Vermont Nurses In partnership
Vermont Nurses In Partnership, Inc. (VNIP) includes nurse leaders from academia, regulation and various practice settings. The collaboration has grown from the initial 45 Vermont-based members, to a coalition of over 300 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, and preceptor development programs.
Mission/VISION Statement:
To provide educational resources and services that support transitions into the workplace for professional nurses and other staff in healthcare. Using a framework that is research and evidenced based will ensure provision of competent practice and quality of care for patients and populations.
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.
Our business
- To provide the tools and services that support development and validation of competence in staff who 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 collect data for evaluation and validation of best practice models.
- To ensure standardization of educational tools, framework, and delivery, to maintain quality of care and ensure patient safety.
- To support collaboration between education and practice settings
- To advance teamwork, networking, sharing and leadership among healthcare colleagues in the practice setting.
Fundamental values
Continuous Development
- Maintaining a presence and growing the work in Vermont
- Effective learning requires 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 healthcare delivery team
- Sharing our work with other healthcare professionals
- Stakeholders have great things to offer – expertise, ideas, skills, experience
- Sharing of concepts, tools, resources, and assistance
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
- Work, resources, programs, & evaluation built upon a collaborative foundation
Core work entails the development of:
- Resources
- Workshops and training sessions
- Consultation services
- The membership organization, a foundation of networking and rewards
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.
Interim 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
Kathy Keleher, RN, M.P.H.
Acting Director, 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
Pamela Puccia, R.N.
Director of Nursing Services - Helen Porter Health & Rehabilitation Center
Patricia Winsted-Fry, RN Ph.D.
Researcher, Evaluation Consultant
Patricia Wrightsman, RN, M.S.
Chair, Southern Vermont College of Nursing Program
Bylaws
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Quarterly Reports
Contact Susan Boyer, VNIP Director, with comments or recommendations
