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Force, Commission or Panel - The
North Carolina Physical Therapy Workforce Assessment Technical Panel was developed
to assess the status of various allied health professions, in order to develop
a consensus statement for the need and supply of allied health professionals.
For more information: The
Physical Therapy Workforce in North Carolina in the Year 2000 - In
March 2002, the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research convened a
panel of pharmacy workforce educators, practitioners, employers, and regulators
to identify strategies to address the pharmacist workforce shortage.
For more
information: The
Pharmacist Workforce in North Carolina
Marketing
Health Careers - The
North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation has developed statewide awareness
materials, particularly on allied health careers.
- The
North Carolina Center for Nursing (NCCN) has awarded grants to 10 North Carolina
health care agencies to implement creative nurse recruitment and retention programs.
Designed to assist agencies experiencing nurse shortages in specific specialties
or geographic areas, the Recruitment and Retention Grant Program allows agencies
to develop and implement programs that enhance nurse recruitment and retention.
For more information: North
Carolina Center for Nursing Newsroom
Data
Collection - The
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill has collected healthcare workforce data from 1979 to 2001.
They provide annual workforce data books, longitudinal analyses, biannual fact
sheets on medical and residency training, and special topic fact sheets. For more
information: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp
- Statewide
surveys of nurses interested in attaining BSN and MSN degrees are conducted by
the AHEC periodically. Two MSN education programs have been developed utilizing
the AHEC MSN Interest Survey data of 2000. These programs will prepare nursing
faculty to address the faculty shortage in nursing schools.
- The
North Carolina Hospital Association has compiled data from its workforce survey
of hospitals and will be releasing its findings shortly. http://www.ncha.org
- The
North Carolina Center for Nursing (NCCN) has developed the Nurse Planning Model
to promote local and state level strategic planning for nursing resources.
- For
more information: North Carolina
Center for Nursing Newsroom
Other - A
statewide self-paced RN Refresher Program, which includes a precepted clinical
experience, is offered at all nine regional AHECs. Enrollment in 2002 has doubled
over previous years to 187 students enrolled statewide, indicating an increase
in interest by many nurses in returning to the nursing workforce.
- Off-campus
BSN and MSN programs are being developed, enabling nurses to live and continue
to work in their home communities while studying nursing.
- A
grant program administered by the NC AHEC provides funds to community college
and university nursing schools to develop new sites for clinical experiences,
particularly in shortage areas such as long term care, critical care, and in rural
and underserved parts of North Carolina. Over 160 new clinical sites have been
developed through these funds.
- The
North Carolina Community College System through its statewide foundation, has
raised more than a half-million dollars from health care providers and other major
employers toward a $2 million endowment designed to support efforts to match health
training programs to health workforce needs.
- The
North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA) and the North Carolina Nurse Association’s
(NCNA) Collaborative Task Force is working with the UNC School of Nursing to develop
a Clinical Management Institute to teach clinical management to hospital personnel
throughout the state.
For more information: North
Carolina Center for Nursing Newsroom
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