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Our Vision —
Michigan will always have a high-quality nursing workforce that meets the health care needs of its communities.
Our Mission —
The Michigan Center for Nursing will champion actions across the state— through ongoing collaboration, communication, and consensus building— that strengthen the nursing workforce.
Our Goals and Objectives —
- Goal 1. Develop consensus recommendations for cultivating and maintaining a high-quality nursing workforce that meets the demand for nursing services in Michigan.
- Objective 1A. Develop a strategic plan that will serve as a catalyst and blueprint for all stakeholders to address the shortage of nurses in Michigan and strengthen the nursing workforce.
- Objective 1B. Establish an ongoing source of support for monitoring implementation of recommendations.
- Goal 2. Foster strategic alliances among nurses, educational institutions, health care systems, the business community, and other stakeholders for improvement in the recruitment, education, retention of nurses, and the delivery of health care.
- Objective 2A. Provide a central forum in Michigan for nurses, their employers, their patients, and the public.
- Objective 2B. Disseminate available information on and encourage the adoption of best practices in nursing education, recruitment, retention, and delivery of nursing care.
- Objective 2C. Establish an ongoing source of support for dialogue and dissemination of information.
- Goal 3. Establish a central resource for nursing workforce data collection and analysis.
- Objective 3A. Collect and communicate relevant nursing workforce data to all stakeholders to facilitate strategies for recruitment, education, and retention of a high-quality nursing workforce.
- Objective 3B. Forecast nursing supply and demand in Michigan, based on nursing workforce data and trends in demographics, economic factors, broad health indicators.
- Objective 3C. Establish an ongoing source of support for data collection and analysis.
The Michigan Center for Nursing will turn research data into usable information and front line actions. The information so gathered and disseminated, should motivate and activate development of cooperative ventures between and among segments of the industry.
First Advisory Board Slides
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Our Advisory Board
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Clark Ballard
Group VP, MSS MHHA
Email: cballard@mha.org
Mr. Ballard is Group Vice President, Member and Support Services and represents the Michigan Health and Hospital Association on the Advisory Board
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Carolee Besteman, RN, MS
Michigan Primary Care Assoc.
Email: CBesteman@mpca.net
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Tom Bissonnette
Representing MNA
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Janet Bodell, SFO, RN, MSH
Representing MOA
Email: janetsfo@sbcglobal.net
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Melanie Brim
Director, BHS, MDCIS
Email: mbbrim@michigan.gov
Ms. Brim is the Director of the Bureau of Health Services with the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services. Funding for the Michigan Center for Nursing was made available through her Department.
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Margie Clark
Nursing Career Dept Chair LCC
Email: mclark@lcc.edu
Ms. Clark is the Nursing Careers Department Chair at Lansing Community College. She has been appointed by Governor Granholm to a four-year term on the Michigan Board of Nursing.
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Kathy Coburn, RN, MBA
Representing MONE
Email: coburnk@trinity-health.org
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Deb Coley
MPRO
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Steve Creamer, MA
Bureau of Health Professions
Email: creamers1@michigan.gov
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Vernice Davis-Anthony
GDAHC
Email: vdanthony@gdahc.org
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Kathleen Kessler
MLN President
Email: kathleen.kessler@hc.msu.edu
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Kevin A. Kelly
Alternate
Email: kkelly@msms.org
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Jeanette Klemczak
Chief Nurse Executive
Email: klemczakj@michigan.gov
Ms. Klemczak is Michigan's Chief Nurse Executive.
Michigan's Chief Nursing Executive serves Michigan citizens by providing professional nursing leadership, expertise and coordination in nursing workforce and health policy development.
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Barb Kotal, RN, MSN
Nursing Development
Email: bkotal@beaumonthospitals.com
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Barbara Medvec
Chief Nurse Exec. - Oakwood
Email: medvecb@oakwood.org
Ms. Medvec is the Chief Nurse Executive for Oakwood Healthcare, Inc in Dearborn.
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Sue Meeker
Email: smeeker@sc4.edu
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Suzanne Mellon, Ph.D.
Dean
Email: mellonsk@udmercy.edu
Dr. Mellon is the Dean College of Health Professions, McAuley School of Nursing at the University of Detroit Mercy. She is currently President of the Michigan Association of Colleges of Nursing and represents that group on the Advisory Board.
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Dorothea Milbrandt
Magnet Hospital
Email: dorothea4316@aol.com
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Juanita S. Parry
Univ. of Michigan Health
Email: jsparry@umich.edu
Ms. Parry is the Manager of Nurse Recruitment and Retention for the University of Michigan Health System.
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Dr. Rose Ramirez
Michigan State Medical Society
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Laura Schmidt, MSN, RN
Director, Nsg. Prog & All. Hlt
Email: lschmidt@nmc.edu
Ms. Schmidt is the Director of Nursing Programs and Allied Health at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, and the immediate Past President of the Michigan Council of Nursing Education Administrators (MCNEA). She represents MCNEA on the Advisory Board
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Kim Sibilsky
Executive Director MPCA
Email: ksibilsky@mpca.net
Ms. Sibilsky is the Exec. Director of the Michigan Primary Care Association and represents that organization on the Advisory Board
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Marilyn Smidt
Director of Nursing - GRCC
Email: msmidt@grcc.cc.mi.us
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Kathleen Walsh, RN
Oaklawn Hospital
Email: kwalsh@oaklawnhospital.com
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The MCN Staff
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Carole Stacy, RN, MSN
Director
Email: cstacy@mhc.org
Carole has been involved many areas of nursing. She taught for twenty-three years at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Kalamazoo, MI in a nursing LPN/RN program. She also taught as adjunct nursing faculty at Lake Michigan College (community college) and Kellogg Community College. She was the State Director of Curriculum for Career and Technical Education for the State of Michigan for 15 years. She is currently the Director Michigan Center for Nursing and the Executive Director for the National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education.
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Anne Wilson
Marketing Director
Email: wilson@mhc.org
Anne joined the Michigan Health Council and the Michigan Center for Nursing in December 2003. Prior to assuming her current responsibilities, Anne worked for the Michigan Nurses Association and was the Association Administrator for the Michigan Dental Hygienist Association. Anne has a background in corporate public relations and marketing.
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Anne Rosewarne
President, Mich Health Council
Email: anne@mhc.org
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Jane Powers
Sr. Consult., PSC, Inc.
Email: jpowers@pscinc.com
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Peter Pratt, Ph.D.
Vice President, PSC, Inc
Email: ppratt@pscinc.com
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