School of Nursing Ashland Campus Continues to Address Barriers for Underrepresented Students, Staff and Faculty to Achieve Success
10/31/08 Portland, OR
The School of Nursing’s vision is that “we envision health care that is expert, compassionate and just. Our mission is leadership in nursing and health care through thoughtful innovation in healing, teaching and discovery. We value integrity, respect, social justice, diversity, collaboration and the science, art and heart of health care.”
One of the strategic directions is to “engage in mindful and transformative inclusion of diverse perspectives” with a strategic goal to “Increase diversity in perspectives by increasing representation of groups underrepresented in nursing among faculty, staff and students”. A key strategy identified to reach this goal is to “Find and address barriers for underrepresented students, faculty and staff to achieve success.” When the faculty and staff of OHSU-Ashland met in 2006 to discuss initiatives that could be implemented to achieve this goal, the Cultural Humility Committee was formed to bring together committed faculty and staff to address issues of culture and diversity. The committee consists of ten faculty and staff from the Ashland campus.
Activities included a monthly movie night for nursing faculty, staff and students to promote discussion of diversity issues and cultural experiences and participation in day and summer youth camps offered through Southern Oregon University to begin to form partnerships. In the spring of 2007, faculty, staff and students participated in two day camps for middle and high school students on a volunteer basis. One camp was targeted for Native American youth interested in nursing as a career and the second was targeted for adolescent girls interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Many of these girls were from rural high schools in Jackson and Josephine Counties.
In the summer of 2007, nursing faculty, students and staff volunteered their time to participate in Academia Latina, a week-long summer camp for Hispanic middle and high school students. Students in the camps participated in hands on experiences exploring careers in nursing, including participation in simulated clinical experiences alongside nursing students. In all three camps, approximately 45 middle and high school students participated in exploration of nursing as a career.
In the summer of 2008, faculty, staff and nursing students volunteered to participate in two summer youth camps held on the campus of Southern Oregon University and offered sessions exploring nursing as a career. The first was for middle and high school Native American youth in a camp during July called Konaway Nika Tillicum (“All My Relations”) and 17 Native American youth participated in a simulation called “A Day in the Life of a Nurse” with nursing students by their side. The second camp was for Hispanic 7th and 8th graders called Academia Latina held August 18-22, 2008. Eighteen camp participants explored nursing as a career and learned First Aid, Wound Care and how to take a Blood Pressure. At the end of the week, camp participants participated in a simulation “A Day in the Life of a Nurse” with nursing students by their side. They also held a blood pressure clinic on campus and screened approximately 75 individuals. The success of this camp was directly due to the enthusiasm and passion of the volunteers and underscores the volunteers’ commitment to the mission of the School of Nursing to achieving diversity and equity within the profession of nursing.
For Additional Information Please E-Mail Dr. Joanne Noone.
One of the strategic directions is to “engage in mindful and transformative inclusion of diverse perspectives” with a strategic goal to “Increase diversity in perspectives by increasing representation of groups underrepresented in nursing among faculty, staff and students”. A key strategy identified to reach this goal is to “Find and address barriers for underrepresented students, faculty and staff to achieve success.” When the faculty and staff of OHSU-Ashland met in 2006 to discuss initiatives that could be implemented to achieve this goal, the Cultural Humility Committee was formed to bring together committed faculty and staff to address issues of culture and diversity. The committee consists of ten faculty and staff from the Ashland campus.
Activities included a monthly movie night for nursing faculty, staff and students to promote discussion of diversity issues and cultural experiences and participation in day and summer youth camps offered through Southern Oregon University to begin to form partnerships. In the spring of 2007, faculty, staff and students participated in two day camps for middle and high school students on a volunteer basis. One camp was targeted for Native American youth interested in nursing as a career and the second was targeted for adolescent girls interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Many of these girls were from rural high schools in Jackson and Josephine Counties.
In the summer of 2007, nursing faculty, students and staff volunteered their time to participate in Academia Latina, a week-long summer camp for Hispanic middle and high school students. Students in the camps participated in hands on experiences exploring careers in nursing, including participation in simulated clinical experiences alongside nursing students. In all three camps, approximately 45 middle and high school students participated in exploration of nursing as a career.
In the summer of 2008, faculty, staff and nursing students volunteered to participate in two summer youth camps held on the campus of Southern Oregon University and offered sessions exploring nursing as a career. The first was for middle and high school Native American youth in a camp during July called Konaway Nika Tillicum (“All My Relations”) and 17 Native American youth participated in a simulation called “A Day in the Life of a Nurse” with nursing students by their side. The second camp was for Hispanic 7th and 8th graders called Academia Latina held August 18-22, 2008. Eighteen camp participants explored nursing as a career and learned First Aid, Wound Care and how to take a Blood Pressure. At the end of the week, camp participants participated in a simulation “A Day in the Life of a Nurse” with nursing students by their side. They also held a blood pressure clinic on campus and screened approximately 75 individuals. The success of this camp was directly due to the enthusiasm and passion of the volunteers and underscores the volunteers’ commitment to the mission of the School of Nursing to achieving diversity and equity within the profession of nursing.
For Additional Information Please E-Mail Dr. Joanne Noone.
