1
The CLC Program

• College of Nursing Health Sciences/Partners
  HealthCare
• Clinical Leadership Collaborative for Diversity
  in Nursing

Presented By CNHS/Partners
Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
12/08
2

• We all should know that diversity makes for a
  rich tapestry, and we must understand that all
  threads of the tapestry are equal in value no
  matter what their color.
• - Maya Angelou

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
3
CLC Program Leadership

• Co-Principle Investigators
• Jeanette Ives-Erickson, RN, MS, FAAN
• Sr. Vice President for Patient Care Chief
  Nurse, MGH
• Greer Glazer RN, PhD, CNP, FAAN
• Dean Professor, College of Nursing and Health
  Sciences, UMass Boston
•  
• Co-Project Directors
• Gaurdia E. Banister, PhD, RN
• Executive Director, MGH/The Institute for Patient
  Care
• Marion E. Winfrey, EdD, RN
• Assoc. Dean and Assoc.Professor, CLC Faculty
  Advisor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences,
  UMass Boston
• Program Administrative Assistant
• Jariza Rodriguez
• College of Nursing and Health Sciences, UMass
  Boston

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
4
CLC Steering Committee Members

• Olako Agburu, MGH
• Elaine Bridge, Newton Wellesley
• Helene Bowen Brady, Faulkner
• Marianne Ditomassi, MGH
• Hallie Greenberg, BWH
• Patrice Nicholas, BWH
• Donna Perry, MGH
• Virginia Ginny Prout, Newton-Wellesley
• Peter Terres, UMass Boston
• Rosalie Tyrell, MGH
• Deborah Washington, MGH

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
5
What is the CLC?

• The CLC is a workforce development project
  realized from two grants from Partners HealthCare
  totaling almost 1M. This three year initiative
  is designed to achieve, in part, the vision of
  diversity by facilitating the successful
  progression of over 30 racially and ethnically
  diverse students through the generic
  undergraduate nursing program at UMass Bostons
  College of Nursing Health Sciences.
• The CLC intends to supports the clinical
  leadership development of 37 students in order to
  affect a smooth transition into clinical practice
  upon graduation.

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
6
What is the Vision of Diversity?

• The concept of diversity encompasses recognizing,
  accepting and respecting that each individual is
  unique, with individual differences along the
  dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual
  orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical
  abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs,
  or other ideologies.
• It is the exploration of these differences in a
  safe, positive, and nurturing environment.
• It is about understanding and moving beyond
  simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the
  rich dimensions of diversity contained within
  each individual. (interbiznet.com 2002 )

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
7
Why is there a need for the CLC program?

• According to the Sullivan Commissions 2004
  report, African American, Latino Americans and
  Native Americans comprise 25 of the U.S.
  population but only 9 of the nations nurses.
• The need for increased diversity of the
  healthcare workforce has been identified as a
  critical factor in addressing health disparities.
• In Boston, the Mayors Task Force to eliminate
  health disparities has called for increasing
  resources to train, recruit and retain persons
  from underrepresented groups of color in the
  health care professions. (The Disparities Project
  2005, Boston Public Health Commission)
• The Institute of Medicines 2004 report, In the
  Nations Compelling Interest Ensuring Diversity
  in the Health Care Workforce, noted that,
  Increasing racial and ethnic diversity among
  health care professionals is important because
  evidence indicates that diversity is associated
  with improved access to care for racial and
  ethnic minority patients, greater patient choice
  and satisfaction, and better educational
  experiences for health professions students,
  among many other benefits.

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
8
Racial Ethnic Group Composition of US RNs
Population
US Population according to the 2000 Census (US
Census Bureau, 2001b) 284.4 million Number of
Registered Nurses according to the National
Sample Survey of RNs 2.7 million AI/AN
American Indian/Alaskan Native NH/PI Native
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
9
CLC Student Composition

• Cohort I began in Fall 2007 with 18 students.
  7 graduated in 05/08 and an additional 3 will be
  graduating in 12/08. The remaining 8 will
  graduate in 2009.
• Cohort II began in Fall 2008 with 11 students
  that are on track to graduate in 05/10. An
  additional 8 students were added to the program
  in Spring 2009 and will be graduating in 12/10.

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
10
What are the Program Admissions Criteria?

• Full time, first semester junior matriculation in
  the undergraduate nursing program
• Racially and ethnically diverse students with a
  cumulative GPA of 3.00 or greater
• A record of demonstrated leadership activities in
  class, evolving excellence in clinical practice,
  and participation in community activities
• Satisfactory letters of recommendations from
  faculty members, work and community service
  organizations

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
11
What are the benefits to the CLC participants?

• Clinical rotations at Partners HealthCare
  Institutions and employment at a Partners
  HealthCare agency upon successful CLC program
  completion and graduation
• Tuition, fees, stipends and assistance with
  paying for an NCLEX review course
• One-on-One personal and professional mentoring
  from experienced registered nurses throughout the
  Partners HealthCare System
• Participants receive a range of academic
  professional career support services to
  facilitate success in the baccalaureate nursing
  program and the workplace
• Students learn and apply the 21st Century Skills

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
12
What are the 21st Century Skills?
Life and Career Skills Include Flexibility and
Adaptability Initiative Self-Direction Social
Cross-Cultural Skills Productivity
Accountability Leadership Responsibility

• The elements described as 21st Century Skills
  represent the skills, knowledge and expertise
  students should master to succeed in work and life

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
13
CLC Student Comments

• On this day we remember those around us that we
  are thankful for so Ill think about how blessed
  I am to have Partners and UMass believe in me and
  offer me such an opportunity!
• - CLC Student
• For the 1st time in my life, I am at a loss for
  wordsI get a call saying that I was placed in
  NICU at Brigham and I am absolutely in tears
  right now. This rings a familiar bellsitting in
  a chair at the NICU at Brigham is where I decided
  I wanted to be a nurse.
• - CLC Student

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
14
What does a mentor/mentee relationship encompass?

• Establishing a mutually respectful relationship
  that allows for honest dialogue and reflection,
  focusing on leadership skills and succeeding as a
  diverse nurse at a Partners HealthCare agency
• Mentors mentees maintain weekly contact via
  phone, email and in person where they discuss
  goals and acquiring/improving 21st Century skills
• They engage in activities and mentor discussions
  that facilitate the acquisition of knowledge
  concerning
• 1. Life and Professional Goals
• 2. 21st Century Skills
• 3. Mentors strategies for success in a
  Partners HealthCare agency
• 4. Leadership opportunities meetings
• 5. Partners HealthCare agency philosophy and
  how it is actualized

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
15
CLC Mentor Comments

• I would like the opportunity to give a newly
  licensed nurse the same nurturing and support
  that my mentor gave me when I first started out.
• - CLC Mentor
• It allows you to share accumulated knowledge
  and experience while gaining a better
  understanding of yourself through helping
  others.
• - CLC Mentor

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
16
What are the benefits to the Partners HealthCare
System?

• CLC students will work full time as RNs at a
  Partners HealthCare agency for a period of time
  equal to the number of years he or she
  participated in the program
• CLC students will demonstrate leadership
  abilities in a tangible manner (i.e., committee
  membership or scholarly activities) within their
  first year of employment at a Partners HealthCare
  agency
• The CLC creates a close collaboration between
  academia and the practice setting by focusing on
  maximizing the potential of minority nursing
  students while in school and as a new registered
  nurse upon graduation

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
17
What are the benefits to the Partners HealthCare
System? Cont.

• The CLC fosters the professional development of
  its mentors as they take on the responsibility of
  the mentee - and encourages and motivates mentors
  to seek additional education and leadership roles
  within Partners
• Mentors develop skills they can utilize as
  preceptors to new registered nurses
• The CLC provides Partners HealthCare with a more
  diversified staff that will be entering the
  agency with an in-depth knowledge of Partners
• All involved with the CLC promote the discovery
  of positive strategies for integrating diverse
  cultures in a setting that more accurately
  reflects the patient population that is being
  served
• The development of a network of diverse CLC
  graduates who will serve as mentors to the next
  generation of diverse registered nurses
  throughout the Partners HealthCare System

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
18
Where are the CLC students now?
Cohort I was established with a mix of juniors
and seniors while cohort II exclusively took in
1st semester juniors

• COHORT I
• Alessandra Adamo Graduation 05/09
• Joanne Bodkin MGH
• Channine Bun Graduation 05/09
• Jean Martel Cothias BWH
• Denise DePina Graduation 05/09
• Ana C. Duarte MGH
• Ervelange Exantus MGH
• Frew Fikru Graduation 05/09
• Alana Gurley In Transition
• Kevin Kimani In Transition
• Ying Law In Transition
• Daphnee Magloire Graduation 05/09
• Solomon Mugati Graduation 12/09
• Silvianne Ngueya Graduation 05/09
• Anh T. Nguyen In Transition
• Maureen Pierre-Louis MGH
• Alexis Seggalye Graduation 05/09

• COHORT II
• Neldine Alexandre Graduation 05/10
• Larissa Alves Graduation 05/10
• Jannine Austrie Graduating 12/10
• Airiau N. Constant Graduating 12/10
• Cintia K. Crespo Graduation 05/10
• Eneida O. Da Costa Graduating 12/10
• Renata C. De Carvalho Graduation 05/10
• Anouchka Edouard Graduating 12/10
• Farah E. Fevrin Graduating 12/10
• Lyns W. Hercule Graduating 12/10
• Joseph Valery Graduation 05/10
• Trinh Nikki T. Ly Graduation 05/10
• Ricky J. Pamphile Graduating 12/10
• Kenelle Presume Graduation 05/10
• Melissa Romain Graduation 05/10
• Lucette Teixeira Graduating 12/10
• Jessica Thai Graduation 05/10

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
19

• We all should know that diversity makes for a
  rich tapestry, and we must understand that all
  threads of the tapestry are equal in value no
  matter what their color.
• - Maya Angelou

Pioneering
Educating
Mentoring
Property of CNHS/Partners HealthCare