Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS Nursing:

A Road Map to Success

Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, CRNP

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Adult NP, JHU School of Medicine

Clinical Consultant, Pennsylvania-MidAtlantic AETC at JHU

Clinical Core Co-Director, JHU Center for AIDS Research

It’s A Great Time to Be A Nurse!

Global Changes to Nursing, Midwifery and Medical Education Extending scope of practice

to meet population health needs

Quality, not quantity

Not task shifting, task sharing and/or ownership Focus on inter-professional

education

Students need “enough of the right kind of teacher”

NEPI & MEPI

Expanded Scope of Practice Prescriptive authority Male medical

circumcision

Greater patient-centered care approaches TB/HIV Integration

Global Changes to Nursing and Midwifery Practice

There is Still Work To Do Training ≠ Education

Funding parity is essential

Nurses must come from the shadows M&E programs should identify provider type

Nursing must have a seat at the table IAS – where are your nurses?

There is Still Work To Do - 2

Research on patient outcomes must continue Draft, House Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations

Subcommittee: Freezes funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH)Eliminates AHRQ Prohibits patient-centered outcomes researchCuts CDC by 10% and SAMHSA by 9%

Pro-Nurse Policy Reform is a MUSTWe move remove barriers to practice if we are

to realize an AIDS Free Generation!

Our Call to Action

Where are the Nurses?

Let us be resolved:

There will be NO END to the AIDS Epidemic without Nursing

We Believe…