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Addressing the Nursing Faculty Shortage – NEON and Beyond State Higher Education Executive Officers Professional Development Conference August 14, 2004 Jere Mock, NEON Project Co-director. WICHE and the West. A Half Century of Collaboration 1953: WICHE created by Congressional Compact - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Addressing the Nursing Faculty Shortage – NEON and Beyond
State Higher Education Executive State Higher Education Executive Officers Professional DevelopmentOfficers Professional DevelopmentConferenceConference
August 14, 2004August 14, 2004
Jere Mock, NEON Project Co-director
WICHE and the West
A Half Century of Collaboration
1953: WICHE created by Congressional Compact
WICHE now includes 15 states and is noted for:
Student Exchange Programs
Policy studies
Multi-state initiatives (WCET; CONAHEC)
Offices in Boulder, Colorado
Northwest Academic Forum
Since 1984 has fostered regionalresource sharing and collaboration
Members include doctoral and master’s level institutions and state governing and coordinating boards in 10 states
WICHE and NWAF have jointly created NEON, the Northwest Educational Outreach Network
The Northwest Educational Outreach Network (NEON)NEON’s mission:
To increase student access to high demand academic programs using electronically delivered courses
To leverage regional academic resources that can be shared across states and institutions
NEON’s Funding
NEON is funded by a 3-year, $616,337 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
(10/02 – 9/05)
Three focus areas: Nursing PhDLogistics & Supply Chain ManagementTeacher Education/Library Media Specialist
NEON’s role:
Leverage regional resources that can be shared across states and institutionsBuild on WICHE’s student exchange programs that expand the availability of higher education
Increase student access using electronically delivered courses
Lower administrative barriers to inter-institutional collaboration
Facilitate interinstitutional and interstate cooperation
NEON’s Activities
1. Matching students with a single provider institution
2. Fostering and coordinating joint programs among institutions
3. Creating Web resources that assist students
4. Creating a course exchange among institutions
The PhD in Nursing
Increasing the number of doctorally-prepared nurse
educators in NWAF/WICHE states
Faculty shortage: crisis proportionsContributing factors…
Faculty retirementsDeparture from academics to other work opportunities (advanced practice and admininistration)Faculty workload and expectationsLack of access to doctoral programs in nursing
Impact of National Nursing Shortage on Education
More than one million openings for RNs projected by 2010…
Who will educate these “additional” nurses?Shortage of faculty is contributing to the general nursing shortage by limiting the number of students admitted into nursing programs.
Qualified Nursing Applicants Denied Admissions
According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2004):
The numbers of qualified nursing school applicants who could not be accommodated due to the lack of faculty =
2002-03: 5,283
2003-04: 18,105
WIN/NEON Survey 2003A survey of Western Institute of Nursing/WICHE region colleges of nursing in February 2003, with 20 institutions responding…
Total faculty 1,018
Total doctorally-prepared faculty 472 46%
Current vacant nursing faculty positions
72 7%
Openings for doctorally-prepared faculty in next 5 years
167 35%
How many of these openings will be due to retirement
120 72%
NEON Strategy: Nursing PhD
Address the critical shortage of Ph.D. nurse educators in Western states by working with schools and colleges of nursing to expand Ph.D. enrollments using distance programsCreate “access partnerships” for collaborative course development and program sharingCreate a regional Web site to market new and existing Ph.D. programs and foster inter-institutional collaborations
NEON Analysis: Nursing PhDOf the 18 Western institutions with whom
we have met:
6 have established nursing PhD programs, five with distance options:
University of Arizona – onlineUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center – onlineUniversity of Northern Colorado – onlineUniversity of Utah – onlineOregon Health & Science University – ITVUniversity of Hawaii – in-person/on campus
NEON Analysis: Nursing PhDOf the 18 Western institutions with whom
we have met:
5 do not have or plan to have nursing PhD programs:
University of Alaska AnchorageIdaho State UniversityMontana State University BozemanUniversity of Nevada RenoUniversity of Wyoming
NEON Analysis: Nursing PhDOf the 18 Western institutions with whom
we have met:
4 are developing nursing PhD programs with distance options:
University of New MexicoNew Mexico State UniversityUniversity of Nevada Las VegasWashington State University
NEON Analysis: Nursing EdFor nursing education programs:
At least 3 have graduate-level certificate programsAt least 4 have post-masters certificate programsMost have courses that are available as part of master’s or doctoral programsThree will have PhD programs focused on nursing educationMost have at least some of their nursing education courses available online
NEON/OHSU Access Partnership
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) will begin to deliver its distance regional nursing PhD program in fall 2004 or 2005 to accepted OHSU students at:
University of Alaska, Anchorage – 2004Idaho State University – 2005University of Nevada, Reno – 2005?University of Wyoming – 2005
NEON Collaborating with WIN:NursingPhD.org
Create the NursingPhD.org Web site to serve two audiences:
Potential nursing doctoral studentsCurrent doctoral students and doctoral faculty
Collaborating with the Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) to expand the site
NEON Collaborating with WIN:NEXus Project
Nursing Education Xchange: Build capacity by partnering to share academic resources
Through sharing, reduce development costsImprove quality and retention by increasing course optionsOvercome barriers to enrolling in shared coursesCreate an online communityTap faculty resources at non-doctoral schools and colleges of nursing
NEON Collaborating with WIN:NEXus Project
Nursing Education Xchange: Build capacity by partnering to share academic resources
Pilot partners:Oregon Health Sciences UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences CenterUniversity of Northern ColoradoUniversity of Utah
NEON Project Contacts
Jere MockNEON [email protected]
Russell PoulinNEON [email protected]
Ellie Greenberg NEON consultant 303.724-0339; 303.771-3560 [email protected]
