Welcome!
Southeast Healthcare
Consortium Grant
 Donna
Henry
 Linda Branch
 Kathy
Nelson
 Nancy Buttry
April 7, 2006
Partnership
 Illinois
Eastern Community Colleges
Coordinated through Olney Central
College
 Clay County Hospital
 Crawford Memorial Hospital
 Richland Memorial Hospital
 United Methodist Village
 Wabash General Hospital
Geographical Location
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Crawford County – CMH

Richland County – RMH

Lawrence County – UMV
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Wabash County – WGH

Clay County - CCH
Goals of the Grant
Goal One
 Prepare
Certified Nursing Assistants and
Licensed Practical Nurses for entry into the
Practical Nurse and Registered Nurse
programs.
Goals of the Grant
Goal Two
 Prepare
health care workers for licensure
at the next level through the career mobility
curriculum at the community colleges.
Goals of the Grant
Goal Three
 Provide
health care agency workers with
additional training to allow better
utilization of employees; and develop
skills, knowledge and attitudes that will
encourage progression in health care
professions.
What the Southeast Healthcare
Consortium will provide

Instructors
 Training
 Tutoring
 Advising/Mentoring
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Testing - COMPASS or
ASSET, math placement,
LSI a learning “styles”,
and CSI a learning
"ability“
 Computer Equipment for
Training
What the Southeast Healthcare
Consortium will need from Partners
 Classroom
Space
 Access To Some Non-portable Equipment
Necessary For Laboratory Instruction
 Qualified Agency RN’s for Preceptor Roles
 Support of Agency Personnel who
Participate in the Program
Completed
 Informational
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Meetings
Met with Agency Partners and Initial Students.
Toured the Facilities.
Evaluated the Training Areas.
Completed
 Testing
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~ Compass, Asset, LSI
Took Computers and Printers to each
location.
Offered the Compass & LSI on Computer.
Offered the Asset & LSI by Hand.
Tested 196 Students at 5 Partner Agencies.
Worked Closely with the OCC Study Skills
Center.
Completed
 Advising
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Each student was contacted by mail with an
introductory letter explaining the grant.
The introductory letter included contact
information for the Director of Nursing and
Allied Health, the Grant Coordinator, and the
Program Advisor.
Completed
 Advising
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(Continued)
Each student needing remedial courses was
contacted by mail.
Completed
 REM
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Courses for those tested with need
Each identified student received instructions
to contact the Program Advisor to sign up for
one of 8 available REM classes offered at the
agencies.
Reading and Writing were offered during the
summer semester.
Those needing Special Needs testing were
tested by the OCC Study Skills Director and
Assistant.
Completed
 GEN
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1104 ~ Strategies for Success
Each student received instructions to contact
the Program Advisor to sign up for one of 8
available GEN 1104 classes offered at the
agencies.
The 8 GEN 1104 courses were offered
starting June 13 and ending July 19.
Completed
 Planning,
organizing, and reporting for the
first semester.
 Checking all students records for grades,
transcripts, licensure.
 Identifying those who are have completed
all Nursing support courses.
Completed
 Entering
the appropriate information into a
Software program written for the Nursing
Department to assist in Ranking
prospective students.
 Establishing one day a week to be at each
Partner Agency to assist students in
tutoring, check-offs, & advisement.
Completed
 Identifying
the levels of nursing to be
offered.
 Ascertaining the budget possibilities of
additional student assistance.
 Created a new course ~ Spanish for
Health Providers
Completed & Ongoing

Finding qualified Instructors for the Nursing
Courses.
 Setting up training for Preceptors.
 Finding qualified Instructors for the Support
Courses for those not ready for the Nursing
Courses. One of the Unexpected Difficulties.
•Biology
•Microbiology
•Psychology
•
English
• Speech
• Human Anatomy &
Physiology I & II
Completed & Ongoing
 Assisting
Instructors in
designing/redesigning courses in the
hybrid-course presentation genre.
 Planning and re-planning rotation
schedules for clinicals.
 Dealing with the unexpected.
Ongoing
 Accepting
new prospective incumbent
workers into the program.
 Testing new prospective incumbent
workers.
First Year So Far
 Continuing
15 RN’s (Started with 20)
 Continuing 7 PN’s (Started with 6)
 Provided classes for 150 students
Planning
 Planning
the schedule of classes for the
summer semester.
 Planning the schedule of classes for the
fall semester.
 Ranking incumbent workers for placement
in the nursing program for 2006-07 school
year.
Instructors
 Comments
from Instructors
Do You Have Any Other
Questions?
If you have any comments
or additional questions,
feel free to contact:
Donna Henry
618.395.7777 x2136
or Linda Branch
618.544.8657 x1930