| Project Name: |
Hawai’i Partners in Nursing: Recruitment and Retention in Long Term Care |
| Foundation/Lead Agency: |
Hawai’i Medical Service Association Foundation (HMSA) |
| Project Partners: |
Hale Makua; Leahi Hospital; Maunalani Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Kahala Nui Hi’Olani Care Center; VITEC Center at Maui Community College; Hawaii State Center for Nursing; University of Hawaii Manoa School of Nursing; Maui Community College; Kapio’lani Community College; Hawaii Pacific University; Queens Medical Center; Hawaii Board of Nursing |
| Project Leaders: |
Cliff Cisco, Senior Vice President
HMSA Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii Foundation
cliff_cisco@hmsa.com, 808.948.5481
Sandra LeVasseur, Hawaii State Center for Nursing
sandraal@hawaii.edu, (808) 956-0894
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Brief Project Synopsis: |
The aims of the project include bringing together nursing educators and leaders to strategically develop and implement an integrated model of education and practice in LTC. A secondary aim is to assess the feasibility of establishing a statewide integrated model of education and practice in LTC that addresses 1) the critical need to attract new nurses into the geriatric specialty and 2) builds educational capacity in LTC facilities through the provision of continuing education and training to ensure nurses have appropriate clinical and leadership competencies. |
Project Goals and Objectives: |
Primary project objectives are to build partnerships to plan, develop, and pilot an integrated model of education and practice in LTC that includes a formalized student clinical placement initiative, faculty inservice education for LTC staff and a preceptor program for LTC staff.
A secondary objective is to establish a statewide LTC nursing workforce dataset that identifies the demographic characteristics of the population with the supply and demand data of nurses in the LTC sector to assist in strategically addressing the needs of the LTC workforce. |
