Eastern Shore/Western Shore Faculty Initiative Judith M. Jarosinski, PhD, RN, CNE Tina P. Brown Reid, EdD, MSN Lisa A. Seldomridge, PhD, RN This work was supported by a Nurse Support II Grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission under the auspices of HSCRC

Overall Goal Plan and implement a needs assessment in partnership with selected nursing programs representing diversity in educational offerings, geographic region, student body and faculty. 2

Purposes of ESWSFI  Reviewing existing faculty staffing challenges across Maryland by program level  Investigate current efforts aimed at managing staffing challenges in Maryland  Explore additional solutions while managing all data in a central location.  Gain a broader understanding of regional similarities and differences in the shortage of nursing faculty and preceptors  Build bridges for collaborative problem-solving 3

Aspects of the Needs Assessment  Identify participating schools  Gather demographic information and quantitative data  Administrators who do staffing  Collect qualitative data  Administrators who do staffing  Faculty with interest in faculty shortage and staffing solutions  Faculty who orient graduate student preceptors 4

Timeline  Invitation to participate-today!  Confirmation of participant schools by Oct. 30, 2015  Development of public website by Nov. 15, 2015  Demographic/quantitative surveys-completion by Dec. 20, 2015  Administrator interviews by March 1, 2016  Faculty focus groups by March 1, 2016  Data analysis by April 30, 2016  Recommendations by May 15, 2016  Feedback on recommendations by June 15,

Project Participants & Roles Jeffrey Willey –Project liaison & qualitative researcher Michele Bracken –Focus group leader & qualitative researcher Jennifer Schultz –Project evaluator Salisbury University student worker PIs 6

Next Steps  Consider another NSP-2 grant proposal to implement ES-FAMI across the State  Revise ES-FAMI materials to be relevant for preceptors who work with graduate students 7