About Vermont Nurses in Partnership

Vermont Nurses In partnership

Vermont Nurses In Partnership, Inc. (VNIP) provides an international forum for nurse leaders from academia, regulation and various practice settings that are working to improve transition to practice for direct care providers. The forum has grown from the initial 45 Vermont-based members, to a coalition of over 500 nurse leaders from across the nation and around the world. These proactive healthcare leaders provide the intellectual resources that allow us to develop and deliver intern, orientee, mentorship, coaching and preceptor development programs.

Mission/VISION Statement:

We exist to assist and support transitions into the workplace for professional nurses and other staff in healthcare. Using a framework that is research and evidenced based will ensure competent practice and quality of care for patients.

Internal vision: Development of an administrative structure and protocols that will make the framework, tools, and resources available to agencies at a local, regional, and national level.

goals

To promote use of the tools and services that support development and validation of competence in staff that are in the midst of transition to a new work setting.
To provide a framework that is evidenced based, flexible, practical, easily implemented and applicable across the continuum of care.
To build fiscal and program sustainability of VNIP as a framework that ensures collaboration, quality, and patient safety.

Core Work entails the development of:

An environment for effective practice
A model of transition into practice
Resources, workshops, training sessions, and consulting
A network that has a national and international influence.

values

Continuous Development

Maintaining a presence and growing the work in Vermont
Effective learning occurs with clinical experience within a supportive environment
Both funding and recognition of politics are essential to development
In our environment of change – keep it short and simple!

Collaboration

While the core of our work is nursing, we value the full healthcare delivery team
Stakeholders have great things to offer – expertise, ideas, skills, experience
Sharing of concepts, tools, resources, and assistance
Work, resources, programs, & outcomes evaluation built upon collaboration

Evidence-Based

A research base is vital to ensuring quality and consistency
Standardization of approach & benchmarking provides greater value
Learning and education is pivotal to success in the practice setting as well as safe, effective patient care
Clear, Concise, Concrete, Current, Concept-based

Board of Directors

Mary Botter, RN Ph.D.
Executive Director, Vermont State Board of Nursing

Patricia Donehower, RN M.S.N.
Director of Adult Home Care, Chittenden/Grand Isle VNA

Margaret Gagne, RN, M.S.N.
Director of Med Surg Nursing , Fletcher Allen Health Center

Anna Gerac, RN, M.S.N.
Director, Vermont Technical College Nursing Programs

Gail Hanlon, RN, M.S.N.
VNIP Research Project Site Coordinator, SVMC

Carol Hodges RN, M.S.N.
Nursing Education Coordinator, Northeastern VT Regional Hospital
Vice President, VSNA

Kathy Keleher, RN, M.P.H.
Retired, Public Health Nursing, VT Dept of Public Health

Jill Lord, RN, M.S.
VP of Patient Care Services, Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center

Meg H. O'Donnell
Director of Government Relations & Assistant General Counsel, FAHC

Mary Val Palumbo, RN, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Nursing Workforce Research, Planning, and Development

Patricia Winsted-Fry, RN Ph.D.
Researcher, Evaluation Consultant

Patricia Wrightsman, RN, M.S.
Chair, Southern Vermont College of Nursing Program

Executive Director

Susan Boyer, RN, MEd, FAHCEP
Contact Susan Boyer with comments or recommendations

documents and reports

Winter 2010
Fall 2009
Summer 2009
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Spring 2008