CAREER MOBILITY IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE MINUTES

CONFERENCE CALL, Sept. 7,2000

Members Participating: Sherry Fox, Ann Shuman, Phyllis Rowe, Judy Peters, Karen Ormsby, Sandra DeBella

Discussion:

List Serve. Fox will e-mail instructions for subscribing to the list serve. The advantages of using the list serve will be that information can be distributed to the entire committee at once, with opportunity for each individual's responses to be sent to everyone. Additionally, others can subscribe and give the committee input.
Rowe raised concerns about the possible opening of a new RN program by Concord Career Institute. Additionally, San Joaquin Valley College in Visalia may be opening an RN program. Concerns were expressed about the implications for educational mobility if these are proprietary programs that would not offer transferable college credit, in the event the graduate chooses to enter an RN-BSN program.

Ormsby will follow up with San Joaquin Valley College to get proposed program details;

Fox will check with the BRN regarding new program proposals and the approval criteria.

Rowe suggested that a philosophy statement could be generated by this committee, to be shared with start-up programs, to deal with the issues of educational mobility and transferable credit. NLN and AACN policy statements on this issue could be used as models.

Ormsby will find NLN policy.

Fox will find AACN policy.

An overall review of policies for LVN to ADN and RN-BSN might be useful. We think we may have begun this already, with a grid developed by Diane Welch.
Sandra Debella reiterated the need to examine roles and competencies of nurses working in community settings. We could begin on differentiating AD and BS roles, using the PHN essentials statements, and building on work done by Sarah Keating about 10 years ago. What is needed are current job descriptions, to be sent to Sandra.

Judy Peters will look for urban examples of public health/community and clinic job descriptions for AD and BSN nurses;
Sherry Fox will look for rural examples.
Sandra DeBella will obtain examples from her suburban/rural agencies.

Fox reported on plans for the joint AD-BSN directors meetings to have a panel on innovative AD-BSN collaboration.
Fox reported on a statewide effort in CSU system to align nursing prerequisites, with funding from the CSU Chancellor's office. The first meeting will be on Sept.14.
Next conference call will be Oct. 5 at 9 AM.

Submitted by Sherry Fox.