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Approach:  In 2016, I collaborated with the NMAC and University of New Mexico’s Project ECHO to address the policy education gap for nurses.  We collaborated to conduct a telehealth training to teach nurses and other disciplines about the impact of policy on opioid overdose.  The evaluation of the training would help inform the NMAC on future methods of providing nursing education.

Products/Outcome:   In June, 2017, a telehealth training was provided to nurses and other disciplines, called Challenges Surrounding Health Policy and Opiate Overdose.  The training aimed to increase understanding about policy and opioid overdose, the epidemiology of the epidemic and interventions that could be implemented in healthcare and community settings.  Eight presenters provided a two-hour long training to over 60 callers from rural, frontier and urban areas of NM.  Evaluation results will be available by August, 2017.

Implications:  Nurses in rural areas can benefit from telehealth education about policy and the role it plays in health outcomes.  The NMAC should consider low-cost telehealth training as a means to reach nurses working in remote areas, and to improve their ability to collaborate with others to create a culture of health.

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The two of us are thrilled to welcome Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and other colleagues from across the country to continue work on implementing Institute of Medicine recommendations and building a Culture of Health in communities across the nation.

Kim is board president of the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence and co-chair of the New Mexico Action Coalition, and Nancy is dean of the University of New Mexico College of Nursing. The synergy between our two organizations is rich and is facilitating collaboration in moving the Culture of Health work forward in New Mexico. Together, we are proud to host “Building on the Campaign for Action Pillars to Create a Healthier America.” We hope this April 19-20 meeting is inspiring and useful to support your states’ Action Coalition efforts.

New Mexico is happy to celebrate our sixth year as an Action Coalition. Even as we look back at progress made toward the goals set by the Institute of Medicine, we will look ahead, too, at how we are tying pillar work with actions nurses can take to build health and well-being in their communities. We have an opportunity to engage in the important task, one that aspires to change the way we think about health—and about the protection and creation of health—in the larger political and societal context.

We look forward to a transformative two days filled with activities that show how nurses already contribute to a Culture of Health, and how, through collaboration, we can do even more.

Our Action Coalition co-leads are the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence and Bank of Albuquerque. That alliance is a snapshot of how nurses and community partners are collaborating to lead the way to a new understanding of health.

The following are our collaborative sponsors:

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

University of New Mexico College of Nursing

Presbyterian Healthcare Services

CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center – Santa Fe

Bank of Albuquerque

Central New Mexico Community College

CNM Foundation

Grand Canyon University

University of New Mexico Sigma Theta Tau International Chapter

Sincerely,

Kim McKinley, DNP, ACNP, INS, board president of the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence and assistant professor, University of New Mexico College of Nursing

and

Nancy Ridenour, PhD, RN, APRN, BC, FAAN, dean and professor, University of New Mexico College of Nursing, member of the Board of Directors for New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence

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New Mexico is home to the first of three 2017 workshops to help Action Coalitions continue pursuing the Institute of Medicine recommendations while creating healthier communities. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action hosts the event with the New Mexico Action Coalition and the University of New Mexico College of Nursing. “Building on the Campaign for Action Pillars to Create a Healthier America” takes place over two days,  during which Action Coalition members will:

• Learn and share ideas on how Action Coalitions are collaborating with diverse stakeholders to build a Culture of Health in their states.
• Develop strategic thinking to find new allies to work with to build a Culture of Health.
• Strengthen connections with your long-time partners through Culture of Health work.
• Advance nurses as active participants in Culture of Health work.
• Communicate more easily and effectively about a Culture of Health.

Welcome From the New Mexico
Action Coalition and the
University of New Mexico
College of Nursing

Dear Action Coalitions,

The two of us are thrilled to welcome Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and other colleagues from across the country to continue work on implementing Institute of Medicine recommendations and building a Culture of Health in communities across the nation.

Kim is board president of the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence and co-chair of the New Mexico Action Coalition, and Nancy is dean of the University of New Mexico College of Nursing. The synergy between our two organizations is rich and is facilitating collaboration in moving the Culture of Health work forward in New Mexico. Together, we are proud to host “Building on the Campaign for Action Pillars to Create a Healthier America.” We hope this April 19-20 meeting is inspiring and useful to support your states’ Action Coalition efforts.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Sigma Theta Tau International

Gamma Sigma Chapter at UNM

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• Distribution of population by race/ethnicity
• Percentage of population living in rural versus urban areas
• Distribution of population by federal poverty level
• Areas in which there is a shortage of primary health professionals

These statistics can guide your Action Coalition’s work in shaping a nursing workforce to better meet local needs and overcoming health disparities in your state. As you integrate other Culture of Health aspects into your work, consider how demographics play a role in health equity and fostering cross-sector collaboration.

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The New Mexico Action Coalition (NMAC), in its capacity as facilitator/convener/collaborator, is uniquely positioned to help Amy successfully reach her objective.

Amy notes that nurses represent the largest segment of the health care workforce and are among the most trusted of all professionals but may have difficulty using their expertise to impact health outside of direct patient care.  She feels nurses might have a greater impact on health outcomes if they could partner with others to impact health where people live, work, play and receive education.

She hopes to identify at least four examples of collaborations/partnerships between nurse and community partners, boards, coalitions, etc., that impact health.  And in addition, identify baseline practices, skills and knowledge that nurse can use to effectively partner with others to impact health.

Amy will be presenting her project at the national Association of Public Health Nurses and Association of Community Health Educators conference in Indianapolis in June.

In conversations around this project at the May NMAC meeting, we discussed how best to move nurses’ passion to successful projects.  NMAC members identified some opportunities for training that would help nurses lead projects that would impact the Culture of Health in our state.  NMAC will move forward in seeking funding to develop training to assist nurses in their present and future leadership roles.

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