WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.073 >> IN JUST A MATTER OF DAYS, PURDUE UNIVERSITY WILL GRADUATE AN UNUSUALLY LARGE GROUP OF NURSING STUDENTS. 2 00:00:07.073 --> 00:00:10.610 THE CLASS OF 2019 MARKS A MILESTONE FOR THE COLLEGE, IT'S DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF NURSING STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED LAST 3 00:00:10.610 --> 00:00:18.618 SPRING. BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER KYLIE VELETA TELLS US THE STRATEGY BEHIND THAT GROWTH. 4 00:00:18.618 --> 00:00:28.661 >> THANKS, GERRY. LAST SPRING THE SCHOOL OF NURSING GRADUATED ABOUT 100 STUDENTS BUT THIS SPRING ABOUT 5 00:00:28.661 --> 00:00:35.769 200 UNDERGRAD STUDENTS WILL EARN THEIR NURSING DEGREE. PURDUE SCHOOL OF NURSING PROFESSOR NANCY EDWARDS IS HERE 6 00:00:35.769 --> 00:00:43.676 TO TELL US ABOUT THE GROWTH SPURT ALONG WITH JEAN PUTNAM WHO ALSO SERVES ON THE SCHOOL'S ADVISORY BOARD. 7 00:00:43.676 --> 00:00:49.315 THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TO THE SHOW. THANK YOU. >> JEAN, LET'S START WITH YOU. 8 00:00:49.315 --> 00:00:58.591 LET'S JUST SET THE STAGE WITH THE NURSING SHORTAGE. NATIONALLY SAY 203,000 NEW R.N.s NEEDED EACH YEAR THROUGH 9 00:00:58.591 --> 00:01:03.730 2026. WHAT DOES THE NURSING SHORTAGE LOOK LIKE IN INDIANA? >> WE'RE FEELING THE NURSING 10 00:01:03.730 --> 00:01:09.569 SHORTAGE FOR SURE BUT THE NICE THING IS THAT FOLKS LIKE PURDUE HAVE INCREASED THEIR AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING SO 11 00:01:09.569 --> 00:01:15.675 IT'S REALLY HELPING THE WORKFORCE. THE CHALLENGE WE'RE HAVING IS THAT WE STILL NEED MORE, AND SO 12 00:01:15.675 --> 00:01:22.549 EVERYBODY'S GOT TO PONY UP TO THAT PLUS WE'RE ALSO HAVING AN ISSUE WITH CLINICAL PLACEMENTS, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PLACEMENTS TO 13 00:01:22.549 --> 00:01:27.687 PLACE ALL THESE STUDENTS. I THINK NANCY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. AND DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FACULTY TO 14 00:01:27.687 --> 00:01:33.693 ACTUALLY TEACH THOSE STUDENTS. >> SO YOU'RE FEELING THE PINCH. >> I DO FEEL THE PIN. PINCH. 15 00:01:33.693 --> 00:01:40.066 WE HIRE ABOUT 500 R.N.s A YEAR AND WE HAVE A VERY SMALL NURSING TURNOVER RATE COMPARED TO THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY BUT THAT'S 16 00:01:40.066 --> 00:01:44.871 STILL A LOT OF NURSE, WE HAVE ALMOST 5,000 NURSES IN THE NETWORK. >> SO NANCY, YOU'RE GROWING THE 17 00:01:44.871 --> 00:01:53.379 SCHOOL AT PURDUE, OBVIOUSLY TO ADDRESS THE NURSING SHORTAGE, GOING FROM ABOUT 400 TOTAL UNDERGRADS TO 800 IN THE NURSING 18 00:01:53.379 --> 00:02:01.154 SCHOOL. WHY DID PURDUE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? >> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WITH 19 00:02:01.154 --> 00:02:06.793 PURDUE, PART OF WHAT WE DO IS TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE LISTENED TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE 20 00:02:06.793 --> 00:02:13.633 WITH US WHO ARE SAYING WE NEED MORE NURSES. NOT ONLY IN THE HOSPITALS BUT NURSES WORK EVERYWHERE. 21 00:02:13.633 --> 00:02:20.039 NURSES ARE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, LONG LONG-TERM CARE, THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOLS, SO THERE'S SUCH A 22 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:29.616 BIG NEED, AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 1400 APPLICANTS EVERY YEAR AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ONLY TAKING, YOU KNOW, 100 23 00:02:29.616 --> 00:02:36.789 TO 120, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS OR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO COME IN AND BE STUDENTS SO WE DECIDED TO TRY TO DOUBLE OUR 24 00:02:36.789 --> 00:02:47.000 ADMISSION AND WE STARTED THAT IN 2016 BY DOUBLING OUR FRESHMAN CLASS EVERY YEAR TO GET TO APPROXIMATELY 800 SO WE HOPE IN 25 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:52.639 THE LONG RUN THAT WE WILL BE GRADUATING ABOUT 200 NURSES A YEAR WHICH IS UP FROM A LITTLE OVER 100 FROM WHAT WE USED TO 26 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:57.577 HAVE. >> AND JEAN, YOU'RE A PURDUE ALUM, ALSO ON THE SCHOOL'S ADVISORY BOARD. 27 00:02:57.577 --> 00:03:05.018 WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITIES WORKING HAND IN HAND LIKE THIS TO TRAIN 28 00:03:05.018 --> 00:03:10.089 TOMORROW'S NURSES? >> IT'S REALLY KRITD CAL. CRITICAL. I TALK ABOUT THE CLINICAL 29 00:03:10.089 --> 00:03:15.962 PLACEMENTS BUT ALSO WHAT KINDS OF SKILL SETS AND WHAT WE NEEDED NURSES TO KNOW AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, LOOK, WE 30 00:03:15.962 --> 00:03:21.401 NEED TO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE'RE TRAINING NURSES IN, SO THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO OCCUR ALL THE TIME TO MAKE 31 00:03:21.401 --> 00:03:26.339 SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL AND THEY'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PRACTICE SETTINGS WHEN THEY 32 00:03:26.339 --> 00:03:32.412 GRADUATE, THOSE STUDENTS GRADUATE. >> AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING SAYS 33 00:03:32.412 --> 00:03:38.618 NURSING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STRUGGLING TO EXPAND TO GROW THEIR CAPACITY, SO NANCY, PURDUE MADE IT LOOK EASY 34 00:03:38.618 --> 00:03:45.592 FROM THE OUTSIDE. HOW WAS PURDUE ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS? >> I THINK THE WAY WE WERE -- 35 00:03:45.592 --> 00:03:52.198 BECAUSE OF OUR GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR PARTNERS, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WOULD HELP US WITH 36 00:03:52.198 --> 00:03:59.939 THE CLINICAL PLACEMENTS, TO HELP WITH INNOVATIVE WAYS OF TEACHING, WE USE NOW SOME SIMULATION, WE USE CLINICAL 37 00:03:59.939 --> 00:04:07.347 PLACEMENTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN TO HELP US TO FIND THE FACULTY THAT ARE NEEDED. SO WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER AS A 38 00:04:07.347 --> 00:04:12.919 COMMUNITY, I THINK ALL NURSES WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS AND I THINK THAT'S HOW PURDUE IN 39 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:18.591 COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> JUST A FEW SECONDS LEFT. NURSING IS NOT WHAT IT WAS 10 OR 40 00:04:18.591 --> 00:04:24.664 15 YEARS AGO. WHAT ARE THE NEW SKILLS THAT THEY REALLY NEED? >> YOU KNOW THE TECHNICAL SKILLS 41 00:04:24.664 --> 00:04:29.369 ARE STILL IMPORTANT BUT HONESTLY, WE NEED THOSE SOFT SKILLS. WE'RE LACKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXASH NIT AND 42 00:04:29.369 --> 00:04:37.977 CARING AND WANT -- COMPASSIONATE AND CARING AND PEOPLE WITH THAT EMOTIONAL HOLDING, IF YOU WILL. >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TO 43 00:04:37.977 --> 00:04:38.978 THE SHOW.