Dream BIG

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Dream BIG

• Turning Fantasy into Virtual Reality

Jeanne Boudrieau MSN, ARNP Ron Oman MNE,
RN HSPN Tampa, February 2008
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Objectives

• Describe specific strategies for creating energy,
  focus and momentum to grow a Sim Lab.
• Identify 3 sources of potential funding for a
  clinical performance simulation center.
• Describe the grant writing process and how to
  successfully submit a grant application.

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Our Vision, Our Mission
Vision To provide each patient
superior service and safety, exceptional by any
standard. Mission To Heal, Comfort and
Serve our Community with Compassion.
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Starting Out..7 Steps to Success

• Mission and Vision statements guide you
• Understand your customer base
• Conduct your needs assessment
• Develop the business model
• Define measurable goals
• Sell the Dream to Stakeholders
• Demonstrate effect on outcomes measures

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Aberdeen, Washington
Home of the late Kurt Cobain and the Grunge Band
Nirvana
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Grays Harbor County Potential Customers
Source Office of Financial Management
2005 Ages 0-19 Total 18,825 Residents 3
increase from 2004 27 of Total Population
Note Data are estimated population by age and
gender.
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Poverty Rates Ages WA State 2005

• Median age of residents in 2005 39 years old

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Customer Base Evaluation

• Internal Organizational Customers
• Clinicians
• Non- clinicians
• External Organizational Customers
• Hospitals
• Clinics
• ECFs
• EMS
• Educational Institutions
• Employers
• Social Institutions YMCA, Churches, CAC
• Community Members / Residents
• Regional partners

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Community Needs Assessment

• Employee needs assessments
• Competency validations
• Skills fairs
• EBM needs/goals
• CME / CEU
• QA / Risk management parameters
• Recruitment and Retention issues
• New employee orientation costs
• Residency costs
• Public Service
• Public Health
• Regional role and responsibilities

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Developing the Business Model

• Categorize needs
• What can be accomplished simultaneously?
• How is the training experience affected?
• How is performance affected?
• How is the organization affected?
• What is the impact on outcomes?
• Feasibility, Viability, Sustainability

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Dream BIGDream UnencumberedEmploy the Rule
of Whacko (Michael
Hammer)
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Data Talks Make it Work for You

• RN program pass-rate deficiency
• New grad RN med test pass rate 30
• Nursing skills fair 190,000 year
• New Nurse orientation 40,000 per RN
• Pediatric Program Development underway
• Stroke Team launch desired
• AHA Training Center expansion needed
• Regional Staff Development Hub needed

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Area Resource Inventory

• Meti
• Hospitals
• ECFs
• Clinics
• Public Health / Social Service sector
• Colleges / Universities
• EMS
• School Districts

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Business Model Development 101

• Dream unencumbered
• Define measurable goals
• Sell the Dream to Stakeholders

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GHCH STAT Center forRegional Training Services

• Simulation
• Technology
• Assessment
• Team Individual Training

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GHCH STAT Center
Regional Training Services
Dedicated to E.K. Lillian Fleet Bishop
Foundation
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Ready, Set, Meet your Goals! STAT Customized
Trainings for Your Organization

• STAT Center Clinical Performance Lab customizes
• 1. New employee orientations
• 2. Nursing orientations
• 3. Annual mandated competency validations
• 4. Evaluation / remediation to ensure
  competency
• 5. Computer trainings Microsoft products /
  PDAs
• 6. Customized trainings for individuals and
  teams
• 7. Health Science school district field trips

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Our Recipe for Success

• Skilled Clinical Educators
• Physicians, PAs, APRNs, RNs, Allied Health Team
  Members
• Education Model Benner "From Beginner to
  Expert Creating Organizational Climates for
  Experiential Learning."
• Identify and establish a common foundation skill
  set on which to build learning.
• STAT Center Clinical Educators combine knowledge,
  experiences, skill set improvement, and training
  in critical-thinking for individuals and teams to
  produce and maintain competent, well-prepared
  employees for their organizations.

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STAT CenterP.R.E.P. for Success

• Recruit and retain staff with high quality
  training experiences!
• Customers Hospitals, Clinics, ECFs, EMS, Schools
  Others
• No training too big or too small.
• Record management available.

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Certifications Available

• BLS
• NRP
• TNCC
• ACLS
• PALS
• ENPC

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Core Competency Validation and Trainings

• Infection Control
• Fall Safety
• Fire and Electrical Safety
• Environmental Safety
• Patient Confidentiality
• Documentation
• Wound Care
• Restraint Management
• Medication Reconciliation
• Pain Management
• Health Science Field Trips

• Age- Appropriate Competencies
• Palliative Care
• Culturally Sensitive Care
• IV Skills PIV, CVC, IO
• Communication Effectiveness
• Computer Literacy
• National Patient Safety Goals
• Spanish classes
• Leadership Training
• Disaster Preparedness
• Outreach Education

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Clinical Performance LaboratorySimulation Center
Trainings

• Manage catastrophe without consequence
• Following
• Benner's Stages of Clinical Competence
• Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition

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GHCH STAT Center

• Train teams to anticipate and manage emergencies
  and trauma.
• Human Patient Simulators offer experiential,
  virtual 3-D classroom.
• Trainers are guides by the side, rather than
  sages on the stage.
• Skill set improvement and retention through
  repetition and practice.
• Urban level training in rural communities.
• Rural community recruitment and retention
  incentive.
• Develop and foster regional alliances to improve
  safety net.

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Develop Funding Streams

• Community Foundations
• Host Open House demonstrations
• Its OK to apply for smaller grants
• Google the Internet for Simulation Grants
• Local Libraries
• Hire a grant writer / grant software
• Identify donors to your organization
• Research Development ?
• Can you use Capital Budget?
• Fee Structuring..

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Grant Writing 101

• Financial status statement
• Start early
• Identify the right funding source
• Follow the grant guidelines exactly as stated
• Obtain IRB approval in advance if possible
• Avoid redundancy write clearly and concisely
• Proof separately for spelling, grammar content
• Gather additional required documents
• Be patient, it can take 4-6 months for review
• If rejected, inquire as to reason
• Fail often to succeed sooner!

Fowler, S, et. al., Applying for Research Grants
101 2008 Pathways Directory www.nurse.com
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Grant Sources

• AHRQ www.ahrq.gov/fund/
• NIH http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/in
  dex.html
• AACN www.aacn.org
• ENA www.ena.org
• AAFP www.aafp.org
• Homeland Security www.dhc.gov
• Grant software suites
• Colleague collaboration

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Have FunDocument your Journey?
Thank You! Please join us for our Open House
Demonstration