Follow Up and Support

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Follow Up and Support

• AACN Clinical Nurse Leader Implementation
  Conference
• June 16 17, 2004

2
AACN Our Work

• Routine and frequent updates from the CNL
  Implementation Task Force (ITF)
• Quarterly surveys to each partnership 1-2
  questions from the ITF and AACN staff regarding
  progress to date and issues that must be
  addressed
• List serve for exchange of information on best
  practices, progress, questions, and calls for
  additional support

3
AACN Our Work (cont.)

• Recommendations regarding a uniform set of
  evaluation parameters that can be used for
  short-term, local evaluation
• Long-term planning for a large scale evaluation
  post implementation of the CNL practice sites
• Follow-up meetings, regionally based.
• Regional partnership meetings - Focus of first
  regional meeting will be a design workshop for
  design of the practice model.

4

• Working paper on design of the practice
  environment and transformation of the practice.
• Statement on differentiation of the CNL and CNS
  roles work in process with several individuals
  to produce this document.
• Statement on model expectations for practice site
  preceptors and faculty mentors

5

• Frequent updates on progress to date across the
  partnerships and how various issues are being
  addressed.
• Reference lists, best practice resources, and web
  sites for practice and curriculum work
• AACN will work with Commission on Collegiate
  Nursing Education regarding progress

6

• Reports on collaborative work with other
  organizations, e.g. NCSBN, ANCC, AONE, groups
  representing advanced practice, other
  disciplines, and consulting groups.
• Progress reports on certification examination
  development.

7

• Template on press releases for use at the local
  level to give local news and policy makers
  information about this transformational work
• Timeline for CNL ITF work
• Follow-up summit in 15-18 months to bring all
  demonstration projects together for reporting,
  best practice sharing, and networking

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What we need from Education/Practice Partnership
Projects

• Commitment to fundamental redesign of the
  practice environment and the educational
  experience this is not incremental change.
• Response to surveys to be circulated every 3mos
  SHORT - on progress to date.

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• Type of information to be gathered
• Steering committee composition and progress,
  members from education and practice, and how work
  is progressing on practice transformation and
  curricular revisions.
• Challenges you are encountering on in the above
  work

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• Partners you are working with other local and
  regional connections that have been established.
• Recruitment plans for the program and marketing
  to students, clinicians, and faculty.
• Timeline for progress at your site
• Attendance at regional meetings

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• Following this meeting, we will send a letter to
  all partners identifying next steps and
  expectations for leadership involvement.