Tine Hansen-turton

Nurse-managed Wellness Centers: Developing and Maintaining Your Center; National Nursing Centers Consortium Guide and Toolkit Tine Hansen-turton

Jacket Description/Back: """?[M]eaningful, candid, honest, and visionary. This guide will get you started and keep you moving forward?.[A]n excellent tool for any advanced practice nurse, faculty member, or student who wants to practice in the community."" --Susan Sherman President, Independence Foundation (From the Foreword) Wellness centers continue to play a key role in enhancing access to health care and providing high-quality care for patients. Nurse-Managed Wellness Centers serves as a step-by-step guide to starting and sustaining an effective wellness center, whether non-profit or academic. Written for nurse and health care leaders, nurse educators, and students, this book demonstrates how to develop centers that provide important health promotion and disease prevention services to all populations. The contributors also share firsthand knowledge on how to address the challenges in developing wellness centers. Get step-by-step guidelines on how to: Begin and maintain a wellness center Assemble an advisory or governing board Write business plans and secure funding in an era of funding challenges Develop and maintain community partnerships Address mental health challenges in wellness centers Document and measure patient outcomes With this book, nurse and health care leaders will obtain the critical tools necessary to successfully develop, manage, and lead their wellness centers. "Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgements from NNCC Acknowledgements from the NNCC Wellness Committee Co-Chairs Section 1 - Introduction and Overviews Chapter 1 - About the National Nursing Centers Consortium and Wellness Centers Chapter 2 - What is a Nurse-Managed Wellness Center? What is a Nurse-Managed Wellness Center? Historical Perspective Chapter 3 - Application of the Boyer Model of Scholarship in Nurse-Managed Wellness Centers The Boyer Model of Scholarship Description and Application of the Four Types of Scholarship Application of the Boyer Model Implementation in a Nurse-Managed Wellness Center Section 2 - Development and Planning Chapter 4 - Organizational Development Corporate Status Governing or Advisory Board Mission Getting Started Chapter 5 - Planning a Wellness Center Community and Needs Assessments Feasibility Study Planning the Wellness Center Policies and Procedures Chapter 6 - Community Presence and Marketing: Involving the Community Building Bridges Maintaining the Bridges Mending Bridges Celebrate Successes Chapter 7 - Funding and Sustainability of Wellness Centers Funding Sustainability Chapter 8 - Planning and Development of Independent Centers Corporate Status Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; National Nursing Centers Consortium guide.. Publisher Marketing:" [M]eaningful, candid, honest, and visionary. This guide will get you started and keep you moving forward .[A]n excellent tool for any advanced practice nurse, faculty member, or student who wants to practice in the community." --Susan Sherman President, Independence Foundation (From the Foreword) Wellness centers continue to play a key role in enhancing access to health care and providing high-quality care for patients. Nurse-Managed Wellness Centers serves as a step-by-step guide to starting and sustaining an effective wellness center, whether non-profit or academic. Written for nurse and health care leaders, nurse educators, and students, this book demonstrates how to develop centers that provide important health promotion and disease prevention services to all populations. The contributors also share firsthand knowledge on how to address the challenges in developing wellness centers. Get step-by-step guidelines on how to: Begin and maintain a wellness center Assemble an advisory or governing board Write business plans and secure funding in an era of funding challenges Develop and maintain community partnerships Address mental health challenges in wellness centers Document and measure patient outcomes With this book, nurse and health care leaders will obtain the critical tools necessary to successfully develop, manage, and lead their wellness centers.

Contributor Bio:  Hansen-Turton, Tine Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, FCPP, FAAN, is the chief strategy officer of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), where she develops and supports PHMC's overall strategy and leads partnership development around new and emerging business opportunities. She works across the organization, but specifically oversees Management Services and the Research and Evaluation Group. She also manages organizational development and learning, regional emergency preparedness services, and mergers and affiliations, as well as the trade associations the National Nursing Centers Consortium and the Convenient Care Association. She is nationally known for her development and policy systems change work with nurse-led care as well as for expanding access to care for millions through convenient care (retail) clinics.