The Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF) has been selected as one of 10 foundations nationwide - and the one in California to participate in a new national initiative to develop and test solutions to America's nursing shortage. VCCF has partnered with California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) to develop a sustainable strategy to address the structural issues around nursing capacity to serve our population.
The goal of the project is to determine priority issues around nursing in Ventura County and to develop a common set of sustainable long-term strategies to address recruitment, health policy and diversity in the nursing profession, with emphasis on developing funding strategies for the Ventura County region. Working in partnership with CSUCI, the initiative focuses on:
Our goal is to develop a common set of sustainable long-term strategies to address recruitment, health policy and diversity in the nursing profession, with emphasis on developing funding strategies for the Ventura County region.
Working in partnership with CSUCI, the initiative will focus on:
The establishment of a regional PINC, development and distribution of the Consensus Report on Ventura County Priority Nursing Issues (Read the Consensus Report Executive Summary here), a regional Nursing Summit, and the collection of stakeholder strategies that respond to Ventura County’s priority nursing issues were the four major accomplishments in the first year of the grant. Read more about Year 1 program accomplishments here.
You can now download the 2007 VNLP Consensus Report. If you would like to reproduce the report please complete the Request to Reproduce Form. To download the form click here.
Symposium II: Strengthening and Sustaining the Nursing Workforce: The Practice Environment
The symposium will focus on the environment of practice and issues that affect it such as retaining nurses throughout the career continuum, developing emerging clinical leaders; and designing a model practice environment. Speakers will present national, state and local perspectives. The symposium will further inform practitioners, educators, administrators, funders and policymakers about best practices for improving the nursing practice environment crucial to retention.
Featured Speaker
Topic: Creating a Healthy Environment of Practice
Rick Martin,
Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations & Chief Nursing Officer, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Confirmed Panelist
Topic: Cultivating our Next Generation of Nurse Leaders
Peggy Diller,
2006 Past President, Association of California Nurse Leaders
Topic: Nursing for Life: RN Career Transition Program
Kathleen Kessler,
Coordinator of Professional Education and Professional Partnerships, Michigan State University
Nora Maloy,
Senior Program Officer, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Topic: New Graduate RN Residency: Extensive "Onboarding" System
Charles Krozek,
President and Managing Director Versant
DATE: Friday, April 4, 2008
TIME: 11:30 - 3:30PM
Location: St. John's Regional Medical Center
Conference Center
1600 North Rose Ave
Oxnard, CA 93030
Seating is limited! For more information or to RSVP email: Annette.puyolt@csuci.edu
We would like to acknowledge the following PINC members for their time and contributions to this project:
Jan Anderson Dr. Marie Cowan Meg Larrramendy Kathleen Percival
Joan Beem Dr. Ericka Endrijonas Terri Lisagor Marsha Roberson
Laurie Bigham Carolin Esparza Lois Manning Marilyn Samuel-Butler
Norma Camacho Herb Geary Velma Miller Nancy Seck
Dr. Anil Chawla Carol Higashida Carol Nelson Brenda Shubert
Monty Clark Dr. Kim Hoffmans Judy Overmyer Rhonda Speigel
Cyndie Cole Dr. Karen Jensen Dr. Agnes Padernal Rigoberto Vargas
A Project of the Ventura Community Foundation
Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Northwest Health Foundation
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