Welcome!Welcome!

Summit on the Nursing Shortage

Department of Administrative Services

April 5, 2001

Day’s Activities

• Welcome & Overview of Program 8:30 a.m.• Panel Presentation 9:00 a.m.• Buffet Lunch 12:30 a.m.• Round Table Discussions 1:15 p.m.• Round Table Reports 2:45 p.m.• Conclusions & Next Steps 3:30 p.m.

Panel• Mary Hickey, R.N., M.S., CLN & CIC

• Cheryl Zwingman-Bagley, CNA

• Kimberley K. Hostetler, CHA

• Mary Jane M. Williams, Ph.D., CCSU

• Cynthia Denne, R.N., M.P.A, DPH

• Martin W. Anderson, Ph.D., DAS

• James R. Hutt, Jr., DAS

• Patsy McLaughlin, DAS

Core question we’d like to answer through our learning and discussions today:

How does the State of Connecticut, as an employer, best leverage its talents and

resources to develop and deploy recruitment, retention,

and marketing strategies, using effective partnerships, to

weather and overcome the current and coming shortage of

nurses?

Your Folders

• Hand-outs of many of today’s presentations

• Agenda

• Abbreviated biographies of today’s panel members

• Prompts for the round table discussions

• Evaluation Form (complete at end of day)– To let us know how we did– To catalog your interest in working with others

to further address the topic