2014 South Dakota Nurses Association Annual Convention Yearbook
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<strong>2014</strong> <strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> <strong>Nurses</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
<strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> Center for Nursing Workforce<br />
The mission of the Center for Nursing Workforce is to partner with <strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s citizens to design a nursing workforce to<br />
meet their changing health needs. The <strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> Board of Nursing is the lead agency for the Center. The Board appointed<br />
a Governance Council to provide guidance on identifying nursing workforce needs, strategic development, and evaluate<br />
responses for the six legislated mandates.<br />
Governance Council Members:<br />
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The following strategic initiatives were developed by the Governance Council to assure that the state of <strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> has the<br />
nursing resources necessary to meet the health care needs of its citizens:<br />
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in designing opportunities for nurses to explore innovative nursing services for health promotion, self-care, and<br />
reduction of chronicity.<br />
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environments with a focus on “Just Culture” as it relates to safe nursing practice will be explored with experts in the<br />
field.<br />
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workforce to meet <strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s citizens changing health needs.<br />
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call for involvement, collective intelligence, and creation of solutions for the common good of our communities.<br />
Recent Center for Nursing Workforce activities and accomplishments to support achievement of strategic initiates:<br />
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<strong>South</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong>’s Nursing Workforce – 2013, Available on the Center for Nursing’s website at<br />
http://doh.sd.gov/boards/nursing/RandP.aspx<br />
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relevant to the workforce.<br />
http://doh.sd.gov/boards/nursing/SDcenter.aspx, to provide nurses and employers with current data<br />
on supply and demand for nurses.<br />
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pursuant to SDCL 36-9-96.<br />
Provided financial support, in collaboration with the SD Board of Nursing, to host a Regional NCLEX Conference<br />
for nursing facility offered through the National Council State Boards of Nursing, June 4, <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
Provided financial support to the Nursing Education Deans & Directors (NEDDs) to offer education conference on<br />
June 5, <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
Provided financial support to the local chapter of the International Consortium of Parse Scholars to hold<br />
conference featuring nursing theorist.<br />
Provided support to the state’s InterProfessional Education (IPE) task force.<br />
Provided support to the state’s rural nurse taskforce.<br />
Provided presentations to various groups on nursing workforce.<br />
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