Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center
178 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
October 17, 2019
9:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Consider enriching your nursing career with a teaching position! This program offers a unique opportunity to help you chart your course and begin to build a network within the academic field. Registration is $25.
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Click here to register by October 1st!
Ehibitors:
Please consider hosting an information table where prospective nurse faculty members may meet one-on-one to ask questions and present curriculum vitae for consideration. Exhibitor registration is available at the link above. For more information, contact Victoria Field at or 973-353-2715.
This program will spark new ideas for career development and help you plan for your future as a nursing school faculty member.
We encourage you to bring copies of your resume or CV to share!
Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, PhD, RN
Representing PhD Programs in Nursing
Margaret Quinn, DNP, RN, APN-C, CPNP
Representing Doctorate in Nursing Practice Programs
Mary Padden, PhD, RN,
Representing Baccalaureate Programs in Nursing
Martin Manno, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC
Representing Associate Programs in Nursing
Teresa Merola, MSN, RN, PNP-BC, CCRN, CPN
Representing Diploma Programs in Nursing
NJBiz published “Addressing the Healthcare Professional Shortage” by Lisa Goulian Twiste, contributing writer on August 9, 2019. The article highlights NJCCN’s efforts to create a state-wide nurse residency model to increase new nurse retention. See the excerpt below and read the full article at https://njbmagazine.com/monthly-articles/addressing-the-healthcare-professional-shortage/.
The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN) is in the process of developing a statewide nurse residency program based on the national model, Vizient, with a projected 2020 rollout. The goal is to increase retention by providing graduates with the support they need to transition to a hospital-based career. And as the number of RNs finding jobs in hospitals (54%) continues to decline because of the aging population, the university’s out-of-hospital nurse residency program – part of a $4.7-million grant through 2022 – helps transition graduates to ambulatory care centers, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home care.
NJCCN is dedicated to solving New Jersey’s nursing workforce challenges. The Vizient Acute Care Nurse Residency model is one of many endeavors to improve access to quality healthcare for New Jersey residents.
Legislation entering New Jersey into the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) will allow licensed New Jersey nurses to practice in any state that has also entered into this agreement. The bill (A-1597), sponsored by Assembly Democrats Herb Conaway, Paul Moriarty, Shavonda Sumter, Angela McKnight, Raj Mukherji and Joann Downey, was signed into law in July 2019. Prior to this licensure agreement, nurses had to obtain a license from each state in which they intended to practice nursing. This process involved applications, fees and possibly even testing that could make it more complicated for nurses to relocate or treat patients in other states.
The eNLC requires each participating state to use the same set of standards for licensure so that a nurse from one state will have the necessary qualifications to practice in any of the 33 other states that are a part of the compact. The compact not only makes it easier for nurses to move to other locations, but also allows them to partake in the remote treatment of patients in other states via telemedicine, while still practicing nursing in their home state.
Implementation date is yet to be determined. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing is hosting a series of webinars to discuss the impact of the eNLC. Registration is available online at https://www.ncsbn.org/nlc-meetings.htm.
Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that will allow terminally ill New Jersey adults to end their lives peacefully, with dignity, and at their own discretion. The bill, which was sponsored by Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Senator Nick Scutari, makes New Jersey the eighth state to allow such end-of-life decisions with the assistance of medical professionals. The “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act” permits terminally ill, adult patients residing in New Jersey to obtain and self-administer medication to end their lives. A patient’s attending and consulting physicians must determine that the patient has a life expectancy of six months or less, has the capacity to make health care decisions, and is acting voluntarily, in order for the patient to obtain the medication. The bill establishes additional procedures and safeguards that patients, physicians, and other health care professionals must follow before a qualifying patient may legally obtain and self-administer the medication.
The bill is in effect pending litigation as of August 1, 2019.