- Annual Report
About the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)
Mission: To represent nurse leaders who improve healthcare. AONE members are leaders in collaboration and catalysts for innovation and change.
Vision: Sharing the future of health care through innovate nursing leadership.
Core business:
- Education and leadership development
- Public policy advocacy
- Career development
- Information resources
- Local chapters
- Research
2007 Education and Leadership Development
AzONE offered four education sessions in 2007 that addressed one or more of the needs of its membership.
- January 2007: Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, Dean of ASU Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, spoke on Evidence-Based Practice.
- April 2007: Monique Lambert, PhD, MS, BS, Principal Investigator, Clinical Practices Research, Health Research and Innovation, Digital Health Group, Intel Corp. Dr. Lambert shared her findings and insights gleaned from the study of nine U.S., Singapore, and UK hospitals related to nursing work practices and workflows, and facilitate a discussion about the implications of her findings for improving care delivery models through redesign and technology.
- September 2007: Elizabeth Baskett, AzHHA; Jason Bezozo, Banner Health; and Mary Griffith, AzNA on state and federal legislative issues impacting nursing and healthcare.
- November 2007: Sue Hanauer and Barbara Brewer, John C Lincoln North Mountain on innovation to develop a cadre of bedside nurse mentors who support their peers in finding and using evidence to shape nursing practice.
Membership Report
Membership continues to significantly increase from 157 at beginning of year to 214 currently. This is the largest membership in AzONE’s history.
Statewide Clinical Student Capacity & Experience
AzONE sponsored three forums to get assess the current situation and identify key issues related to the experience of students in the clinical setting as well as the capacity constraints within the state. The forums were held in Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Tucson. From these forums, the AzONE Board identified three common themes and will appoint a Steering Council that will seek membership for three task forces to further evaluate the issues and develop recommendations for improvement. The three concepts identified for a state-wide approach are:
- The need to create standards for clinical scenario development and training that can be used in simulated environments or not, to promote collaboration and portability of scenarios and knowledge.
- Using Benner’s model of novice-to-expert, create and pilot a clinical preceptor model that utilizes competent and/or proficient preceptors in consultation with expert clinicians.
- Work with nursing schools to standardize goals and objectives for clinical rotations.
Nurse Practice Act
AzONE representatives participated on a task force to review the Arizona Nurse Practice Act and made specific a recommendation to revise the statutes to allow for innovative pilots for patient-care delivery and training. This recommendation, among others, has been incorporated into the changes that will move forward. AzONE
AzONE Executive Director
The AzONE Board has determined that a part-time Executive Director is needed to provide leadership and support to AzONE moving forward. A job description has been created and approved by the Board and the position will be posted in early 2008.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kathy Scott, Past President