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Mission:
The mission of the Nursing Caucus shall be to:
Support quality nursing practice by increasing educational access for nurses and promoting community awareness through a focus on rural health issues.
Goals
- Promote communication, interchange and networking for professional nurses on the Eastern Shore.
- Support and facilitate recruitment and retention of nurses in area agencies.
- Encourage and support the attainment of advanced degrees in Nursing.
- Support improvement of health care services through specific education and multidisciplinary collaboration.
- Support Nursing collaboration and research.
- Promote community awareness of nursing, health care issues and services.
- Provide a resource for those interested in the advancement of Nursing, including, but not limited to current and emerging issues, and independent nursing practice.
- Support ongoing programs of continuing education and provide new outlets for technologies, as they become available.
- Identify resources for preceptorships and internships for student clinical experiences in a rural health care setting.
- Maintain liaisons with the Board of Directors, other AHEC caucuses, and task forces within other Nursing-related educational and professional organizations to advocate for improved health care services on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Membership [back to top]
Members of the Nursing Caucus shall fulfill one of the following qualifications:
1. Hold a current Nursing License and be actively employed within the healthcare system.
2. Each Eastern Shore healthcare organization, nursing education program, and professional nursing organization will be asked to designate a representative
Meeting & Caucus Chair [back to top]
Meetings are held bimonthly on the 2nd Thursday.
Current Chair: Linda White
AHEC Liaison: Jeanne Bromwell, (410) 221-2600, jbromwel@esahec.org
LINKS [back to top]
Maryland Nurses Association www.nursingworld.org/snas/md/
Maryland Board of Nursing www.dhmh.state.md.us/mbn/
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