Morehead Center

Morehead Center for Nursing Practice (MCNP)

 

 Member of National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC)
and Nursing Center Research Network (NCRN) 

 

 
  The Morehead Center for Nursing Practice brings College of Nursing faculty practices together in a centralized and integrated system designed to support academic nursing practice. Formed in 2004 and named for a grateful patient, the Center supports current faculty practice and the development of future practices. The Morehead Center for Nursing Practice positions the College of Nursing to become a national leader in academic nursing practice models.  
 
  Today, academic nursing practice at UNMC provides leadership in reducing health disparities and improving the quality of care throughout Nebraska. In addition, CON faculty with active practices provide leadership in the areas of practice, scholarship, and policy at the regional, national and international level.  
 
  The Morehead Center for Nursing Practice supports faculty as they work to:
  • Reduce health disparities by providing care to underserved patients in an environment focused on service learning and evidence-based practice
  • Demonstrate innovative, patient-centered models of nursing practice and health care
  • Lead efforts to translate research into practice
  • Support nursing education across the health care continuum, preparing nurses for the diversity of experiences that will be needed in the future
  • Improve information management at the patient, provider, and system level
  • Lead development of public policy to improve healthcare quality and eliminate health care disparities through support of nursing practice locally, state-wide, and nationally
 
 
  MCNP coordinates and administers faculty nursing practice activities by assisting with:  
 
 
  •  
    		•   Business Planning
  •  
    		•   Practice Governance
  •  
    		•   Budgeting and Re-budgeting
  •  
    		•   Policies and Procedures
  •  
    		•   Billing
  •  
    		•   Malpractice Insurance
  •  
    		•   Contractual Agreements
  •  
    		•   Quality Improvement
  •  
    		•   Clinical Privileging
  •  
    		•   Evaluation Processes
    		 
     
      Categories of faculty practice include:  
     
     
     
                   
     
      1. Academic Nurse
    Managed Health
    Centers    		  
        --Family Health
    Care Center
    (FHCC)    		  
        --Mobile Nursing
    Center    		  
        --Lincoln Senior
    Health Promotion
    Center    		  
      2. Academic Nursing Services  
        --Ambulatory Care
    Community Health
    Nursing Program    		  
        --Kearney Collaboration,
    Community Action
    Partnership    		  
        --Scottsbluff Panhandle
    Community Services
    Program: Minority
    Health    		  
      3. Individual Faculty Practice Across 4 CON Divisions  
        --31 Faculty members
    (25% of total)
    facilitated with
    agency contracts    		  
         
         
    		 
       
      4. Health Services Evaluation Research & Consultation  
        --Public Health
    Association of
    Nebraska    		  
        --Nebraska Medical
    Association    		  
         
      5. Nursing Center Research
    		  
        --HRSA Grant: Reducing
    Disparities in Type 2
    Diabetes through a
    Network of Nursing
    Centers    		  
        --Member of Nursing
    Center Research
    Network (NCRN)
    & PBRN    		  
        --Institute for
    Nursing Centers (INC)
    Survey Participant    		  
    		   
     
    		 
     
      Resources:  
     
      Medicare Learning Network for Advanced Practice Nursing and Physician Assistants
    Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
    National Nursing Center Consortium
    Nursing Center Research Networ

    Institute for Nursing Centers    May '08 INC Update

    Credentials for Advanced Practice Nurses - Effective Jan 2008    		  
     
      AANP Video Now Online  
     
      We are very pleased to inform you that the AANP video is currently streaming online. It has been successfully uploaded to both YouTube and Google. To view, please click on one of the links below.

    The segment can also be found on these sites by either searching under American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or National Medical Report.

    We will receive the schedule soon for the airing on national TV - as soon as we get, we will let everyone know.     		 
     
     
      For more information please contact:  
     
      Director: Susan Beidler, PhD, MBE, APRN, FNP, BC 402-559-6652

    Business Manager: Mary Wendl, RN, MSA, COHN-S 402-559-7925

    Office Associate: Anja Loftus, BA 402-559-5265