Optimizing health through nursing
HealthImpact is a state-designated nursing workforce center and longtime HASC partner. The nonprofit began in 2002 as the California Institute for Nursing and Health Care, taking its current name in 2015. It remains committed to developing solutions to the critical nurse shortage and related issues affecting the health of Californians.
In this time of rapid change in healthcare, HealthImpact has become more agile and responsive. The organization continues to collaborate with a wide range of partners, designing and creating practical solutions to better prepare nurses for the day-to-day challenges they face, especially as healthcare moves from traditional settings to team-based care in the community.
The nursing workforce center addresses a range of education, policy and other tasks, including:
- Developing white papers with recommendations for new roles for nurses and how to prepare nurses for future success
- Offering programs and tools on demand to help new and experienced nurses keep pace with the evolving healthcare landscape
- Sponsoring the California Action Coalition, dedicated to specific strategies to use the skills, talents and experience of nurses to improve health
- Offering programs that recruit and educate RNs to serve as clinical faculty
- Advising nursing programs on a seamless transition from associate programs in nursing to four year programs
- Focusing on recruiting more diverse candidates as nurses to reflect the state’s population
- Facilitating a central online system for clinical placements
- Promoting and coordinating simulation education
- Helping newly graduated nurses get the skills they need to succeed in the workplace
- Developing new programs, based on the workforce needs of California
HealthImpact offers consulting, toolkits and resource guides for a wide range of clients both inside and outside of California.
Visit www.HealthImpact.org to learn more.