Implementation Oversight Committee

Meeting Minutes, September 1, 1999

Oakland CA, Kaiser Building

Present: Sarah Keating (ACNL), Marian Lowe (Executive Director ANA/Ca), Karen Sechrist (Project Consultant), Dana Rutledge (Project Associate), Stephanie Ruh (ACNL President), Diane Welch (Northern CA AD Directors), Carol Comeau (AD Directors South), Linda Stevens (Orange County Long Beach Consortia for Nursing), Jean Harlow (BRN), Judy Martin Holland (ANA/Ca), Ellen Lewis (Project Director), Delores Jones (Kaiser), Ruth Terry (Executive Director, BRN).

Regrets: Ann Shuman, Pat McFarland, Priscilla Gonzales-Leiva, Dorel Harms, Sherry Fox, Polly Walker

Meeting called to order at 10:10 a.m.

At this first IOC meeting, all present introduced themselves and noted which constituent group they represented.

Financial Report/Project Director’s Report (E. Lewis) – attachment 1.

Discussion not covered on attachment 1.

• Ellen would like help/suggestions for the October 6 dinner with the RWJ project staff (Rapson/Bryztwa).
• Documents to be printed are the data-driven final report (Karen Sechrist) and the differentiated practice framework and nursing competencies documents from EII.
• Discussion about abstract accepted to Healing Web conference (October 26-27 in Quincy IL). Rosie Curtis attending for Kaiser. Diane Welch attending for Helene Fuld. Diane given information; she will work with Rosie to give the presentation.
• Ruth Terry to continue working to obtain adequate funding from the BRN for consultant K. Sechrist for the duration of the project.
• No one knew of other monies to have gone into CSPCN coffers except those noted on attachment 1. Ellen to check with Pat McFarland.
• Chairs of Competency-based Role differentiation Implementation Team: Polly Walker, Arlene Sargent (see organizational chart).
• Senator Dunn has requested a meeting with Ellen Lewis, Karen Sechrist to discuss the nursing shortage.

Other discussion

• P. McFarland approached by Nurse Exec Council of the Health Advisory Board (an established group; institutions pay to belong; benefits of belonging – cutting edge infornation) with a request for CSPCN/CIC to share their data (free) to this group
• Concerns expressed by all. Our data has been gotten the hard way over years of efforts by all involved. Its worth is unknown but it cost over $600,000 to obtain it. It is intelllectual property. Should we sell it? How shall it be priced?
• Ruth Ann Terry will work with the BRN legal staff to establish some policies regarding the data and its dissemination.
• In the meantime, the two data sheets that are on the web will be pulled.

Helene Fuld HSBC Bank Trustee Update (D.Welch)

• Sherry Fox is finalizing the documents from EII based on comments from members at the final August 13 meeting. A 6-site teleconference is planned to disseminate the core information (when information is available, it will be posted on the web). Audience is expected to be past attendees of regional forums.
• Committee restructuring is ongoing.
• The nursing logo was split into RN and LVN (sunrises); these are posted on the web in pdf format.
• Once the document is finalized and sent to the printer, the draft version will be pulled from the web. On the web, interested readers will be given instructions how to obtain the final copy.

Summit Update (J.Harlow) – attachment 2.

Career Mobility Implementation Team (CMI) (D.Welch) – no report.

Competency-based Role Differentiation (CBD) Implementation Team – no report.

Recruitment Team (RT) (J. Martin-Holland/S. Keating)

• Sarah Keating and Judy Martin-Holland have been attending meetings of CNCC (a group of individuals representing private enterprise in northern CA) who are seeking funding to put together a multimedia presentation to promote nursing; consultant for the group suggested ways to market the idea to foundations; planning retreat upcoming; initial ideas from this group will be presented at the October Summit; besides recruiting new nurses from the "normal" sources, an overall group goal is to determine ways to encourage current practicing nurses to promote nursing
• Concern that consumers be brought to the table in discussions of the nursing shortage; how will this be done? Who are consumers? Group discussion led to consensus that this be tabled until after the Summit.

Assign 1999-2000 Grant Goals to Implementation Teams (E.Lewis/S.Keating)

• Stage II objectives (RWJF) divided up by team roles, including Oversight Committee.
• Teams will meet after the October 7 Summit and plan own master calenders. A goal in team members will be people who can commit for the three years, and who can support their own participation. Consensus that organizational members may be more able to do this than individual volunteers.

Determine IOC Master Calender - 1999 to 2000 (S.Keating/E. Lewis)

• Summit October 7 (Sacramento), preceded on October 6 with dinner meeting for IOC and RWJF visiting staff
• November 2 (Irvine)
• January 7 (Oakland)
• March 10 (Irvine)
• May 18 (Oakland)

Legislation (Ruth Terry)

• Proposed legislation submitted to Department of Consumer Affairs. Will allow BRN (q 3 yrs) to collect entry level information on nursing, in other words, to do trend analysis of our work force.
• AB 655 (Scott's bill) is still alive. This bill enhances support for post-secondary education in nursing with the intent of increasing the numbers of nurse graduates, and providing specialty programs for RNs.
• CSPCN members who will be expected to keep others apprised of legislative activities: R.Terry, D. Harms, P. McFarland, Marian Lowe.

Issues for next IOC meeting (post summit):

• Planning for team activities
• Consumer involvement
• Policy issues related to intellectual property (Ruth Ann Terry)
• Assembly Bill 655 - who will marshall this through?

Respectfully submitted, Dana Rutledge