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

Oregon Nursing & Population Demographics

Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing One School of Nursing – Multiple Campuses Monmouth La Grande Klamath Falls Ashland Portland Virtual

Advancing Health Equity through Student Empowerment & Professional Success Model Student Empower- ment & Success Academic Socialization Financial Resources Community/ Professional Network Curriculum Campus Culture Social Determinant Strategy Educational opportunity Academic socialization Economic stability Financial resources Socioeconomic opportunity Community & Professional Network Social inclusionCampus Culture Health equityCurriculum Development Capacity- Building for Health Equity

HealthE STEPS Team Peggy Wros Project Director Joanne Noone Project Manager Ashland Faculty Coordinator Rana Najjar Monmouth Faculty Coordinator Leela DaCosta Ashland Diversity Coordinator David 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

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.