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Although nursing students typically receive experience in hospitals before
graduation, many do not spend clinical time in the operating room. A nursing
student’s lack of exposure to the OR can prevent new nurses from selecting
the OR as a place to work upon graduation. Mary Anne Greene, Director of
Nursing Education and Practice at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, wanted
to change that by creating an introductory course in perioperative nursing that
would spark an interest in students to enter the field. (Fall 2007) .
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The
Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare (BACH), a nonprofit work force
development consortium that includes seven local hospitals, has chosen an
institution, the Maryland Center for Arts and Technology, a North Howard Street
training center already geared toward serving Baltimore’s unemployed or
underemployed, with which to partner in its effort to train unemployed workers
for health industry jobs. Through a 12-week bridge program, which began April
10, 2006, BACH intends to enhance the basic skills of workers with low level
reading and math abilities, helping them bridge the gap to new careers. In
turn, the hospitals hope to get more skilled workers for their hard-to-fill
positions. (Spring
2006)
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The
GAIT program is funded by a University of Maryland System Redeployment Grant to
the Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research program at the University
of Maryland, Baltimore. The project is an opportunity for students to
experience rural health care first hand through clinical training, including:
the principles of interdisciplinary care, health care team skills,
interdisciplinary geriatric assessment of host site clients, presentation and
discussion of student team care plans, and interdisciplinary geriatric
assessment. (October
2005)
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Program
Manager Ann Roney found that the prevalence rate for pressure ulcers had risen
quite dramatically from previous years. Concerned for the health and welfare of
patients at the Hagerstown hospital, Roney developed the “Skin Snooper
Specialist” course, designed to train nursing assistants on how to
prevent, identify, and treat pressure ulcers. She knew that if nursing
assistants were taught what to look for, the problem would be greatly reduced.
An added bonus to the program is that it has enhanced the role of nursing
assistants while improving morale. (October
2005)
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At a
time when hospital R.N. positions are hard to fill, it may seem a bit strange
that Union Hospital in Elkton would encourage a veteran ICU nurse to leave the
premises and work elsewhere. But hospital officials say that by having an R.N.
spend part of her week as a clinical instructor for local college students,
they are helping to secure the future of health care in Cecil County. (September 2004)
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"When
can we get in our clinical instruction?" This question is part of a yearly
headache for many nursing program coordinators—finding where and when
their nursing students can get that essential hands-on experience they need to
enter into the profession. Waiting until the last minute may be the problem,
but Mt. Washington Pediatric in Baltimore has a surprisingly simple solution.
(September 2004)
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Through the Job Shadowing program at hospitals managed by Shore
Health System (parent of Memorial Hospital in Easton, Dorchester General
Hospital in Cambridge and a host of outpatient facilities on the Eastern
Shore), students at participating middle and high schools often get tours of
the hospitals’ emergency rooms, various diagnosic departments, as well as
one-on-one mentoring from medical professionals. The program is aimed at making
a dent in the nationwide shortage of health care workers. (Summer 2004)
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While Maryland’s most severe nursing shortage since the 1980s
continues to be a problem, Shore Health System in Easton, is trying to recruit
not only more female nurses, but working to add to the male nursing population
as well. (September
2003)
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How successful has Baltimore's Good Samaritan Hospital been in
establishing a "foundation of learning" as the organization's underlying
culture? Remarkably so, judging by director of Professional Development Stacey
Brull's use of "phones ringing off the hook" and "snowball effect" in
describing the past year's progress toward this goal. (November 2003)
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For the
past two summers Pat Piepoli, a clinical recruiter for St. Mary's Hospital in
rural Leonardtown, has coordinated a day-long visit that covers six hospital
departments for a group of high school students from across the country. Why?
After all, it takes quite a bit of behind-the-scenes work to make it happen,
from getting permission from any patients that students may interact with to
lining things up with department leaders. (November 2003)
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