Expanding the capacity of nursing education.
Assuring a nurse workforce that is large enough and possesses the right competencies for the changing demographic and health reform scenarios of the early twenty-first century is nothing short of an imperative. Getting there will involve continual recruitment of a talented and diverse group of people and increasing nurses' progression to a more highly educated workforce, no matter where they enter the profession. These actions will enable the United States to fill vacant nursing faculty positions as we simultaneously re-create how nursing education is delivered in this country. The nation's health is dependent on the actions we now take.
Cleary
Brenda L
BL
Center to Champion Nursing in America, AARP, Washington, D.C., USA. BCleary@aarp.org
McBride
Angela Barron
AB
McClure
Margaret L
ML
Reinhard
Susan C
SC
D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000600:supply & distribution; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009729:Nursing; D010560:Personnel Selection; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce