Creating a Statewide Nurse-led Collaborative to Better Understand the Current Nursing Workforce5/4/2022 To maintain a robust and well-prepared nursing workforce, Connecticut must adopt the following Recommendations: Create a Statewide Nurse-led Collaborative to Better Understand the Current Nursing Workforce: Implement a researched based model to collect quantitative and qualitative healthcare workforce data including Education, Supply and Demand by engaging healthcare providers across the healthcare continuum and various employer settings to regularly assess key healthcare roles and occupations that are in demand. #nursesarethesolution #nationalforum #nursingworkforce #ctleaguenursing #ONL #CentertoChampionNursinginAmerica #FutureofNursing #AONL 
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Nurses are Bound by Scope of Practice - CT’S CHALLENGES TO MAINTAIN A ROBUST NURSING WORKFORCe4/26/2022 As nurses are bound by scope of practice, Connecticut must make a concerted effort to produce the right number of nurses with the right academic credentials & experiences. It is necessary at all academic levels to meet the nursing workforce needs across all employment settings in CT. Online Resource  #nursesarethesolution #nationalforum #nursingworkforce #ctleaguenursing
Limited Pool of Nurse Faculty: An ample pool of full time and part time nursing faculty are essential to not only maintain but expand school capacity. With a hiring preference for a Doctorate degree for full time Nursing Faculty, it is critical that Connecticut invest in graduate education to ensure a robust pool of Nursing Faculty. In CT, Full Time faculty comprise 32% of the educators ( 299 ) and Part time Clinical Faculty comprise 68% of the educators at (634). In 2021, CT schools and programs of nursing employed 933 total faculty! Reports
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 The Healthcare Innovation Congress (thINc360) May 22-25, 2022 Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Baltimore, MD Learn more at https://bit.ly/HCInnovationCongress  Limited Capacity of Connecticut’s RN Schools and Programs of Nursing: Our Schools and Programs of Nursing have a very hire rate of student retention at approximately 95% and graduate approximately 2,100 students per year, yet it is not clear how many of these graduates become licensed in Connecticut and remain here to work. Reports
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 DIVERSITY OF OUR NURSING WORKFORCE - CT’S CHALLENGES TO MAINTAIN A ROBUST NURSING WORKFORCE:3/31/2022 Diversity of our Nursing Workforce: The Race/Ethnicity of our nurses do not align with the Connecticut’s Population. As the demographics of our residents change in Connecticut, the race/ethnicity of nurses must be reflective of our patient populations. The largest discrepancy lies in the Latino/Latina demographic.
#nursesarethesolution #nationalforum #nursingworkforce #ctleaguenursing #HESCT #futureofnursing #johnsonandjohnson #AARP  Lack of a Systemic Plan to Address the Aging of the Nursing Workforce As 56% of the Full-Time nursing workforce in Connecticut are over the age of 50, partnerships must be created between State Agencies, Healthcare Trade & Professional Associations and practice settings with the sole focus of workforce strategic planning to address the large number of retirements that will occur over the next 5- 10 years.
#nursesarethesolution #nationalforum #nursingworkforce,#nursingeducation #ctleaguenursing #CTData, #HRSA #AARP  As both RNs and LPNs comprise the largest licensed profession in the health workforce, it is critical that Connecticut dedicate, time, energy and resources to better understand the Education, Supply and Demand dynamics for nursing professionals to ensure that our State can produce the numbers and types of nurses that we will need to provide safe and quality care to our residents.
 John Voket, Director of Public Affairs, For The People interviewed Marcia Proto in February 2022. This podcast aired on Connecticut's Connoisseur Media. Listen to the Podcast!
Marcia Proto, Executive Director of the CT Center for Nursing Workforce, highlights the misalignment between nursing education, nursing supply, and current workforce demand for RNs and LPNs in CT; and shares recommendations to address these issues! Minimal Understanding of the Current Nursing Workforce As both RNs and LPNs comprise the largest licensed profession in the health workforce, it is critical that Connecticut dedicate, time, energy and resources to better understand the Education, Supply and Demand dynamics for nursing professionals to ensure that our State can produce the numbers and types of nurses that we will need to provide safe and quality care to our residents.
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