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“The CLC Program”
College of Nursing & Health
Sciences/Partners HealthCare
Clinical Leadership Collaborative
for Diversity in Nursing
Presented By:
CNHS/Partners
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12/08
“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich
tapestry, and we must understand that all
threads of the tapestry are equal in value no
matter what their color.”
- Maya Angelou
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CLC Program Leadership
Co-Principle Investigators
Jeanette Ives-Erickson, RN, MS, FAAN
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Sr. Vice President for Patient Care & Chief Nurse, MGH
Greer Glazer RN, PhD, CNP, FAAN
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Dean & Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, UMass Boston
Co-Project Directors
Gaurdia E. Banister, PhD, RN
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Executive Director, MGH/The Institute for Patient Care
Marion E. Winfrey, EdD, RN
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Assoc. Dean and Assoc.Professor, CLC Faculty Advisor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, UMass Boston
Program Administrative Assistant
Jariza Rodriguez
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College of Nursing and Health Sciences, UMass Boston
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CLC Steering Committee Members
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Olako Agburu, MGH
Elaine Bridge, Newton Wellesley
Helene Bowen Brady, Faulkner
Marianne Ditomassi, MGH
Hallie Greenberg, BWH
Patrice Nicholas, BWH
Donna Perry, MGH
Virginia “Ginny” Prout, Newton-Wellesley
Peter Terres, UMass Boston
Rosalie Tyrell, MGH
Deborah Washington, MGH
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What is the CLC?
• The CLC is a workforce development project realized
from two grants from Partners HealthCare totaling
almost $1M. This three year initiative is designed to
achieve, in part, the vision of diversity by facilitating
the successful progression of over 30 racially and
ethnically diverse students through the generic
undergraduate nursing program at UMass Boston’s
College of Nursing & Health Sciences.
• The CLC intends to supports the clinical leadership
development of 37 students in order to affect a
smooth transition into clinical practice upon
graduation.
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What is the Vision of Diversity?
• The concept of diversity encompasses recognizing,
accepting and respecting that each individual is unique,
with individual differences along the dimensions of race,
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic
status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political
beliefs, or other ideologies.
• It is the exploration of these differences in a safe,
positive, and nurturing environment.
• It is about understanding and moving beyond simple
tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich
dimensions of diversity contained within each individual.
(interbiznet.com 2002 )
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Why is there a need for the CLC
program?
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According to the Sullivan Commission’s 2004 report, African American,
Latino Americans and Native Americans comprise 25% of the U.S.
population but only 9% of the nation’s nurses.
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The need for increased diversity of the healthcare workforce has been
identified as a critical factor in addressing health disparities.
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In Boston, the Mayor’s Task Force to eliminate health disparities has called
for increasing resources to train, recruit and retain persons from
underrepresented groups of color in the health care professions. (The
Disparities Project 2005, Boston Public Health Commission)
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The Institute of Medicine’s 2004 report, In the Nation’s Compelling
Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce, noted that,
“Increasing racial and ethnic diversity among health care professionals is
important because evidence indicates that diversity is associated with
improved access to care for racial and ethnic minority patients, greater
patient choice and satisfaction, and better educational experiences for
health profession’s students, among many other benefits.”
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Racial & Ethnic Group Composition of
US & RN’s Population
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AI/AN NH/PI
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Registered Nurses **
*US Population according to the 2000 Census (US Census Bureau, 2001b) : 284.4 million
**Number of Registered Nurses according to the National Sample Survey of RN’s : 2.7 million
*** AI/AN = American Indian/Alaskan Native
****NH/PI = Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
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CLC Student Composition
• Cohort I – began in Fall 2007 with 18 students. 7 graduated
in 05/08 and an additional 3 will be graduating in 12/08. The
remaining 8 will graduate in 2009.
• Cohort II – began in Fall 2008 with 11 students that are on
track to graduate in 05/10. An additional 8 students were
added to the program in Spring 2009 and will be graduating in
12/10.
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Asian Hispanic
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What are the Program Admissions
Criteria?
• Full time, first semester junior matriculation in the
undergraduate nursing program
• Racially and ethnically diverse students with a cumulative
GPA of 3.00 or greater
• A record of demonstrated leadership activities in class,
evolving excellence in clinical practice, and participation in
community activities
• Satisfactory letters of recommendations from faculty
members, work and community service organizations
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What are the benefits to the CLC
participants?
• Clinical rotations at Partners HealthCare Institutions and
employment at a Partners HealthCare agency upon successful
CLC program completion and graduation
• Tuition, fees, stipends and assistance with paying for an NCLEX
review course
• One-on-One personal and professional mentoring from
experienced registered nurses throughout the Partners
HealthCare System
• Participants receive a range of academic & professional career
support services to facilitate success in the baccalaureate
nursing program and the workplace
• Students learn and apply the 21st Century Skills
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What are the 21st Century Skills?
Life and Career Skills Include
Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative & Self-Direction
Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity & Accountability
Leadership & Responsibility
The elements described as “21st Century Skills” represent the skills,
knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and
life
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CLC Student Comments
“On this day we remember those around us that we are
thankful for… so I’ll think about how blessed I am to
have Partners and UMass believe in me and offer me
such an opportunity!”
- CLC Student
“For the 1st time in my life, I am at a loss for words…I
get a call saying that I was placed in NICU at Brigham
and I am absolutely in tears right now. This rings a
familiar bell…sitting in a chair at the NICU at
Brigham is where I decided I wanted to be a nurse.”
- CLC Student
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What does a mentor/mentee
relationship encompass?
• Establishing a mutually respectful relationship that allows for honest
dialogue and reflection, focusing on leadership skills and succeeding
as a diverse nurse at a Partners HealthCare agency
• Mentors & mentees maintain weekly contact via phone, email and in
person where they discuss goals and acquiring/improving 21st Century
skills
• They engage in activities and mentor discussions that facilitate the
acquisition of knowledge concerning:
1. Life and Professional Goals
2. 21st Century Skills
3. Mentor’s strategies for success in a Partner’s HealthCare agency
4. Leadership opportunities & meetings
5. Partners HealthCare agency philosophy and how it is actualized
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CLC Mentor Comments
“ I would like the opportunity to give a newly licensed
nurse the same nurturing and support that my mentor
gave me when I first started out.”
- CLC Mentor
“ It allows you to share accumulated knowledge and
experience while gaining a better understanding of
yourself through helping others.”
- CLC Mentor
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What are the benefits to the
Partners HealthCare System?
• CLC students will work full time as RNs at a Partners
HealthCare agency for a period of time equal to the
number of years he or she participated in the program
• CLC students will demonstrate leadership abilities in a
tangible manner (i.e., committee membership or scholarly
activities) within their first year of employment at a
Partners HealthCare agency
• The CLC creates a close collaboration between academia
and the practice setting by focusing on maximizing the
potential of minority nursing students while in school and
as a new registered nurse upon graduation
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What are the benefits to the
Partners HealthCare System? Cont.
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The CLC fosters the professional development of its mentors as they take
on the responsibility of the mentee - and encourages and motivates mentors
to seek additional education and leadership roles within Partners
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Mentors develop skills they can utilize as preceptors to new registered
nurses
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The CLC provides Partners HealthCare with a more diversified staff that
will be entering the agency with an in-depth knowledge of Partners
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All involved with the CLC promote the discovery of positive strategies for
integrating diverse cultures in a setting that more accurately reflects the
patient population that is being served
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The development of a network of diverse CLC graduates who will serve as
mentors to the next generation of diverse registered nurses throughout
the Partners HealthCare System
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Where are the CLC students now?
Cohort I was established with a mix of juniors and seniors while cohort II
exclusively took in 1st semester juniors
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Alessandra Adamo – Graduation 05/09
Joanne Bodkin – MGH
Channine Bun – Graduation 05/09
Jean Martel Cothias – BWH
Denise DePina – Graduation 05/09
Ana C. Duarte – MGH
Ervelange Exantus – MGH
Frew Fikru – Graduation 05/09
Alana Gurley – In Transition
Kevin Kimani – In Transition
Ying Law – In Transition
Daphnee Magloire – Graduation 05/09
Solomon Mugati – Graduation 12/09
Silvianne Ngueya – Graduation 05/09
Anh T. Nguyen – In Transition
Maureen Pierre-Louis – MGH
Alexis Seggalye – Graduation 05/09
Lunick Toussaint – MGH
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Neldine Alexandre – Graduation 05/10
Larissa Alves – Graduation 05/10
Jannine Austrie – Graduating 12/10
Airiau N. Constant – Graduating 12/10
Cintia K. Crespo – Graduation 05/10
Eneida O. Da Costa – Graduating 12/10
Renata C. De Carvalho – Graduation 05/10
Anouchka Edouard – Graduating 12/10
Farah E. Fevrin – Graduating 12/10
Lyns W. Hercule – Graduating 12/10
Joseph Valery – Graduation 05/10
Trinh Nikki T. Ly – Graduation 05/10
Ricky J. Pamphile – Graduating 12/10
Kenelle Presume – Graduation 05/10
Melissa Romain – Graduation 05/10
Lucette Teixeira – Graduating 12/10
Jessica Thai – Graduation 05/10
Yanique Toussaint – Graduation 05/10
Christian Young – Graduation 05/10
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“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich
tapestry, and we must understand that all
threads of the tapestry are equal in value no
matter what their color.”
- Maya Angelou
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