| Project Partners: |
Delta State University (DSU) School of Nursing, Delta State University Institute for Community Based Research, Coahoma Community College (CCC) School of Nursing, Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses of Mississippi (EPRNM) |
| Project Leaders: |
Lizabeth Carlson: Dean, DSU SON
Project Director
lcarlson@deltastate.edu, 662-846-4268
Pamela Hoyt: Global Nursing Coordinator, DHF
Project Coordinator
phoyt@dhfglobal.org, Phone: 212-750-5075 |
The Dreyfus Health Foundation (DHF) of the Rogosin Institute in New York has programs in more than 30 countries with the mission to improve global health. The DHF programs utilize a problem solving process (Problem Solving for Better Health- PSBH) that emphasizes individual and group responsibility at the community level. PSBH participants are required to identify a local “health” problem that he/she would like to solve. With assistance from DHF facilitators, each participant generates a project plan of action for implementation that optimizes the use of already available resources in the community.
Building on an already existing community based DHF program in the Mississippi Delta and in partnership with DSU SON, CCC SON, and the EPRNM, we are working to retain minority nursing students, enable them to complete the program with successful NCLEX pass rates, and enhance their commitment to work in the local area. The following activities will be carried out as part of our project: focus group interviews, cultural diversity workshops, cultural tours of the region, a mentoring program for students led by the EPRNM, and a PSBH- Nursing workshop to generate project plans of action targeting retention and progression. |
Our goals are to raise the level of cultural sensitivity of participants, increase the number of minority students who pass the NCLEX- RN exam on first write, increase the number of minority students who complete the nursing program and remain in the Delta region to work after graduation, and develop and implement PSBH-N projects targeting retention and progression. We are also trying to build upon our existing efforts by collaborating with the Mississippi ONW and the Mississippi Hospital Association. |
