Leading Change, Advancing Health In Missouri -- Missouri Action Coalition March 2012 Webinars

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1 Leading Change, Advancing Health In -- Action Coalition March 2012 Webinars Recent News Release for your copy MARCH 1, 2012: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS ADVANCES HEALTH FOR MISSOURI CITIZENS Nurses Grass Roots Efforts Make the Difference Action Coalition: Nurses Association League for Health Advocacy Alliance 1

2 Other Partners-- State Board of Coalition Action Coalition Association of Colleges of Associate Degree Educators Coalition Members: Organization of Nurse Leaders State Board of Coalition Nurses Association Organization of Licensed Practical Nurses League for Non-Nurse Stakeholders in the Action Coalition Initiative: Foundation for Health Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City Hospital Association St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition Midwest Health Initiative Vietnamese American Community of Greater Kansas City Avila University Casa de Salud Maryville University School of Religion/Center for Rural Ministry Western State University St. Louis University Dept of PT & AT St. Luke s Hospital of Kansas City Associates for Healthcare Improvement Health Literacy St. Louis University William M. Fogarty, Jr., MD, FACP Lashly & Baer, P.C. Association of Local Public Health Agencies St. Louis Diabetes Coalition Family Health Council Mercy St. John s Mercy Medical Center North Kansas City Hospital St. Francis Medical Center St. John s Health System St. John s Hospital Cassville Webster 2

3 Nurse Stakeholders In the Action Coalition: Nurses Association League for Health Advocacy Alliance Organization for Associate Degree William Jewell College Department of Organization of Nurse Leaders Association of Nurse Anesthetists Emergency Nurses Association State Council Breckinridge School of at ITT Technical Institute Southeast Nurses in Advance Practice St. John s College of of Southwest Baptist University St. Louis University School of Students Association Advanced Practice Nurses of the Ozarks In, Our STRENGTH is in our ACTION TEAMS 3

4 The Four Action TEAMS: Of the Action Coalition Yellow Team: Education Red Team: Practice Green Team: Leadership Blue Team: Workplace/ Workforce APRNs Red Practice Team IOM Team Summit Where we have gone and where we are: HB 1371 and SB679 introduced by Rep Weter and Senator Dixon (multiple cosponsors) Bill to reduce barriers to practice Multiple educational episodes with the majority of legislators of the house and senate Multiple media events have occurred White paper on the status of APRNs in 4

5 Where We Need to Go Senate committee hearing completed. House committee hearing scheduled on 3/21 Continue to engage stakeholders in the White Paper Continue the media events Work with the Coalition to inform and engage the coalition in the process In the SHORT TERM, we need: For as many nurses and nurse friends as possible to attend the MO ACTION COALITION SUMMIT and Pre-SUMMIT June 6 and 7, 2012, Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, MO Dr. Linda Aiken and Dr. Nancy Dunton on June 6 5

6 In the LONG TERM: We want every RN in the state to be aware of the IOM report and the ways that we can all transform NURSING where we live. We want this to be the time that Nurses step forward and act on behalf of ans to advance health for all. Leading Change, Advancing Health In That s US! 6