It's Possible: Forecasting and Moving Your Organization to an 80% BSN Prepared Workforce

Webinar Description: 

Educational preparation of RNs has moved from debate to implementation. Moving the workforce from its current state to the desired future state of 80% BSN, as suggested by the Institute of Medicine, requires changing hiring policies and educational expectations. In this presentation, nurses learned how to create plans tailored to specific organizational needs through the use of a predictive model. By inputting RN turnover, educational levels of new hires, and the preparation of the current workforce as elements in the tool; nurses can forecast the impact of policy changes and new programs.

 

In Virginia, 16 Magnet organizations piloted the model to forecast and individualize plans for their unique needs. At Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, the model led nursing governance to require new RNs to acquire a BS within five years of initial hire, redesign contracts with schools of nursing, change hiring requirements of unlicensed assistive personnel, revise tuition assistance policies, and explore opportunities for collaboration. The organization is now better positioned to attain an 80% BSN prepared workforce by 2020. Achieving a more highly educated workforce is possible when nurses use a forecasting model to facilitate policy changes and account for unique organizational differences. 

 

Webinar Objectives: By the end of the webinar, participants will: