Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment and Professional Success Joanne Noone, PhD, RN, CNE Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Quarterly Board Meeting October 28, 2015
Jan 18, 2016
Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment and Professional Success
Joanne Noone, PhD, RN, CNENorthwest Portland Area Indian Health
Board Quarterly Board MeetingOctober 28, 2015
Oregon Nursing & Population Demographics
Oregon Health & Science UniversitySchool of Nursing
One School of Nursing – Multiple Campuses
MonmouthLa Grande
Klamath FallsAshland
PortlandVirtual
Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment & Professional Success Model
Student Empower-
ment& Success
Academic Socialization
Financial Resources
Community/Professional
NetworkCurriculum
Campus Culture
Social Determinant
Strategy
Educational opportunity
Academic socialization
Economic stability Financial resources
Socioeconomic opportunity
Community & Professional Network
Social inclusion Campus Culture
Health equity Curriculum Development Capacity-
Building for Health Equity
HealthE STEPS Team
Peggy WrosProject Director
Joanne NooneProject Manager
Ashland Faculty CoordinatorRana Najjar
Monmouth Faculty Coordinator
Leela DaCostaAshland Diversity CoordinatorDavid Cortez
Monmouth Diversity Coordinator
Support Provided
• Scholarships/stipends/NCLEX prep support• Mentorship• Individualized case management• Workshops– Scholarship search– Essay writing– Mock interviews– Graduate school opportunities– Financial literacy
Scholarship Recipient Data
Fin Disad
Ed DisAd
URM
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
95
84
59
87
87
67
14-1513-14
Year One Trainee Data
• 41/44 retained through Year 1 (93.2%)• 15 students graduated• 12/14 passed their license exam on first try –
85.7% pass rate (better than national pass rate of 81.74%)
• 9/12 (75%) of graduates working in a medically underserved area
Students say…..
“Thank you for this great opportunity. This scholarship is fantastic! I am going up to Salem with my mentor tomorrow to spend the day with ORANA (ORegon Association of Nurse Anesthesia) on their legislative day. I am very excited.”
OHSU Ashland Student
Success!
I wanted to share a great success story. I worked last year with a Native American pre-nursing student. I showed her the Path
to Scholarships essay format through the Edudaris, and she applied for a lot of scholarships. Anyway, I saw her at a
concert the week before last, and she told me that she won $28,000 in scholarships this year! She also won a Ford
scholarship, but she ended up getting so much other funding that she can’t use it. She has a 4.0 pre-nursing GPA and will be
applying for our nursing program this year. I’m going to encourage her to apply for our pre-nursing stipend.
Diversity Coordinator
Outreach
Peggy Wros representing SON at the OHSU Tribal
Gathering in January 2013 David Cortez and David Martinez
from Center for Diversity and Inclusion at NPAIHB Powwow
Pipeline Activities
“I want to be a doctor so being in this class helps me learn new skills and how to talk to patients.”
2015 Konaway Participant
“Nursing was a great class! It really taught me about different options in the medical field. I learned SOOO many new things. It was also REALLY fun and we got to experience real life things that were interesting.”
2013 Academia Latina Participant
Konaway Nika Tillicum Camp, 2013 with Trish Kohan
Questions
What is the role of nurses in improving the health of Native Americans in our region? How could it be improved/expanded? Is it an interest/priority for tribal leaders to increase the number of Native American nurses in the workforce? If so, how can we partner with Native American groups throughout the state to increase Native American student interest in nursing?
What advice do you have for us?
Thank you
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Grant Number D19HP25901 Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment & Professional Success (HealthE STEPS , $1.05 million. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.