Idaho SIP template: Advancing Nursing in Idaho to Improve Health
Principal: Margaret Henbest
Area of Focus: Nurse Residencies, Lifelong Learning, and Barriers to Practice
Project Goal #1: A statewide continuum of transition programs for nurses: new graduates
entering into practice and nurses transitioning into leadership or education positions
Objectives
Develop a
uniformed statewide curriculum
for new graduate
Nurse Residency
Model
Action Steps
Identify key stakeholders with academic
and practice partners for engaging in the
planning and curriculum development
and conduct at least 4 focus groups in
the geographic regions of the state.
Present proposed work on developing
Nurse Residency curriculum to Council of
Nurse Educator Leaders at their 2013
annual meeting
Conduct survey of hospitals and
university in Idaho that currently
sponsor Nurse Residency Programs
Develop Nurse Residency Model based
on national models and those currently
in use in Idaho, collaborating with school
of nursing to reach diverse, rural, critical
access hospitals throughout Idaho
Present model to at least 4 critical
access hospitals in geographically
diverse areas of Idaho, for evaluation of
feasibility of implementing the model
Present model to Council of Nurse
Educator Leaders at their 2014 annual
meeting for evaluation of feasibility of
implementing the model
Nurse Residency delivery to one pilot
group in one setting; Disseminate
advertisement of Nurse Residency
program to target sites with the
greatest number of Hispanic and new
male graduates to increase opportunity
for diverse group of participants in pilot
group
Target
Date
& RP
Q2 2013
Project
Manager
Q1 2013
Margaret
Henbest,
Lori
Stinson,
Project
Manager
Q1 2013 –
Q3 2013
Project
Manager
Q4 2013 –
Q1 2014
Project
Manager
Q1 2014 –
Q2 2014
Project
Manager
Q1 2014
Project
Manager
Q3 2014 –
Q4 2014
Project
Manager
Deliverable
(18 or 24 mo)
18 mo:
Key stakeholders
identified are active in
the workgroup
developing the Nurse
Residency program
Presentation of proposal
to Council of Nurse
Educator Leaders
Model presented to a
minimum of 4 regional
focus groups made up of
key stakeholders for
evaluation of feasibility
of implementation
24 mo:
Program advertised to
new graduates and
diverse, rural, critical
access hospitals &
employers
Nurse Residency program
pilot tested in one setting
Objectives
Develop a
transition
program to
support clinical
nurses in
assuming
leadership /
management
positions
Develop a
transition
program to
support clinical
nurses in
assuming
academic /
education
positions
Action Steps
Review existing leadership / mentorship
programs nationally
Create 5-day Leadership Transitions
program for nurses based on national
leadership competencies for nurse
leaders
Advertise Leadership Transitions
program to a minimum of 30
hospitals/care settings, including all
seven regions, critical access hospitals /
Federally Qualified Health Clinics,
Indian Health Services etc. to increase
the potential for diversity in the
applicant pool
Pilot the program to 10 nurses, stratified
for equal representation from urban
and rural settings, who are gender and
ethnically diverse.
Conduct preliminary analysis of
evaluations for further refinements to
the program and recommendations
made for next steps to establish
sustainability
Conduct systematic review of the
literature and national sweep of
programs already in place and write
manuscript for publication
Conduct focus groups with clinical
nurses and nurse educators to identify
key reasons for transitioning into an
academic role, support requirements for
mentoring/coaching, and outcomes of
successful transition
Synthesize literature review and focus
group findings to develop a preliminary
program
Target
Date
& RP
Q1 2013
Project
Manager,
Margaret
Henbest,
Sharon
Kensinger
Q4 2013
Project
Manager
Q4 2013 –
Q1 2014
Project
manager
Q3 2014
Project
Manager
Q4 2014
Project
Manager
Q3 2013
Project
Manager,
Graduate
St. Intern
(GSI)
Q1 2014
Project
Manager,
GSI
Q3 2014
Project
Manager,
GSI
Deliverable
(18 or 24 mo)
18 mo:
5-day Leadership
Transitions Program
developed
Program advertised to 30
health care settings,
including targeted
regions/critical access
hospitals / Federally
Qualified Health Clinics,
Indian Health Services
24 mo:
Program pilot tested to
10 participants who are
gender and ethnically
diverse
Preliminary evaluation
and recommendations for
sustainable model of
delivery throughout the
state
18 mo:
Manuscript submitted
for publication on current
state of the science
surrounding transition
programs for nurses
entering academic /
education positions
Preliminary program
outline developed
Objectives
Action Steps
Present program to key stakeholders,
including CNEL, and NLI for review of
feasibility, accuracy, and make
recommendations for next steps
Target
Date
& RP
Q4 2014
Project
Manager,
GSI
Deliverable
(18 or 24 mo)
24 mo:
Recommendations for
next steps to implement
a sustainable program
Project Goal #2: Identify barriers limiting APRN ability to practice to the full extent of their
education and training and make recommendations for action plans.
Objectives
Design and
distribute a
survey to
evaluate APRN
barriers to
practice in Idaho
Action Steps
Refine draft of 2 surveys developed in
collaboration with the Idaho Hospital
Association, Department of Labor and
Board of Nursing on evaluating
current barriers to APRN practice:
1) Employer survey
2) Practitioner survey
Pilot the surveys to 4 employers of
APRN’s and 10 APRN’s to evaluate the
accuracy of the survey questions to
attain the appropriate information
Develop comprehensive
communication plan to increase the
potential for response to the survey
Implement communications plan
ongoing throughout survey
distribution and evaluation of data
Distribute survey to APRN’s and
employers and propose plan for data
analysis and recommendations for
next steps
Target Date
& RP
Q3 2013
Project
Manager,
Steve Millard,
Sandy Evans,
Dianna Clough
Q4 2013
Project
Manager
Q4 2013
Project
manager
Q1 2014 –
Q4 2014
Project
manager
Q4 2014
Project
manager
Deliverable
(18 or 24 mo)
18 mo:
Comprehensive
communications plan to
increase awareness of
barriers to APRN
practice in Idaho
Survey to evaluate
APRN practice barriers
24 mo:
Survey distributed to
100% of the APRN’s
licensed in Idaho and to
70% of the employers in
both community and
inpatient settings
Recommendations for
next steps in evaluating
data and informing
communications plans
*NOTE: Blue text = addresses diversity goals through activities accomplished within the
objectives