1. Escalate Your Career By Breaking Barriers BTN Committee: Jae Kook Lim, Chair Adam Tebben Sabrina Lozier Breakthrough To Nursing

2. Breakthrough to Nursing (BTN) The primary goal of NSNA’s Breakthrough to Nursing Project is to increase the number of qualified students enrolled in and graduated from nursing schools. The BTN Project was started in 1965 to address NSNA’s concerns regarding national issues which remain relevant today: Recruitment and retention Minority recruitment Men in the profession Young students Non-traditional students Mentoring and support of all enrolled in professional nursing programs

3. What drives Breakthrough To Nursing  The faces of our nation  The faces of our patients  The faces of our healthcare workforce

4. 2015 Resolutions that were passed Increased awareness and education regarding interpreter use for limited English proficiency patients Interprofessional education advancement Mentoring programs to improve nursing students overall wellness

5. Issues The adequacy of health care services for minorities. The need to increase the number of minority health care providers. The need to provide opportunities for minority nursing students to develop leadership skills. The need for the nursing education system to be more responsive to the needs of minority students.

6. Voice Your Opinions Lizzette Chavez (Michigan – BTN Director): “The biggest problem I am currently facing as the state level BTN director is a lack of guidance or mentorship.” Jennie Nguyen (Kansas – BTN Director): “In Kansas it has been a challenge to get responses from schools that we have reached out to. Locally, it has been a challenge to encourage participation from students and support from faculty because the benefits of being active weren't clear in the past.” Daniel Duron (California – BTN Committee Member): "Obstacles: this is at a local level but the lack of volunteers make hard for BTN Projects to follow through."

7. Goals For 2015 - 2016 Enhance membership awareness of BTN mission and goals. Promote mentorship for leadership activities. This is to promote cultural awareness, diversity, and competence. Identify evidence based practice mentorship programs or surveys for leadership in nursing organization and schools. Exhibit 4 to 6 BTN success stories on the NSNA website.

8. Program Activities Breakthrough to Nursing Institute Awards & Honors Booklet BTN Columns in Imprint BTN Columns in Imprint Guidelines for Planning: BTN (includes how to get a committee started) Guidelines for Planning: BTN

9. Awards  NSNA will present Breakthrough to Nursing Project Awards  Successful Breakthrough to Nursing Project  State and School levels

10. BTN Guidelines For Planning BTN history and background information How to start a BTN committee Ideas for promoting BTN projects Information about NSNA Career Center web pageNSNA Career Center

11. “Nursing – The Ultimate Adventure” Pamphlet What is nursing?  How to apply for nursing school  Educational pathways to becoming a nurse  Licensure requirements  Salary and benefits

12. NSNA Career Center www.nsna.org www.nsna.org Information about selecting a nursing school Scholarship and loan information Career opportunities Links to nursing schools Nursing organizations

13. Additional Recruitment Tools Television Advertising and Nurse Recruitment Video, Pamphlets and Posters Call 888-981-9111 Website www.discovernursing.comwww.discovernursing.com

14. THANK YOU! I like to thank Cathy, Adam, and Sabrina for being part of this journey. I wouldn’t know what I would do without them. I also would like to thank Lizzette, Jennie, and Daniel for their astute perspectives from a BTN standpoint. “I learned that your nursing journey doesn’t start when you apply to the nursing program but when you are exposed to it, and we are key facilitators in that.” – Jae Kook Lim, NSNA BTN Director

15. Contact Reference Jae Kook Lim – Breakthrough to Nursing Director BTNDirector@nsna.org Adam Tebben – Director directorn@nsna.org Sabrina Lozier – Imprint Editor ImprintEditor@nsna.org Cathy Ramos, AD – Membership Staff Specialist cathy@nsna.org