• Practical nurses would like more long-term care clinical practice experience. • Developing additional stand-alone practical nursing programs in Oregon is one important strategy to increase the supply of LPNs to meet projected needs. 2. Oregon Nursing Leadership Council (ONLC) Strategic Plan: Solutions to Oregon’s Nursing Shortage • National and state-level studies of nursing workforce projected a significant shortage of Registered Nurses. • Nursing education should be redesigned to more directly meet the changing health care needs of Oregonians. • Efficient use of faculty, facility, and technical resources should be enhanced through collaboration between and among community college and baccalaureate programs. 3. The Demand for Nursing Professionals in Oregon: 2016. Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) To present Oregon nursing supply and demand data, the 2016 Nursing Health Workforce Model developed by the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) was used to make projections about demand for nurses by healthcare sector, including several scenarios for the supply of nurses in Oregon through 2025. • Types of Nurses Employed » Hospital and Health Systems: LPNs: 65.2%; RNs: 100.0% » Long Term Care: LPNs: 98.0%; RNs: 100.0% » Home Health and Hospice: LPNs: 29.4%; RNs: 100% » Public Health: 69.6%; RNs: 100.0% • The nursing workforce sector that will experience the greatest growth is long-term care, which is projected to increase in demand by an average of 4.2% annually between 2015 and 2025 for a total of 42.1% growth. • More than 70% of the entire nursing workforce will be needed to address the increasing acute and long-term care needs of Oregonians by 2025. 4. Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) May 2020 Reform Facts • Programs should include considerable expansion of both LPN and nursing assistant programs to increase the availability of the care providers to assist the new RN in this complex health care environment. • Access to wide range of clinical simulation resources will enable participating programs to improve clinical learning experiences without increasing reliance on the overstressed clinical facilities. • A greater emphasis on clinical immersion experiences in the final year of the program will allow more “real life” practice. 5. Characteristics of the Nursing Workforce in Oregon – 2016: Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) • Major challenges facing Oregon’s nursing workforce include: » Aging population in Oregon
» Aging nursing and healthcare workforce » Significant shortages of nursing faculty » Changes to healthcare reform laws
The clinical practice for the curriculum theory integrates the Nightingale domains in that nurses modify unhealthy aspects of the environment to put the person in the best condition for nature to act. Clinical strategies include caring, data collection, focused assessment, communication, documentation, administration of medications, legal and ethical issues, critical thinking, and working with the interdisciplinary health team. Contact hours related to pain management are also included in the Sumner College PN Program. At least eight hours of didactic education are assigned to pain management, as well as practical application in the following areas: • Client Comfort & Pain Management
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