2. Overarching Focus Increase the effectiveness of health systems Improve the health of individuals, families and communities Strengthen nursing capacity to achieve this goal

3. Capacity Building within Educational Sector Regional Jurisdictional

4. 2007 Nursing Program Directors met in Honolulu to address jurisdictional and regional nursing educational needs Provide higher quality healthcare for complex health demands Recognize commonalities and differences Communicate among nursing educators Collaborate across schools/jurisdictions Prepare students for pipeline Increase nursing competencies

5. PIN Partnership Grant Funding received – Faculty development – Preceptor training involved expert clinical nurses – Interaction between education and practice Formed Pacific Island Network of Nursing Education Directors (PINNED)

6. Nursing Program Partners Northern Marianas College College of Micronesia – FSM Palau Community College College of the Marshall Islands University of Guam Guam Community College American Samoa Community College Dijo im Ukoj (Marshallese) Working together to accomplish what would otherwise be impossible

7. Organizational Partners Friends of the College of the Marshall Islands Foundation* Bank of Guam American Pacific Nursing Leaders Council (APNLC) World Health Organization* Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA)* University of Hawaii-Manoa, School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene US Department of Health and Human Services, Region IX* Kapiolani Community College Nursing Program Micronesian Area Health Education Center Tripler Army Medical Center Dreyfus Health Foundation* University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies Rider Consulting (associated with Alaskan PIN) *Includes funding partnership.

8. The PIN Voyage “jarakiarlap” Global interest in what’s going on in the Pacific More interest generated Dreyfus Health Foundation onboard under 2nd PIN grant Learning to work with external partners

10. Initial Goal and Objectives To increase professional nursing capacity through faculty development Objectives Enhance instructional skills of current faculty Develop new faculty instructors who are competent in clinical and didactic teachers Increase numbers of baccalaureate, masters and doctorally prepared nurses

11. Initial Outputs and Outcomes Instructional and preceptor skills enhanced through annual teaching and learning institutes A model using expert clinical nurses to expand faculty capacity developed Educational advancements of nursing faculty Master level (3 faculty) PhD level (2 faculty) New strategies for resource sharing Nurses at the table and on the map of policy makers

12. Improving Teaching Skills in Saipan, 2009 Training on Innovative Clinical teaching model in Palau, 2010

13. Current PIN Grant Address nursing workforce issues in Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report Build synergies among local, regional and external partners Improve education and practice infrastructure throughout the USAPI Prepare for a distance-based regional BSN program in the USAPI Develop regional strategic plan for nursing education in the USAPI

15. Regional Plans Jurisdiction planning Regional level PIHOA Nursing Education Capacity building Regional planning Mutual aid

16. Expand access to nursing education at the BSN level Increase number of advanced practice nurses to address primary health care needs Establish nursing input in health planning and decision-making Overarching Goals

17. Pull hard so that we may overcome the wind La fa’atutu mai foe ina ia faiaina le savili (Samoan)