California Action Coalition Update:
The Executive Committee is pleased to announce that we have nearly filled all
open positions on the Action Coalition.
Executive Committee:
RN Co-Lead: We are in the final talking stages with a strong candidate to fill this
position and will share this with all of you soon.
Non-Nurse Co-Lead: We are excited to welcome Linda Zorn, Statewide Director,
Health Workforce Initiative (Formerly RHORC) and Co-Chair North Far North
Regional Consortium, Butte College to our team. She joins the rest of the
committee as follows:
Non-Nurse Co-Lead: Jeff Oxendine – University of California, Berkeley and
California Health Workforce Alliance
Committee Members:
Deloras Jones – California Institute for Nursing & Health Care
Mary Dickow – California Action Coalition
Stephanie Leach – Kaiser Permanente
Gloria O’Neal – Charles Drew University
Ed O’Neil – University of California, San Francisco
Casey Shillam – University of California, Davis
Heather Young – University of California, Davis
In addition, we have co-leads for each of the eight Recommendation workgroups
and representation in all Regional areas. See list below:
Work Group Leads:
Recommendation #1: Remove scope of practice barriers
Co-Leads: Garrett Chan and Susanne Phillips
Recommendation #2: Expand opportunities for nurses to lead and diffuse
collaborative Improvement efforts
Co-Leads: Nancy Donaldson and BJ Bartleson
Recommendation #3: Implement nurse residency programs
Co-Leads: Dorel Harms and Nikki West
Recommendation #4: Increase the proportion of nurses with baccalaureate
degrees to 80% by 2020
Co-Leads: Liz Close and Stephanie Robinson
Recommendation #5: Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020
Co-Leads: Holli DeVon and Robyn Nelson
Recommendation #6: Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning
Co-Leads: Jan Boller and 2nd co-lead TBD
Recommendation #7: Prepare and enable nurses to lead change to advance
health
Co-Leads: Casey Shillam and Pat McFarland
Recommendation #8: Build an infrastructure for the collection and analysis of
inter-professional health care workforce data
Co-Leads: Louise Bailey and Joanne Spetz
Regional Champions:
Southern California:
Rosie Curtis and Elissa Brown
Orange County/Riverside/San Bernadino:
Tammy Rice and Mary O’Connor, Eileen Fry Bowers and Ellen D’Errico
San Diego/Imperial Counties:
Judith Yates and TBD
San Joaquin Valley:
Mary Contreras and TBD
Central Coast:
Kathleen Sullivan and Kristen Wisner
San Francisco Bay Area:
Barbara Walter, Liz Dietz and Karen Ketner
Sacramento:
Pamela Monroe and Kimberly Muehlberg
Northern California:
Pat Girczyc, Jerry Chaney, Perry Gee and Julie Gee
Hold the Date:
The next Leadership Council Meeting will take place at West Coast University
(Los Angeles, CA) on 12/7/11. More details to come on this exciting meeting!
News From the National Campaign (AARP):
Celebrate One Year of Progress!
Groups have coalesced in nearly every state to respond to the report
recommendations. Thirty-six states have campaign-designated Action Coalitions
comprised of nurses and other health care professionals, business leaders,
consumers and others to implement the recommendations.
 The Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) has convened
stakeholders through its Champion Nursing Coalition (48 national health
care, business and consumer organizations) and Champion Nursing
Council (23 national nursing organizations) to develop strategies to
implement the IOM recommendations. CCNA is an initiative of AARP, the
AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
 The American Association of Colleges of Nursing announced a
collaboration with the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence to enhance
efforts to increase the number of doctorally prepared faculty available to
teach in nursing schools.
 Many national organizations announced their active support for the report
and its recommendations, including the American Red Cross, Healthcare
Information and Management Systems Society, National Association of
Hispanic Nurses, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health
Systems, National Medical Association and World Health Organization.
 RWJF, in collaboration with other funders, has launched a research
initiative to identify, generate, synthesize and share evidence essential to
implementing the report recommendations. (In early 2012, RWJF also will
announce new grantmaking to focus on the report recommendations
around educational progression.)
 The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health continues to
be one of the most visited reports on the IOM website.
 States have hosted more than 156 events related to the Campaign for
Action, including statewide strategic planning sessions, stakeholder
presentations, launch events and Action Coalitions webinars.
Thanks and congratulations to all of you for your dedication and contributions to
this nationwide effort!
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action will hold a special #FutureRN Twitter
Chat on October 5, at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the first year of progress since the
release of the IOM report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing
Health. Campaign for Action Director, Sue Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN will lead
the chat along with colleagues from the Center to Champion Nursing in America.
The chat will be moderated by @futureofnursing. During the chat, progress and
goals around education, leadership and interprofessional collaboration will be
discussed. Follow @FutureofNursing and #FutureRN to learn more about
participating in the #FutureRN chat on October 5. More information on the chat is
available at http://thefutureofnursing.org/1YrProgress_Chat.
Sample tweets:
 On 10/5 @ 2pm ET @suehassmiller will host #FutureRN Twitter Chat on
the exciting yr since @theIOM #FutureRN rpt. More @ http://bit.ly/qbwIPP

Join @FutureofNursing on 10/5 @ 2pm ET for special #FutureRN Chat on
the 1st yr progress of @theIOM rpt & 2nd phase of CampaignforAction
Are you headed to Washington, DC?
If you or any member of your Action Coalition will be heading to Washington, DC
October 13-15 for the 38th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of nursing,
we want to know! RWJF and CCNA are hosting a reception to celebrate one year
of progress and we want you there. The reception will offer a great opportunity to
meet fellow Action Coalition members from other states as well as, campaign
champions from RWJF, CCNA and national supporters. It will also be a great
opportunity to see your CCNA liaisons in person! The event is from 4:30-6:00
p.m. on Saturday, October 15 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington,
DC. We’d love to see you there so if you plan to attend our function, please let
Colleen Krepstekies know at ckrepstekies@aarp.org no later than Friday,
October 7.
Doctor-Nurse Collaboration
Few disagree that we need more collaboration among health care providers—
especially between doctors and nurses. But getting there means changes in
training, policy and the workplace. Join RWJF Clinical Scholars alum Matthew
Press, M.D., and his guests, including former RWJF Executive Nurse
Fellow Mary Hooshmand, R.N., Ph.D., for a conversation on this crucial issue.
This online chat takes place October 20 at 2 p.m. Eastern time.
You can register for the chat here.
Connect Video
During the RWJF Connect program in June, Deloras Jones and Dr. Terry Hill
were interviewed on video discussing the work of the Action Coalition. Click here
to see the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynHtwyigc1M
Transforming Care at the Bedside on a Medical/Surgical Unit Seminar
On November 14-16, 2011, IHI will host a seminar on Transforming Care at the
Bedside on a Medical/Surgical Unit in Chicago, Illinois. Hospitals across the
country are transforming the care delivered in their institutions’ medical/surgical
units through a unique initiative called Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB),
which is the basis for the seminar Transforming Care at the Bedside on a
Medical/Surgical Unit. Throughout this two-day seminar, esteemed faculty will
share strategies for engaging leaders at all levels and empowering front-line staff
to improve patient outcomes, increase staff vitality and retention, reduce
inefficiencies in care processes, and engage patients and families to improve the
experience of care. Faculty will also provide participants with practical tips, tools,
and solutions in order to: Decrease hospital acquired pressure ulcers; Reduce
patient injury from falls; Increase staff time spent on direct patient care; Create
effective partnerships with patients and families; Minimize harm from high-risk
medications; Ensure quality care transitions; Reduce unnecessary hospital
readmissions. Enrollment information can be found here.
News from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows Releases Call for
Applications
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows
Application
Deadline: January 18, 2012 3:00 PM EST
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows program is a
three-year advanced leadership program for nurses who aspire to lead and
shape health care locally and nationally. Fellows strengthen and improve their
leadership abilities related to improving health and health care.
• More details and how to apply
Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education
Proposal Deadline: November16, 2011 3:00 PM EST
Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education (EIN) is inviting applications for
research projects studying nursing faculty issues that are critical to achieving the
recommendations outlined in the 2010 Institute of Medicine report The Future of
Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Consistent with EIN's mission,
projects will typically address teaching productivity and faculty preparation in
nursing education for meeting the demands of a reformed health care and public
health system. Findings should inform strategies for addressing the nurse faculty
shortage while expanding the nurse workforce and maintaining or improving
student outcomes. More details and how to apply
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21375&cid=XEM_206611
Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education
National Program Office
Rutgers University Center for State Health Policy
55 Commercial Avenue, 3rd Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732)932-4670
http://www.evaluatinginnovationsinnursing.org