title: Expanding the capacity of nursing education.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center to Champion Nursing in America, AARP, Washington, D.C., USA. BCleary@aarp.org
authors.forename: Brenda L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: Angela Barron
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: Margaret L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Reinhard
mesh_terms: 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