HJBR Mar/Apr 2023

52 MAR / APR 2023 I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE NURSING COLUMN NURSING Following is a brief review of LSBN ac- complishments within each of our Strate- gic Priorities. Strengthen nursing education, practice, and workforce • LSBN launched and published the “2021 Louisiana Snapshot of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses (NLRNS) Survey Results”for distribution to our constituents. 2021NewLicensedRNs- Snapshot.pdf (http://lcn.lsbn.state . la.us/NursingWorkforce.aspx ) • Karen Carter Lyon, PhD, was appoint- ed to NCSBN Task Force to develop a new remediation course for nurses reentering the nursing workforce af- ter discipline or an extended absence from the profession. • Collaborated with Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA) on edu- cating legislators about workplace vi- olence, which resulted in passing Act 461 (the “Lynne Truxillo Act”) creat- ing new requirements for healthcare facilities related to workplace vio- lence. LSBN also served on the HCR 44 Health Inequities and Disparities A NEW YEAR always seems to be the ap- propriate time to provide an update on the work the LSBN Board of Directors and staff have accomplished over the past year. For 2022, the following goals were set: • STRATEGIC PRIORITY A: Strength- en nursing education, practice, and workforce. • STRATEGIC PRIORITY B: Leverage our influence as a recognized leader in nursing regulation. • STRATEGIC PRIORITY C: Maintain or- ganizational effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability. LSBN’s strategic effectiveness centers around our ability to set the right goals and consistently achieve them. Graphically, it can be represented as: The Year in Review for Professional Nursing in Rural Areas Task Force, chaired by Karen Wyble, vice president of Re- gional Community Affairs for Ochs- ner Lafayette General. Fifteen percent of the Louisiana population live in rural areas and have higher incidence of heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and tobacco use. The task force will pres- ent recommendations for improving health outcomes to the 2023 Legis- lature. • LSBN continues to serve on the Loui- siana Health Works Commission and Nurse Supply and Demand Council analyzing specific actions that sup- port nurses to become nursing faculty members including competitive fac- ulty salaries, practice-academic part- nerships, and increasing the diversity of the nursing workforce especially in the Hispanic, African-American, and Asian populations. • Collaborating with hospitals, long- term care facilities, and other em- ployers across the state to create nursing practice environments that attract and retain nurses, especially in areas of greatest need. 2022