Duke's collaboration with a local college is part of the trend to build nursing pipelines.
Duke University Health System (DUHS) nurses will teach nurse aide training at Durham (North Carolina) Technical Community College in a new partnership to increase the region’s nursing pipeline.
The goal of the partnership is twofold: to retain RNs at Duke by granting them more opportunities to instruct at the bedside and to recruit more nursing students to DUHS.
Alliances between hospitals or health systems and colleges are becoming more common as healthcare leaders search for creative ways to bolster the number of nursing students, and thus, their nursing pipeline.
Duke nurses will provide clinical instruction at Durham Technical beginning July 1, and the health system will equip the college with funding, simulation, and nurse aide training resources.
This agreement comes at a critical time. North Carolina is one of 21 states that will fall short of filling the demand for qualified registered nurses by at least 1,000 nurses by 2026, a Mercer Report study found. The state currently has a shortage of 13,112 RNs.
"We see this collaboration as an opportunity to advance greater economic stability and economic mobility within the communities we serve," said Craig Albanese, MD, CEO of Duke University Health System. "The agreement will promote career awareness, career readiness, and education as well as increase the number of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nurse aides entering the workforce at DUHS."
Duke nurses will prepare students by teaching advanced classes, providing mentorship, and sharing feedback and support.
"We are fortunate to have a strong community partner in Duke that helps create outstanding career pathways for our students," said J.B. Buxton, president of DTCC. "We are proud of the work we do to develop robust talent pipelines for employers in our community, and this new collaboration showcases just how well we can do that to benefit the region."
Carol Davis is the Nursing Editor at HealthLeaders, an HCPro brand.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
Duke University Health System nurses will teach nurse aide training at Durham Technical Community College.
Alliances between hospitals or health systems and colleges are becoming more common.
Duke nurses will prepare students by teaching advanced classes, providing mentorship, and sharing feedback and support.