Division of Nursing Technical Assistance Workshops

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Division of NursingTechnical Assistance Workshops

• Faculty Development Integrated Technology into
  Nursing Education and Practice (ITNEP)
  Initiative
• September 15-16,2008 (San Antonio, TX)
• September 23-24,2008 (Rockville, MD)
• Irene Sandvold, DrPH, CNM, FACNM
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Bureau of Health Professions
• Division of Nursing

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Faculty Development Integrated Technology
into Nursing Education and Practice (ITNEP)
Initiative

• Legislative Authority
• Title VIII, Section 831 of the Public Health
  Service (PHS) Act, as amended by the Nurse
  Reinvestment Act of 2002, Public Law 107-205
  authorizes projects to provide education in new
  technologies, including distance-learning
  methodologies.

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Purpose

• Support nursing collaboratives for faculty
  development in the use of information and other
  technologies
• Nursing collaboratives will use healthcare
  information systems to
• Enhance nursing education and practice
• Optimize patient safety
• Drive improvements in health care quality

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Purpose (cont.)

• Nursing collaboratives
• Offer state-of-the-art training sites
• Promote the awareness of the latest simulated
  learning, informatics, and telehealth trends,
  advances, and issues
• Must include all three areas informatics,
  simulated learning and telehealth in developing
  an innovative faculty development plan.

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Eligibility

• Collegiate schools of nursing capable of carrying
  out program goals and objectives
• Eligible applicants must have a formal
  partnership with one or more
• Academic health centers
• Schools of nursing
• Accredited public or private institutions
• Public or private entity

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Program Accreditation

• A collegiate school of nursing must be accredited
  by a body recognized by the Secretary of
  Education
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
  (CCNE) or
• National League for Nursing Accrediting
  Commission (NLNAC).
• Both institutional and graduate nursing program
  accreditations are required before the
  application can be considered for funding.

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Accreditation New Programs

• New programs that are not yet accredited must
  provide documentation from the Department of
  Education that indicates reasonable assurance
  that the program will meet the accreditation
  standards of NLNAC or CCNE prior to the beginning
  of the academic year following the normal
  graduation date of students of the first entering
  class.

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Accreditation New Programs

• New Programs should contact the Department of
  Education, Accreditation and State Liaison Unit
  at [phone] and follow instructions in
  application guidance.
• Documentation of the assurance from the
  Department of Education must be submitted at time
  of application.

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Formal Written Agreements

• Describe the partnership between the lead agency
  and other agencies and programs designated as
  collaborative partners.
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of each
  collaborative partner and resources (including
  dollars, space, staff, and equipment).

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Formal Written Agreements

• Include signatures of authorized individuals from
  the lead applicant and collaborative partners
• Must be dated within the twelve months of the
  application deadline.

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Type of Award

• Cooperative Agreement
• is a form of a Federal grant
• has substantial involvement from the Federal
  government and
• dominant role and prime responsibilities are with
  grantee.

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Summary of Funding

• Approximately 600,000 is expected to be
  available annually to fund two (2)
• new projects.

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Budget

• 5 year project period
• Budgets exceeding 300,000 in a 12-month budget
  period, including direct and indirect costs, will
  not be considered in the competition
• NOTE Applicants must submit one-year budgets
• for each of the subsequent project period years

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Budget Forms

• SF-424 (RR) Budget Sections A through K
• Sections E and J are not applicable
• One-year budgets must be submitted for each
  budget period (total 5)
• Budget Justification
• Collaborative Partnership Costs
• Equipment
• Equipment requests of more than 30 of the total
  Federal budget will not be authorized

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• Specific Instructions
• for Completing the
• Faculty Development ITNEP
• Application Narrative

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Project Abstract

• Project Abstract
• Limited to 1 page
• Purpose and rationale
• Need for information and technology
• Objectives
• Methodology
• Evaluation

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Outline for Project Narrative

• Introduction
• Purpose of the project consistent with
  legislative purpose and purpose of the request
  for applications.
• Needs Assessment
• Demonstrate a need for information and technology
  to enhance nursing education and practice,
  optimize patient safety, and drive improvements
  in health care quality.

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Outline for Project Narrative

• Methodology
• Objectives
• Methodology
• Activities
• Timetable
• Project Evaluation Plan
• Responsible Staff

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Outline for Project Narrative (cont.)

• Workplan
• Evidence of expertise in simulated
• learning, informatics, and telehealth
• Institutional resources
• Collaborative partnerships
• Internal executive committee

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Outline for Project Narrative(cont.)

• Workplan (cont.)
• Plan for developing state-of-the-art
• training sites
• Plan for teaching academic and clinical faculty
  how to use information and other technologies
• Length/frequency of training
• Number of faculty participating in training

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Outline for Project Narrative(cont.)

• Workplan (cont.)
• Faculty selection criteria/process
• Evaluation Plan
• Interdisciplinary team approach
• Sustainability

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Outline for Project Narrative(cont.)

• Resolution of Challenges
• Evaluation and Technical Support Capacity
• Organizational Information

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Review Criteria

• Need (5 Points)
• Describes the need for faculty development in the
  use of simulated learning, informatics and
  telehealth and how the project will address the
  need
• Response (30 Points)
• Project objectives and methodology are responsive
  to the needs assessment and achievable within a
  five-year period

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Review Criteria (cont.)

• Response (cont.)
• Identify infrastructure, areas of expertise,
  faculty development plan
• Formal, signed, written agreements from lead
  applicant and collaborative partners must be
  included
• Evaluative Measures (15 Points)
• Reflects an evaluation plan for faculty
  participants as well as the overall project

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Review Criteria (cont.)

• Impact (10 Points)
• Dissemination of project results, replicability,
  plan for sustainability beyond Federal funding
• Resources/Capabilities (30 Points)
• Collaborating entities commitment and
  qualifications are detailed
• Clearly defined process for oversight and
  performance monitoring of collaborative partners

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Review Criteria (cont.)

• Support Requested (10 Points)
• Proposed budget is reasonable with all line items
  clearly described and justified.

Note Applicants should pay strict attention to
addressing all criteria as outlined in the
guidance, as they are the basis upon which the
reviewers will evaluate the application.
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Submission Date and Time

• Applications must be submitted by December XX,
  2008 by 800 P.M. ET.
• Note To ensure that you have adequate time
  to
• follow procedures and successfully submit the
  
• application, we recommend that you register
  
• with Grants.gov as soon as possible.

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Programmatic Inquiries

• Technical assistance is available from the
• Division of Nursing Staff at [phone]
• or by email at
• Irene Sandvold isandvold_at_hrsa.gov
• Division of Nursing web site www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/n
  ursing

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Thank you

• Questions