| Friday, July 15, 2005: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM | |||
| Neonatal Education Consortium (NEC): A Collaborative Education Model | |||
| Learning Objective #1: Describe a mechanism to facilitate the education of neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) in a tri-state graduate educational consortium | |||
| Learning Objective #2: Identify strategies to increase the number of ethically diverse and culturally competent NNPs and increase access to underserved populations | |||
| Theme and Purpose of the Symposium: A neonatal education consortium posing a mechanism to facilitate the education of master’s prepared neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) in three states. Healthy People 2010 objectives focus on improving the health and well-being of women, infants, children, and families. The U.S. infant mortality rates rank 25th among industrialized nations and has an overall rate of 7.2 deaths per 1000 live births. There is a great disparity in infant mortality rates between specific racial and ethnic groups. This project will increase the numbers of ethnically diverse and culturally competent and sensitive workforce members and increase health care access to underserved populations. The three foci of the project are 1) underserved populations, 2) education of a diverse and culturally competent health care force, and 3) high risk children. A tri-state neonatal education consortium was formed between three Universities to plan, design, implement and operate a NNP program that prepares NNPs to serve populations in a rural and a Greater Metropolitan Region. This tri-state area has infant mortality rates as high 30/1000 live births among minority populations and in underserved areas. Methodology used to implement this project is recruitment of nurses for three Universities and implementation of a neonatal curriculum that includes objectives aimed at preparing culturally competent individuals. The Evaluation plan measures outcomes in terms of numbers of enrolled students, numbers of ethnically diverse students, and cultural competency and sensitivity changes that occurred through the curriculum. The CIPP model is an evaluation model that looks at context, input, process, and product evaluation. The Transcultural Self Efficacy Tool and Visual, Aural, Read/rewrite and Kinesthetic instrument will measure outcomes and learning styles among students. Three presentations will cover development and implementation of the neonatal education consortium, culturally competent curriculum, and recruitment of graduate students from three states. | |||
| Organizer: | Mary E. Bowen, CRNP, DNS, JD, CNAA | ||
| Presenters: | Ksenia G. Zukowsky, PhD Claire E. Lindberg, PhD, RN Amy Nagorski Johnson, RNC, DNSc | ||
| Development and Implementation of a Neonatal Education Consortium (NEC) Mary E. Bowen, CRNP, DNS, JD, CNAA | |||
| Neonatal Education Consortium Curriculum Ksenia, G. Zukowsky, PhD | |||
| Recruitment and Marketing Plan for Neonatal Education Consortium (NEC) Claire E. Lindberg, PhD, RN, Amy Nagorski Johnson, RNC, DNSc | |||