The Answer is the School of Nursing, #5

Which Bay Area nursing school is partnering with California Institute for Nursing & Healthcare to provide a program for newly licensed RNs who cannot find employment in our current economy? USF, of course.

New RNs are having a difficult time securing a job with the economic downturn. This new initiative at the USF SON gives new grads the opportunity to work as an RN to gain RN job experience. We start our first group on September 10th. RNs in the program will work as nurses with a preceptor in clinic and school settings with clinic and school nurses throughout the bay area. The RNs in the program will work
20 hours/week in the clinical agency and have 4 hours on Friday mornings at USF working on skills and simulation.

The is a processing fee of $30.00 for those who are accepted into the program. No other tuition or fees will be required. For more information about the program please visit our webpage New RN Transition Program for Professional Development.

Fresno Area Information Sessions

School of Nursing staff will be in the Fresno area between July 19 and 22 for information meetings at various locations. If you are interested in learning more about our programs, please contact Megan McDrew.

Fall 2010 Graduate Admissions Update

The Fall 2010 admissions committees are busy reviewing applications for the Fall 2010 Doctoral and Master's degree programs. We hope to decisions ready on or about July 19 for all applicants who applied by the priority deadline. Stay tuned!

Magnetism in Action: the 3rd Annual CNL Conference

Developed in 2004, the Clinical Nurse Leader is emerging as one of the most influential roles in the nursing profession. Whether creating education tools to teach patients how to self-administer injections, improving discharge methods for patients, or streamlining bedside reporting during change of shift, the CNL is a transformational leader, a patient’s voice, and a revolutionary addition to the clinical care arena.

On June 18^th, 2010, the University of San Francisco School of Nursing will host its 3^rd annual Clinical Nurse Leader conference. Through the narratives of CNLs and managers alike, this conference will focus on Clinical Nurse Leader practice within the microsystem and the potential that the CNL role has for enhancing the journey toward achieving Magnet Recognition.

SON Dean Heads State Nursing Advocacy Association

Judith Karshmer, dean of the University of San Francisco School of Nursing, has been elected president of the California Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Karshmer took the helm in early May and will head the resurgent industry advocacy group for the next two years. After new leadership took over in 2008, CACN began to rebuild. Karshmer plans to continue that trend as the organization revamps its Web presence, grows its nursing and health care policy advocacy efforts, and develops strategies for improving four-year and advanced-degree education in nursing.

“My goal is to put in place processes to leverage CACN as the voice for baccalaureate and higher nursing education in California – that speaks to legislators, policymakers, and educational entities about how to advance nursing education and form a stronger collaboration with our colleagues in practice and nursing service,” Karshmer said.

Written by Edward Carpenter »usfnews@usfca.edu

CCNE Accreditation of DNP program

We just received official word from CCNE that our DNP program received the
maximum 5 years accreditation allowed for a new program and that we had no
compliance concerns!

We are now able to boast that not only do we have the first DNP program in
California, but the first one accredited as well!  This is a wonderful reflection on the school, the faculty, staff and students, and on the university support that we receive for program development and pursuit of excellence.

Marjorie Godfrey, Keynote Speaker at the 3rd Annual CNL Conference

Marjorie M. Godfrey Instructor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Director, The Clinical Microsystem Resource Group

Marjorie M. Godfrey, MS, RN is Instructor for The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Marjorie is a national leader of designing and implementing improvement strategies targeting the place where patients, families and care teams meet-the clinical microsystem. She leads as the Associate Director of Improvement with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Improvement Leader with the Vermont Oxford Network.

Marjorie is Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University School of Nursing in Fairfield, Connecticut for the 2008-2009 academic year. Her focus is in collaboration with Dean Novotny and the faculty to design and advance the graduate Clinical Nurse Leader program curriculum to include clinical microsystems, quality and safety in partnerships with local health care organizations to become the premier Clinical Nurse Leader program in the USA.

Marjorie has worked with health systems in the United States, Sweden, Canada, Norway, France, Kosovo, Tunisia, Chile and the United Kingdom. She collaborates with Qulturum in Jönköping, Sweden, senior leaders to support innovation and transformation of their health care system using clinical microsystem processes and frameworks. She co-leads the International Clinical Microsystem Network with Sweden.
Marjorie has consulted and collaborated with leading health care systems throughout the United States including Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Geisinger Health System, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Texas Health Resources, University California, Davis, and Exempla Health System in Denver, Colorado.

Marjorie is co-author of the textbook, Quality by Design, (Jossey-Bass) released March 2007, and the lead author and architect of the Clinical Microsystems "A Path to Healthcare Excellence" series. She is the developer of the Clinical Microsystem website, www.clinicalmicrosystem.org. Marjorie is currently collaborating with colleagues from The Dartmouth Institute writing a second clinical microsystem textbook scheduled for release in early 2010 (Jossey-Bass.)

Marjorie is a frequent contributor to improvement journals and presents widely nationally and internationally on microsystem fundamentals with a focus on development and advancement of front line staff and system outcomes. She is a member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement faculty and has advised improvement activities specific to Idealized Design of Clinical Office Practices. She is actively supporting the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Clinical Nurse Leader program through integration of clinical microsystem frameworks, quality and safety.

Marjorie has a M.S. from the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School, B.S.N. from Vermont College of Norwich University, and a diploma in nursing from Concord Hospital School of Nursing. She currently is a PhD candidate at Jönköping University, in Jönköping, Sweden researching the impact of coaching interdisciplinary healthcare teams to achieve strategic improvement goals.

Her interests include supporting and coaching healthcare leaders and clinicians, interdisciplinary teams, and young professionals in discovering ideal care delivery systems utilizing clinical microsystem methods and tools that uncover systems and identify opportunities for improvement at the clinical microsystem level to the macro-organization level.

Marjorie will be speaking at our 3rd annual CNL Conference on June 18: Magnetism in Action. To register for the conference, click here.