title: ANNA's brief of the response to the report of the taskforce on health care workforce regulation.
abstract: In December 1995 the Pew Health Professions Commission, a program of the Pew Charitable Trust, released its report titled "Reforming Health Care Workforce Regulations: Policy Considerations for the 21st Century." One of ANNA's external projects for the 1996-97 year was responding to the Commission's report. Western Region Vice President Christine Mudge was selected to serve as project director. In consultation with President Christy Price, she spearheaded ANNA's formal response. Each of the 10 recommendations was assigned to six to eight ANNA members, plus everyone was invited to comment on any portion of the report that they chose. Letters of request for participation were mailed to 66 nephrology nurses. The Board of Directors, committee chairpersons, past ANNA leaders, ANNA consultants, and members at large were involved. The response rate was 59%, or 39 thoughtful critiques of the Commission's recommendations. As project director, Christine Mudge analyzed all responses and formed a draft document. Every effort was made to include all concerns and issues raised by the ANNA participants. The draft document was reviewed at the November ANNA Board of Directors meeting and accepted with some editorial changes. ANNA's response is a 35-page document. Excerpts from ANNA's full response are included on the following two pages. Any ANNA member who desires to receive a copy of ANNA's full response to the Pew Health Professions Commission report may request a copy from the ANNA National Office by calling (609) 256-2320. The Pew Commission is now in the process of reviewing all responses and recommendations to its report. Stay informed by following the ongoing story in the ANNA Update.
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authors.lastname: Mudge
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authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D009398:Nephrology; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States