The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN, “Center”) has been focused on supply data for many years inclusive of educational capacity and workforce data. The Center now has the ability to look at demand data for the healthcare workforce. Demand data is used to determine workforce trends in real time and is important for predicting the job market. The Center uses software designed by Burning Glass™ to identify real time demand by job postings. This database draws on a real-time demand on a national, state and regional level using 40,000 sources; and mines and codes data from each posting. It uses a standardized coding developed by the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration to ensure accuracy and consistency. The database can track and analyze employer hiring activities by industry, occupation, education, and skill level to help provide future direction. While traditional survey data is important they are not often completed due to survey fatigue. There is also a delay factor that may make the data less valuable over time. The NJCCN is the first nursing workforce center nationally to use this approach. The first RN report is posted on the NJCCN website: https://njccn.org.
In 2017, data will be available on a quarterly basis and will expand beyond RNs to both licensed and unlicensed personnel. Dr. Edna Cadmus, Executive Director, NJCCN identified that “This data will help identify needs across the state and will help target areas where education can be provided to help meet the demands within our state.” A model for matching supply and demand will be a future project of the Center.
A new board chair and secretary have been appointed by the Board at the June meeting. Dr. Susan Weaver will assume the chair and will be replacing Linda Parry -Carney and Dr. Teri Wurmser will be replacing Dr.Aline Holmes in the secretary position, effective July, 2016. We wish to thank both Linda and Aline for their years of commitment to the Center. Without their leadership we would not be where we are today stated Dr. Edna Cadmus, Executive Director of NJCCN. We look forward to working with Susan and Teri as we continue to move the Center forward.
The NJCCN Board approved a one year funding of a post-acute care new nurse residency program. The board recognizes the importance of transitioning new nurses into practice. This program is modeled on the recent 2 year project conducted by the NJAC: Long Term Care Nurse Residency program funded by CMS. This program has been expanded to include other post acute settings beyond long term care. The requirements for participating in this program are: 1) new nurses are hired by a facility willing to participate in the program, and 2) the new nurse is in practice less than 12 months. The program is expected to begin in the fall of 2016. Agencies interested in participating should contact Katherine Black who is in charge of the program. E-mail contact:
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