 The California Institute for Nursing & Health Care builds coalitions
and partnerships to develop projects in several program areas that address
the nursing shortage and other nursing issues:
- Educational Capacity - CINHC's development of Master Plan Goal 1 (Building Educational Capacity), Goal 2 (Increasing Diversity), and the Bay Area Nursing Resource
Center, are examples of how CINHC is making a difference in the state's ability to develop an adequate nursing workforce.
- Leadership Development - Preparing nurse managers for leadership roles. To learn about becoming a clinical educator visit the Leadership Development page.
- Recruitment - Increasing the nursing workforce, recuriting men in to the profession, and assuring a culturally diverse workforce.
- Master Plan Development - CINHC is leading statewide efforts to develop a comprehensive statewide plan to guide efforts in six strategic focus areas.
- Statewide Simulation Alliance - CINHC is leading the Statewide Simulation Alliance (SSA). The purpose of the SSA is to become a cohesive voice for simulation in nursing education, to disseminate information to stakeholders, to create a common language, to be a voice for simulation in Sacramento and to facilitate state funding for simulation use and expansion. A steering committee with members from schools of nursing and hospitals has been formed and monthly conference calls are planned.
SSA goals include providing a home within CINHC for best practice identification, information sharing, faculty development, equipment/vendor pricing agreements, space planning, scenario development, sharing and partnership models.
A monthly newsletter and list serve are being developed so key information can be disseminated. Additionally, a survey is being conducted to develop an inventory of schools and hospitals using simulation as a teaching methodology.
Anyone interested in receiving the SSA newsletter or becoming a part of the Alliance should contact KT Waxman at kt@cinhc.org.
Simulation Overview (PDF)
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