Freda, KaynaSeldomridge, Lisa A.Johnson, Abigail2025-03-142025-03-142024-05-20https://archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu/handle/10713/23217Presented at the Maryland Action Coalition Virtual Leadership Summit 2024: Revolution vs. Rearrangement: How to Realistically Reimage Nursing Education and PracticeBackground: Addressing the nursing shortage is a crucial endeavor, requiring creative and collaborative methods. By 2035, the demand for RNs in Maryland is expected to increase across all settings with the highest growth in residential care, nursing home care, and home health settings (MHA, 2022). Additionally, nurse educator shortages are affecting the ability to provide instruction to potential RNs; in 2021, U.S. nursing schools turned away over 91,000 qualified applicants from baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs due to a shortage of faculty, clinical sites, and clinical preceptors (AACN, 2022). Furthermore, valuable nurse retention efforts are essential due to the high percentages of nurses considering leaving the profession due to burn out, stress, and health effects amplified by the pandemic (ANF, 2022). Methods: To address the retention of nurses and nurse educators, a team from Salisbury University School of Nursing (SUSON) collaborated with various organizations across the State of Maryland to expand the existing web resource, entitled Lead Nursing Forward. Funded by a 1-year resource grant from the Maryland Higher Education Commission Nurse Support Program-ii (NSP-II), a new section of the website was created to highlight the exceptional retention efforts taking place statewide. An innovative partnership between SUSON, Maryland Hospital Association, Maryland Nursing Workforce Center, Maryland Nurse Residency Collaborative, and the Maryland Action Coalition Retention Committee was formed to tackle this project in a comprehensive manner. Webpage content was developed by this collaborative team. The webpage design, coding, and interactive features were developed by the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative, and the branding and media campaign handled by Pinnacle Communications Resource Company. Entitled “Be a Maryland Nurse”, the retention pages feature interactive dashboards where users can search for information on demographics, employment projections, compensation and more by region. Best practices for growing, retaining, and promoting RNs in hospitals and healthcare organizations are highlighted. Personal stories from nurse leaders and frontline nurses provide insight into what motivates nurses to stay. Conclusion: This presentation addresses the MDAC Summit’s objective of exploring new and innovative practice collaborations and partnerships that can drive the implementation of models of care that address the current nursing crisis.en-USacademic partnershipnursing shortageSalisbury UniversityMarylandEducation, NursingStudents, NursingMarylandPoster/Presentation