Implementation Oversight Committee Meeting Minutes

May 18, 2000 Kaiser @ Oakland

Members Present: Sarah Keating, Ellen Lewis, Carol Comeau, Karen Sechrist, Linda Stevens, Priscilla Gonzalez-Leiva, Jean Harlow, Pat McFarland, Ruth Ann Terry, Polly Walker, Arlene Sargent, Judith Dahle, Arleen Whatley.

Financial report:

• E. Lewis (UCI/RWJF) - report of RWJF, OSHPD, and BRN funds remaining.
• P.McFarland (ACNL) - report of funds remaining and their allocation.

AB655

• Jean Harlow reported that the Scott report had not been released. Disappointment that there is no opportunity to make the May revise. The report has a designated funds component for CSUs. That component and the Cal Grant N component were not wanted by the CSUs. One positive note is that the governor intends to increase the Cal Grants overall.
• Other comments regarding nursing dollars: Back door dollars into nursing education from the 15 million (which may be reduced to 7 million) for CSU hi tech programs.
• There was discussion about the preparation and release of a CSPCN report. Sarah reported on the release from CACN regarding the need for nursing education.
• The decision was made to prepare a position statement. The statement will focus on three points: 1) shortage is based on data; 2) needs are based on data; 3) this is what you can do as a legislator. Later decided that Karen will prepare the position statement tonight for review tomorrow via e-mail. Draft.
• Ruth Ann will talk with the union representatives about including them as CSPCN constituents and their support for the position statement.

Ellen's Report:

• Project Director, Project Consultant were invited to present the CSPCN/CIC Work Force data at a public hearing conducted by Lou Correa, Assembly member, 69^th District on April 21, 2000. Martin Gallegos, Assembly member and Chair of the Health Committee also participated. Several other members of the IOC (Carol Comeau, Linda Stevens, Ruth Ann Terry) represented their respective organizations. In addition to presenting an overview of the data, copies of the Phase II data report were given to each assembly member and their respective staff. Follow-up notes were sent to both, thanking them for their time and interest and restating our message.
• Project Director attended the 33^rd Annual Communcating Nursing Research Conference, 14^th Annual WIN Assembly in April, 2000. She moderated the panel presentation, "Nursing Workforce in the Millennium: A Global Perspective." Other members of the panel included Barbara Kooker PhD of Hawaii, Marie Miller MSN Colorado, Anne M. McNamara PhD Arizona, and Mary Rapson PhD CIC National Project Director.
• Telephone interviews were completed with Clinical Nurses Trade Publication and Nancy Kissack of the Los Angeles Business Journal. Tracy Bechtold, media consultant, will be continuing to assist project director with other press and communication activities.
• The 1^st Annual Report for Stage II RWJF/CIC is due July 1, 2000. The first draft is in progress. Work Group Chairs should send a brief report of activities you engaged in and progress you have made toward accomplishing goals assigned to your group.
• The Project Director asked all IOC members to forward all information relating to matching funds you provided this past year. Also, please forward any articles you may have published or presentations that you made regarding the project.

Karen's Report - Attached.

Team reports

CBPPSIT - Polly and Arlene reported on the work of the Competency-Based Group. Meeting on April 18^th. Diane Brown, CalNoc researcher attended. Suggested they keep the study small and well-defined. Discussion of descriptive study versus program evaluation frame of reference. Discussion points: 1) partner with CalNOC to link competencies to outcome data (perhaps premature at this point); 2) phenomenological study with Pat Benner (UCSF). Group is getting job descriptions that they want to have "classified" for their relationship to the CSPCN competencies. Questions prompting the need for comparisons related to the degree to which practice and education reflect competency-based role differentiation. Dana Rutledge, consultant, is familiar with the competencies. The group will work with Dana to get the job done.

Recruitment team (S. Keating) - no meeting since last IOC meeting. A. Sargent active in CNCC (Coalition for Nursing Careers in California). Katie Bray, Sarah, Polly Walker presented on CSPCN, CNCC, and Education Needs to the Society of Health Professionals in April in San Francisco. CNCC will apply for a grant to promote nursing to the public. Sarah wrote letter of support for this proposal. Recruitment Team needs to focus on the IOC objectives for next two years. Specifically, the recruitment/retainment of a culturally diverse nursing work force particularly through strategies to recruit and retain culturally/ethnically diverse students at all educational levels.

Future of CSPCN: Brief discussion of form CSPCN should take over time.

IOC Meetings for 2000-2001.

• 9/12/00 Ontario CA, 10 to 3
• 12/6/00 Oakland, Samuel Merritt College, 10 to 3
• 3/6/01 Los Angeles, 10 to 3
• 6/19/01 Northern California, 10 to 3