine results and best practices and determine priority strategy. Examine possible programming and develop implementation plan.

January-AprilPatricia,Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

2015-2016Possible expansion of Pathways to Excellence strategy development program to additional sites.

Program evaluation.Launch long term care program.

Launch LPN program.

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: Initial Steps for Developing a North Dakota Practice-Based Research Network

Originating Workgroup: Research and Development

Overall Project Goal: Develop a North Dakota Practice-based Research Network.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of survey respondents, # of meeting participants, determination of infrastructure needed, # of collaborative partnerships developed, development of research team(s)

Brief Summary of Need for Project: Practice-based research networks have been primarily utilized with groups of primary care clinicians nationally. Many of these research networks are a part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Practice Based Research Network program and are key components to National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Awards. These networks are a valuable tool in shortening the research to practice cycle and providing direct connections and support between practicing nurses and researchers.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: The group has developed a common definitions document for Quality Improvement (QI), Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and nursing research to serve as a resource and also as a base for our network. The group has also examined many different types of research networks/models and compiled a list of possible options for our network. A survey was collected from 20 nurses and nursing students with diverse backgrounds. The results indicated the need and desire for opportunities to learn about different types of nursing research and to provide opportunities for networking and dissemination of research across the state.

Plans for Year Two of Project: The group is proposing to host a statewide nursing research conference or summit in the Fall of 2014. The meeting would include a keynote speaker that will describe the three types of research (QI, EBP and Nursing Research) and will include the opportunity for nursing researchers in the state to present their research projects either through oral or poster presentations. The meeting will also include networking opportunities between academic and practice researchers across North Dakota. The group will solicit feedback on next steps for the research network during this meeting and attendees will form the prospective pool of researchers for the network. The initial plan is to charge $50 for registration with an estimated 150 attendees and obtaining CEs from the NDBON.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015

Hold statewide nursing research conference. Continue development of research network.


Food for conference $4,000Keynote fee $2,500Keynote travel $2,000Printing/supplies $1,000

Registration estimated 150 attendees- $7,500

Sponsorships $3,000

In-kind time

Meeting Space Rental $1,300CE Fees $300

2015-2016

Implement Research Network components. Hold Annual Research event.


Food for conference $5,000Keynote $3,000Printing/supplies $500Meeting Space Rental $1,300NDBON and ANCC CE Fees $500

Registration estimated 200 attendees- $10,000

Sponsorships $5,000

In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$14,757.25 $11,100 $25,857 $10,500 $15,357.25

Draft 2014-2015 Workplan: Group Meetings in April, June, August, September, October, November, March


Person(s)


Hold statewide nursing research conference/summit to provide an opportunity to share information about QI, EBP and Nursing Research, disseminate ND nursing research and start development of research network.

Send letters to all Sigma Theta Tau chapters inviting them to join the planning committee.

March

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Initial planning for conference including determining dates, location, title, draft agenda, keynote speakers and overall framework.

March-MayWorkgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Design save the date materials. Disseminate widely.

April

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Work on program for conference, invite keynote and other speakers.

MayWorkgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop and disseminate call for abstracts. Determine final oral and poster presenters.

June- August

Workgroup Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Complete form for CEU approval from NDBON.

July-AugustPatricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop and launch registration platform and promote conference.

July-October

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Work with Fundraising group on August-September 25% 50% 75% 100%

sponsorships.Patricia

Determine catering and other final logistics for conference. Develop presentation materials.

August-September

Workgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Hold conference. OctoberWorkgroup, Patricia, Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Evaluate conference. Determine if we should hold another conference next year or other format (online webinars).

October- NovemberWorkgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Continue development of research network.

Develop activity/session for conference to provide opportunities for networking and for gathering of ideas about components of research network including possible newsletter features, web portal, resource documents, webinars, poster templates, mentoring program

May-AugustWorkgroupPatricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Gather feedback about possible components during conference.

OctoberWorkgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Examine feedback and develop plan for implementation of network components. Pilot one component.

November-MarchWorkgroupPatricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

2015-2016Implement Research Network components. Hold Annual Research event.

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: Increasing Nursing Advocacy and Empowerment at the State Policy Level

Originating Home Group Area: Practice and Policy

Overall Project Goal: Inform and empower the nursing community to influence health care policy.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of advocacy center website hits/visitors, # of bills monitored, # of participants on conference calls (phone lines), % of participants that open legislative update emails, # of nurses testifying, # of nurses on boards/commissions

Brief Summary of Need for Project: As the ND Center for Nursing continues to develop the infrastructure to serve as unified voice for nursing; this last legislative session has indicated the need for greater and more robust communication tools. While legislative update calls and collaborative email groups provided an introductory mechanism for cross-group communication, more effort is needed in order to fully develop this mechanism.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: Outcomes from year one of the project included hiring a legislative monitor, developing an interim legislative bill table, setting up eight collaborative email groups based on legislative studies, revising advocacy center site for interim session with interim legislative committees, the addition of an advocacy training video of Melana Howe. We have also published an article each month in the enewsletter providing information about legislative happenings and other public policy information. The group developed a survey of leadership team organizations and members to determine the “sphere of influence” of nurses on boards and committees and have developed a priority list of state-level boards/committees to target for nursing representation. There are a total of 19 nurses on our priority board/commission list as of March, 2014. The group pilot tested a public forum site to encourage open discussion about policy issues and determined that it was not an effective tool. We have hosted four legislative update calls for the leadership team (Oct= 12 participants, Nov=19 participants, Jan=21 participants, March= 15 participants) and a special legislative update call on the Community Paramedic Study (25 participants). We also hosted two administrative rules conference calls that were advertised and open to all nurses in ND. (30 and 22 attended the calls). The advocacy Center page received 5,833 hits between July-December 2013 and the advocacy videos had 102 views.

July August Sept October Nov Dec0

200400600800

100012001400160018002000

656

1871

944 958833

571

Advocacy Center Hits Per Month

Plans for Year Two of Project: The project will include the continued monitoring of legislation, regular legislative updates and conference calls, communication through collaborative email groups and the development of a legislative platform to determine which bills to track during the session. The plan also includes increasing the visibility of the ND Center for Nursing and Leadership organizations through the organization of a Nurses Day at the legislature which would include tables for all participating organizations and the opportunity to meet with legislators during the session. A policy brief including available data and information about ND Center for Nursing initiatives would also be distributed. Continued communication with all nurses on legislative issues will include updating website materials and monthly enewsletter articles. Continued work on defining key boards/committees for nurse representation will provide a greater sphere of influence for the nursing community.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015

Provide interim and during session legislative monitoring and communication within leadership team. Increase visibility of ND Center for Nursing and leadership team organizations at the state legislature through a Nurses Day. Continue communication with all nurses on legislative issues. Develop communication strategy for linking sphere of influence members

ED- 15% FTEPC/Web- 5% FTELegislative monitor- $10,000Mapping Consultant $1,000Research Consultant $4,000

Teleconference calls $1,500

Food for Nurses Day at Legislature $3,000

Printing of Policy Briefs/Materials $500

Possible Partnership Sponsorships$1,000

In-kind time

2015-2016

Evaluate effectiveness of legislative platform and communication strategies, continue interim monitoring and communication

ED- 20%FTEPC/Web- 5% FTELegislative monitor $10,000

Teleconference calls $1,000

In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$35,790.55 $5,000 $40,790.55 $1,000 $39,790.55

2014-2015 Proposed Workplan: Group Meetings in April, August, October, December, March



Provide interim and during session legislative monitoring and communication within leadership team.

Negotiate contract with legislative monitor and provide initial orientation.

April-July

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Provide monthly or bi-monthly updates including notes on tracked committees/studies. Provide weekly updates during legislative session.

Ongoing

Legislative Monitor

25% 50% 75% 100%

Schedule legislative update leadership team calls- September, December and then weekly during session on Fridays?

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Continue collaborative email groups for specific studies and add new ones based on bills that come forward

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop legislative platform to determine which bills to track and increase targeted advocacy efforts.

August-DecemberWorkgroup, Legislative Monitor, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Increase visibility of ND Center for Nursing and leadership team organizations at the state legislature through a Nurses Day.

Determine date for Nurses Day at the Legislature and schedule space.

April

Workgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop and disseminate save the date materials for leadership team organizations.

April

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Solicit partner organizations and sponsors and organize sub-committee.

June-July

Workgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop agenda for day, other logistics and possible sponsors

August- OctoberWorkgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop policy brief describing work of center and current nursing data. Disseminate to legislators in conjunction with Nurses Day.

September- December

Patricia, Research Consultant, Mapping Consultant

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop marketing materials for legislators and market nurses day.

October- January

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Hold Nurses Day March 25% 50% 75% 100%

Workgroup, Patricia, Kyle

Evaluate effectiveness of Nurses Day.

April-MayWorkgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Continue communication with all nurses on legislative issues.

Update advocacy center with legislative calendar and updated legislative tables.

Ongoing

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Examine best practices on disseminating policy information to a wide range of organizations including rural nursing, state government and other entities.

Include monthly enewsletter article about legislative happenings and targeted summaries for studies/bills of interest.

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop communication strategy for linking sphere of influence members.

Continue to revise and complete Sphere of Influence list

OngoingWorkgroup, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Work on inclusion of nurses on key committees/boards through tracking board openings and encouraging submissions through enewsletter, facebook and collaborative email groups.

OngoingWorkgroup,Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Pilot communication strategy for linking Sphere of Influence members with leadership team.

September-JuneWorkgroup,Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

2015-2016Evaluate effectiveness of legislative platform and communication strategies, continue interim

monitoring and communication

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: Increased Utilization of Evidence Based Practice Resource Center

Originating Home Group Area: Practice and Policy

Overall Project Goal: Promote utilization of evidence based practice and increase visibility of North Dakota produced resources.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of ND education programs, health care facilities and other organizations submitting resources, # of web hits and visitors, # of resource downloads, # of video views

Brief Summary of Need for Project: The Evidence Based Practice Resource Center is designed to be an online portal to assist all nurses in providing state-of-the-art care through providing an avenue for the nursing community to share best practice and research information. includes multiple resources including links to NDBON practice statements, critically appraised topics (CATs) from ND nursing students, research abstracts, links to Agency for Healthcare and Quality Clinician Summaries, federal documents, online articles and website and links to evidence based practice resource centers.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: In addition to determining new resources to add to the collection posted online, the project has worked to determine a set of strategies to increase the utilization of the website. This includes posting of materials and viewing the materials to include in practice. The website has been promoted through regular sections in the ND Center for Nursing enewsletter, the development of a home page banner to direct traffic to the site, a fact sheet and presentations at targeted meetings to increase awareness of the website. The number of Evidence Based Practice website hits from July – Dec., 2013 totaled 5,338. The group is in the process of putting together an introductory video that would introduce the website and feature the importance of evidence based practice through short interviews with nursing leaders who have used evidence based practice in their practice.

Plans for Year 2 of Project: The group will focus on the developing opportunities to promote use of PICO method and increase utilization of website through an introductory marketing video and a pre-conference workshop prior to the Statewide Research Network conference. The website will also be reorganized to reflect the PICO steps. In addition, several health care facilities and education programs will receive targeted assistance in using the website and encouraged to post their completed CATs and other resources. The project will also involve piloting an interactive component of the website.





2014-2015 Continue to post resources on website, develop video series, target organizations, pilot interactive component.


Printing $200Pre-conference room rental$240Box lunches for participants $750

50 participants at $25 each= $1,250

In-kind time

2015-2016 Continue to post resources on website. Evaluate effectiveness of website and determine changes.


Printing costs $500

In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$20,790.55 $1,190 $21,980.55 $1,250 $20,730.55

2014-2015 Workplan: Group Meetings in August, October, December, March

Year/Annual Goal

Activities Month/Responsible Person(s)


Continue to post resources on website.

Post new resources from ND groups and national entities on website. Link to new resources in monthly enewsletter

Ongoing

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop opportunities to promote use of PICO method and increase utilization of website.

Develop pre-conference workshop on Evidence Based Practice and the PICO method to be held before fall research network conference. Video tape workshop and put online.

April- OctoberPICO subgroupPatricia, Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop marketing introductory video on the use of PICO including examples.

April- SeptemberPICO subgroup, Patricia, Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Re-organize website to reflect PICO steps.

July-SeptemberPatricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Launch new website and marketing video at October Research Conference and pre-conference and through electronic media.

October 25% 50% 75% 100%

Target 5 health care facilities and/or education programs to present opportunities to post PICO and other resources to website.

Develop list of 5 organizations to target and contact individual.

OctoberWorkgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Contact each organization and offer to present and/or provide materials including fact sheet about website.

October-NovemberPatricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Pilot interactive formats for website.

Explore possible interactive components such as sending in questions and having completed PICOs in newsletter or posting questions to facebook, smartphone app, newsletter article on the development of PICO etc.

September-OctoberWorkgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop pilot test for one or more October- January 25% 50% 75% 100%

interactive component and implement.

Patricia and Workgroup

Evaluate and determine whether to continue or explore another interactive component.

February-March

Patricia and Workgroup

25% 50% 75% 100%

2015-2016Continue to post resources on website.

Evaluate effectiveness of website and determine changes needed.

Funding Proposal


Title of Project: North Dakota Action Coalition

Overall Project Goal: Provide continued support for leadership development programming developed by the North Dakota Action Coalition.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of participants in summit, online leadership programming, evaluations of utilization of learned leadership skills through follow-up surveys

Brief Summary of Need for Project: The infrastructure of the many organizations that compose the ND Center for Nursing Leadership Team as well as leadership within the Center for Nursing depends on the availability of a large pool of inspired nursing leaders. Many organizations experience difficulty recruiting new leaders to provide for effective succession planning. In addition, increased leadership skills will provide nurses with the necessary tools to impact change in the health care climate. The North Dakota Action Coalition (NDAC) is a part of the Campaign for Action and is tasked with implementing IOM Future of Nursing Report recommendations. The NDAC is co-led by the ND Center for Nursing and the University of Mary, Harold Schafer Leadership Academy. The NDAC is focused on developing leadership skills for “Every nurse, in every setting”.

Current Status and Outcomes from Year One of Project: The grant to the Center to Champion Nursing that we submitted for funding of our activities was not approved. The group held a statewide leadership summit in Fargo on October 4th which included 133 registered and 117 attending participants. The total revenue from the summit was $10,400 including registration and four sponsorships and the net profit was $5,158.72. The coalition is working on the development of targeted leadership programming in four areas 1) communication, 2) change/innovation, 3) health policy/advocacy and 4) systems thinking. A timeline for completion of modules has been developed. Three consultants have been hired utilizing $12,000 in personnel expenses approved by the ND Center for Nursing Board of Directors. These consultants are working with the coalition groups to develop the four leadership development programs by June.

Plans for Year Two of Project: The plan for year two of the project includes the recording of webinars that were developed by the coalition groups and consultants. A platform will also be developed to host the webinars online and the program will be piloted. Contact hour applications will be submitted to the NDBON for each of the four programs. The full program launch is targeted for November, 2014.

Each of the modules will be composed of an online webinar course that participants will register and pay a fee to obtain. Fees will be on a sliding scale for nursing students, ND licensed nurses, and out of state nurses/other individuals. Completion of the online course and a standardized evaluation will

result in NDBON contact hours and possibly AACN contact hours. Participants will then be given the option of one or more targeted learning activities or projects for each leadership module which are designed to apply what they have learned. Additional links to resources will also be available. Upon completion of the project they will earn a module completion certificate. If a participant goes through all four modules and completes them, they will be awarded a leadership program completion certificate and will be added to a leadership mentor pool.

The leadership modules will be monitored for needed changes in content and process. The group will also start to discuss future directions for the action coalition including the possibility of merging future work with the ND Center for Nursing Leadership Team, aligning with national goals, examining future leadership development summits and sustainability of online modules including providing mentors to participants.

Proposed Budget





2014-2015

Complete development of targeted leadership modules on communication,change/innovation, health policy/advocacy and systems thinking. Monitor Leadership development program and continued marketing. Discuss the future structure of the action coalition.

ED- 5% FTECC- 10%Videotaping Consultant $5,000

CE Credits $500 CE fees $4,000

In-kind time

2015-2016

TBD by action coalition in 2014-2015. Continue online leadership programming.


TBD? CE fees $4,000

In-kind time





Estimated Revenue

Net Program Cost

$16,414.60 $500 $16,915 $4,000 $12,914.60

2014-2015 Proposed Workplan



Complete development of targeted leadership modules on communication,change/innovation, health policy/advocacy and systems thinking

Coordinate monthly meetings of coalition groups.

April-June

Consultants and Group chairs

25% 50% 75% 100%

Finish compiling powerpoint slides for modules. Decide who to videotape for webinars. Determine authorship of module.

April-June 25% 50% 75% 100%

Finish development of materials for modules including supplementary documents, resource lists and project materials as needed.

April-June

Consultants and groups

25% 50% 75% 100%

Finish drafting of evaluation tool for each module.

April-June

Consultants and groups

25% 50% 75% 100%

Determine needed platform for modules, fee structures, standardized materials.Develop standardized introduction to webinars.

April-May

Consultants, group chairs, Patricia, Cheryl, Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Draft contact hour application for NDBON, workgroup approve draft.

April-June

Consultants, workgroup.

25% 50% 75% 100%

Videotaping of webinars and preview videos.

July- 1st two weeks

Kyle, Consultants, groups

25% 50% 75% 100%

Editing of Webinars and preview videos.

July-August

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Pilot test modules with action coalition members and determine number of contact hours for each

September

Coalition groups

25% 50% 75% 100%

webinar. Revise modules as needed in workgroups.Submit Contact hour applications and fees.

October

Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop online platform for modules.

July-October

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop marketing materials for leadership program and start marketing.

July- November

Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Launch leadership modules.

NovemberCoalition

25% 50% 75% 100%

Monitor Leadership development program and continued marketing.

Ongoing monitoring of participants and evaluation of program completion, award of CE certificates.

November-June

Patricia, Kyle

25% 50% 75% 100%

Review status of leadership modules and assist in marketing program

November-June

Coalition

25% 50% 75% 100%

Initial evaluation of leadership program and any needed changes.

March-April 2015Patricia, Cheryl, Coalition

25% 50% 75% 100%

Discuss the future structure of the action coalition.

Examine participation in coalition and discuss future structure of coalition. Does the coalition groups become a planning group for a statewide summit and serve as mentors/custodians/resources of online modules? Alignment with nurses on board goal? Do we merge with the ND Center for Nursing Leadership Team?

November-March

Coalition, Cheryl, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Develop proposal for future work.

March-April

Coalition, Cheryl, Patricia

25% 50% 75% 100%

Proposals not included in Funding Spreadsheet

Funding Proposal


New Project

Title of Project: Coordination of Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future Gerontology Nursing Consortium

Originating Workgroup: N/A

Collaborating Organizations/Workgroups: Includes over 40 organizations across North Dakota (see stakeholder list).

Brief Summary of Need for Project: The Partners Investing in Nursing Consortium was established to enhance the quality of care of older adults by improving access to a well-prepared and adequate gerontology nursing workforce necessary to meet their needs. The project is nearing the end of funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Dakota Medical Foundation and has successfully connected a large group of stakeholders in increasing awareness of the positive aspects of working with the gerontological population through summer nurse camps with high school students, production of videos with nurse interviews, faculty training in teaching of gerontology and specialty gerontology certification. In the interest of long-term sustainability, there is a need for project coordination.

Brief Summary of Proposed Project: Over the last three years, the PIN group has met in-person, two-three times a year to develop goals, meet in workgroups, attend educational sessions and provide networking between partners. The group has a desire to continue these meetings. The ND Center for Nursing is in a unique position to provide stakeholder group coordination. The PIN group is proposing to continue to meet in-person 2x per year and to meet at least once via webinar. Meetings would be held at the AARP office who has offered the use of their meeting space in Bismarck or other in-kind location.

Overall Project Goal: To coordinate the meetings and ongoing work of the established PIN Gerontology consortium after the end of grant funding.

Overall Outcome Measures: Continued involvement of existing stakeholders, development of shared goals and projects.





2014-2015 Coordinate meetings of PIN Gerontology Consortium

ED- 10% FTE $1,000 for food during meetings

$0 In-kind timeAARP-meeting space

2015-2016 Coordinate meetings of PIN Gerontology Consortium

ED- 10% FTE $1,000 for food during meetings

$0 In-kind timeAARP-meeting space

Funding Proposal Template


Title of Project: Support for Creating a Statewide LPN Interest Group

Collaborating Organizations/Workgroups: Workplace Planning

Brief Summary of Need for Project: North Dakota is projected to experience a striking shortage of LPNs which indicates a need for increased support for recruitment and Retention of LPNs in North Dakota. In addition, ND does not have a LPN association to provide targeted networking and advocacy opportunities for LPNs.

Brief Summary of Proposed Project: The proposed Statewide LPN Interest Group project would continue to build on a list of 35 LPNs that are currently organized into regional groups. Some of these groups have started to meet and others are continuing to build Activities during the first year include developing three shared continuing education opportunities that would be delivered via IVN or online webinar to all regional groups. These continuing education opportunities will be hosted by one of the regional sites. After the broadcasted webinar, there will also be time at meetings for networking and further development of regional groups. An LPN website will also be developed to provide targeted resources and serve as a marketing platform for the LPN group. At the beginning of year two, all regional LPN groups will be invited to a statewide in-person meeting in a central location for a one-day conference that will provide continuing education and also provide an opportunity for a detailed discussion regarding interest in forming an association and future steps. Following the statewide meeting, the Center for Nursing will provide funding for continuing education opportunities during years two and three. Coordination of the statewide and regional groups would be turned over to the LPN group to manage.

Overall Project Goal: Provide supportive resources for the development of a statewide LPN group.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of LPNs in interest group, # of LPNs receiving CE credits, # of hits website





2013-2014 Coordinate regional LPN interest groupsDevelop LPN websiteSupport 3 continuing education sessions

ED- .10 FTEPC/Web- .15 FTE

CE Credit and Speaker Fees $300

In-kind time

2014-2015 Coordinate statewide LPN meetingSupport 3 continuing education sessions Continue website.

ED- .10 FTEPC/Web- .15 FTE

CE Credit and Speaker Fees $300Meeting Expenses $1,000

In-kind time

2015-2016 Support 3 continuing education sessions.Continue website.

ED- 0 FTEPC/Web- .15 FTE

CE Credit and Speaker Fees $300

In-kind time



Title of Project: Nursing Workforce Data Collection

Originating Workgroup: Research and Development

Collaborating Organizations/Workgroups: Workplace Planning Workgroup, NADONA, NDONE

Brief Summary of Need for Project: The North Dakota Nursing Needs Study provided critical workforce data for ten years on supply, demand and education of ND nurses. Continued data collection, analysis and dissemination is needed for ND Center for Nursing programmatic planning as well as for policy makers.

Brief Summary of Proposed Project: The proposed project will include several components designed to provide needed primary data collection along with the compilation of existing data in biennial spotlight reports designed for policy makers. Primary data collection includes survey of hospitals and long term care facilities to collect demand information along with patient safety and workplace environment information. Licensure (active and in-active) data will also be utilized to examine the movement of nurses across health care facilities in-state and the movement of new nurses from out-of-state. Data obtained from the NCSBN/Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers will also be utilized to examine characteristics of compact nurses in North Dakota.

Overall Project Goal: Continue collection of workforce data in conjunction with patient safety/quality and workplace environment.

Overall Outcome Measures: # of responses to surveys, compilation of results reports, # of reports disseminated,# of hits/visits to reports





2013-2014 Long Term Care SurveyExamine national RN survey results for ND for compact nurses.


Survey office supplies $300SPSS $1,500

In-kind time

2014-2015 Examine movement of new nurses in inactive databaseNurse movement studyDevelop spotlight report.


Spotlight Report dissemination $1,000

In-kind time

2015-2016 Hospitals SurveyLong Term Care Survey


Survey office supplies $500

In-kind time



Title of Project: Development of a Statewide Cultural Competency Program for students, faculty and practicing nurses.

Originating Workgroup: Nursing Education and Faculty Resources: Diversity Workgroup

Collaborating Organizations/Workgroups: Workplace Planning Workgroup, HPOG, Next Steps

Brief Summary of Need for Project : Nursing Education survey 2012 results indicate increasingly diverse students with increases in ESL students and American Indian students. Few faculty have received training on cultural differences. The nursing population is also becoming increasingly diverse due to the population boom. It is unknown the extent of cultural competency training in practicing nurses.

Brief Summary of Proposed Project: This program will research the current status of diversity and cultural competency in students, faculty and practicing nurses and then develop and evaluate a model statewide cultural competency program.

Overall Project Goal: To examine diversity and cultural competency across the workforce and to develop an intervention.

Overall Outcome Measures: % of diverse students, faculty & nurses, % receiving cultural competency training, perceived comfort with diverse populations





2013-2014

Develop, adapt or adopt instrument and collect data.

ED- 5% FTEPC/Web 0% FTE

In-kind timeHPOG- conduct research study

2014-2015

Develop and implement pilot program.


In-kind timeHPOG- implement pilot program

2015-2016

Launch full program.


Software/supplies $400

Possible program revenue.

In-kind time



Title of Project: Development of Legislative Proposals for Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Program

Originating Workgroup: Nursing Education and Faculty Resources and Practice and Policy

Collaborating Organizations/Workgroups: CUNEA, NDNPA, NDANA, ND-ACNM

Brief Summary of Need for Project: North Dakota nursing education programs are experiencing increasing faculty position openings (NDBON Nursing Education Annual Report 2011-2012). This is compounded by the many barriers to recruiting faculty including a lack of interest in becoming faculty, reluctant to go to graduate school due to the high costs paired with low faculty salary as compared to practice salaries, intensive out-of-state faculty recruitment outside of North Dakota and differences in salaries between programs (ND Center for Nursing Spotlight Report, 2013).

Brief Summary of Proposed Project: Develop legislative proposals for the 2015 legislative session to provide funding for a loan repayment program targeted to North Dakota nursing faculty.

Overall Project Goal: Increase recruitment and retention of nursing faculty in North Dakota.

Overall Outcome Measures: Development and filing of proposals/bills, legislative champions identified, passage of bills, program implementation (if applicable)





2013-2014

Develop proposals, draft/bill and determine legislative champions and support in key committees.


Travel $500 In-kind time

2014-2015

Advocate for bills during session.

ED- 5% FTEPC/Web- 10% FTELobbyist- $5,000

Travel $500 In-kind time, travel of members testifying

2015-2016

Implementation/marketing of new programs (if applicable). Determine next legislative issues.


? In-kind time

· web viewthe group adopted the high impact fundraising model as our fundraising infrastructure...

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