Table I: 2010 South Dakota Nurses Association Needs Assessment Core Issue Goals

Task Force: Education
Core Issues: Nurse Preparation
Continuing Education

Goals:

• Establish a series of workshops addressing needs identified in the Needs Assessment and strategic planning activities using traditional, electronic, and innovative delivery methods.
• Provide a forum for nursing education and nursing practice collaboration to enhance student learning experiences.
• Evaluate the need for changes in nursing education to meet the health care and nursing needs of the future.
• Introduce/support legislation to improve access to and provide financial support for entry level and graduate nursing degrees.

Task Force: Nursing Delivery Systems/Nursing Models
Core Issue: Preparing for Health Care of the Future
Nurse Delivery Systems
Nursing Roles/ Multiple Preparation Issues
Advanced Practice Nursing

Goals:

• Explore methods to enhance the role of the nurse and the quality of care within the nursing organizations and departments throughout the state
• Explore ways to use efficient, economical resources to assist the nurse