NCoNM
NURSING COUNCIL OF NEW MEXICO
Meeting Notes Conf Call
Practice/Workplace Environment Committee (PWE) March 25, 2010
Members present: Kathy Bushnell, Debra Werner, Karrie Brazaski, Pat O’hara, Ellen Interlandi
(SCRIBE), Anna Von Dielingen (led call)
Priority: Technology Update for current cohort
Summary: CTI provided 4 netbooks with Verizon wifi for Westside from $$ not spent from Con
Alma Grant. Haven’t found any other grants to support technology needs. Many hospitals have
firewalls, so difficult to use hospital computers. Holy Cross has netbooks budgeted in their
upcoming budget.
Goals: Explore opportunities to expand monies for technology
Priority: Cohort Update
Summary: Westside has 1 OR and 1 M/S resident. OR team doing well, 80% of learning plan
completed (preceptor and resident on the same shift). M/S team doing OK, 5% of learning plan
completed (preceptor and resident NOT on same shift).
Goals: Should try to keep them on the same shift; need highly motivated residents; set
expectations to commit/complete timelines. Unit mgrs need to have buy-in as it can’t be the
CNO who follows daily/weekly progress. Requires 4 hrs on line weekly, lots of materials to be
read for class. Residents should have completed hospital ORNT and passed NCLEX prior to
starting residency program
Priority: Update on presentations
Summary: Presentations have been given to Women’s Hospital, Alamogordo LTC, Crown
Point, and Las Cruces southern nursing leadership group.
Goals: Westside hopes to have 2 for June cohort. Those applications have to be in by May 3.
Priority: Data Update
Summary: Kathy reviewed collection tools; what else do we want to collect? Demographics?
We should look at previous research studies and see what they collected. We should also find
out the current retention rate for newly licensed RNs
Goals: Kathy and Deb will compile a list of questions to ask for data collection. Ellen/Anna will
do a survey monkey from NMHA to determine newly licensed RN (NLRN) retention rate, but will
hold on sending any surveys until we determine what else we want Ellen to ask (besides just a
NLRN retention rate).
EXAMPLE: NLRNs hired in 2007, 2008, 2009
Those specific RNs that were employed in 2007, how many were still employed as of 2008,
2009, etc.
Priority: Tracking NLRNs
Summary: Discussion surrounded whether PWE/NMCNE should be a clearinghouse for
information from SON and NLRNs on where they go upon graduation
Goals: TBD
Priority: Grant extension and future direction
Summary: NWRNR (Dr. Molinari’s study) is looking to extend their grant by 2 yrs, and include
us as a collaborator. This might give us the opportunity to have more cohorts without having to
find our own grants to fund. If so, NMCNE might consider adding a PT director
Goals: Anna will follow up with possible role of a director via email.
Priority: Tool to measure/evaluate nurses who apply to be preceptors
NCoNM
NURSING COUNCIL OF NEW MEXICO
Meeting Notes Conf Call
Practice/Workplace Environment Committee (PWE) March 25, 2010
Summary: discussion about the difference between a preceptor for orientation to the
hospital/unit
 this is here, this is how we do it/this is our hospital culture/let’s see what gets thrown at
us today,
vs. a preceptor for the residency program
 let’s plan/evaluate areas for development ( a different level of strategy, acculturating into
nursing, not just an organization).
Goals: Deb will define definitions for review at next meeting.
Next meeting scheduled is April 9, 2010, 09:00-10:00 (conf call)
Respectfully submitted,
Ellen Interlandi