Increasing Gender Equity in Nursing

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Increasing Gender Equity in Nursing

• A Collaborative Effort Between Rainy River
  Community College and Falls High School

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Perkins Nontraditional Careers Grant Final Report

• Rainy River Community College
• 1501 Hwy 71
• Intl Falls, MN 56649
• 218-285-2291
• Submitted by
• Tammy Riley, Borderland Tech Prep/Perkins
  Coordinator
• triley_at_rrcc.mnscu.edu

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Program Evaluation

• A total of 87 students were surveyed after
  participating in a half-day workshop.
  Thirty-nine of the students were males.
• The workshop consisted of 9 stations supplying
  information and hands-on activities related to
  nursing or nursing programs.
• The majority of students expressed enthusiasm for
  the workshop. Students also stated that the
  program allowed them to view a nursing career in
  a positive light.

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Program Evaluation

• Male students were intrigued by the technical
  nature of the nursing skills stations and focused
  less on the stereotypical view of caretaking
  nurses.
• Since high school students in grades 10-12 were
  involved, the full impact will be seen in coming
  years.
• As more students are exposed to the positives of
  a nursing career, hopefully, more males will
  enroll in the FHS Health Career Explorations
  class and the RRCC Nursing program.

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Future Goals and Sustainability

• Program results are encouraging and the committee
  is very interested in seeking funds to host the
  nursing skills camp program again.
• The organizational groundwork has been laid and
  future programs would be able to continue based
  on the original nursing skills stations.

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Goals and Outcomes

• Goal High school students will learn of nursing
  skills through hands-on learning to better
  determine whether nursing will become their
  career choice.
• Strategy High school students will participate
  in skill building stations.
• Target Forty male high school students will
  have performed 12 nursing skills e.g. IV station,
  intubations station, vital signs, assessing and
  dressing various wounds, determining heart rate
  and blood pressure and testing reflexes, eyes and
  ears.
• Outcome Thirty-nine male high school students
  performed 9 nursing skills glucose testing,
  dressing wounds, testing eyes, testing blood
  pressure, testing bone density, analyzing germs,
  analyzing neurology, administering injections and
  learning more about RRCCs nursing program.

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Goals and Outcomes

• Goal High school students will have a better
  understanding of the profession of nursing and be
  able to make an informed decision as to whether
  they wish to pursue a career in nursing.
• Strategy Small groups of students will shadow a
  nurse at the local hospital during rotation.
• Target Forty male high school students will be
  exposed to a typical day as a nurse.
• Outcome Seven male high school students
  shadowed a nurse at Falls Memorial Hospital.

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Goals and Outcomes

• Goal High school students will be introduced to
  Rainy River Community Colleges nursing program.
• Strategy Students will be given a tour of the
  colleges nursing lab and will be exposed to
  program information.
• Target Forty male high school students will
  have a better understanding of the technical
  nursing programs requirements, course
  curriculum, and occupational demand.
• Outcome Thirty-nine male high school students
  met with RRCC Practical Nursing Instructors and
  were exposed to the RRCC Nursing Program
  requirements, course curriculum and occupational
  demand information.

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Financial Summary

• Financial Summary of dollars spent
• Supplies 576.65
• Food 1293.15
• Services 1210.19
• Transportation 77.49
• Total 3157.48
• Encumbrances 2619.45
• Actual Expenses 538.03
• Expense Total 3157.48

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Lessons Learned

• Skills stations were too close together
  difficult to concentrate on one presenter,
• difficult to move from one station to next.
• Nursing students know nursing skills but need
  pointers on presentation skills.
• Hands-on and participatory stations were more
  interesting to students.
• Information dissemination did not work well in
  stations.

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Materials Developed

• Nursing Skills Station Worksheets
• Brochure

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Special Thanks

• Committee Members
• Participating Nursing Students
• Guest speakers