title: Planning and creating a new bi-state nursing workforce center through unique partnerships.
abstract: Multiple strategies are needed to address the complex issues related to the nursing shortage. It is not enough to focus on increasing the number of students in the pipeline unless this is met with complimentary work to improve the professional practice environments of nursing staff. In addition, nurse-driven improvement projects that address specific patient and organizational outcomes will elevate the role of nurses from trusted professional to quality agents. The authors describe a partnership that has launched a new type of workforce center with core missions to create work environment improvements and point-of-care change led by staff nurses.
authors.affiliation: Bi-State Nursing Workforce Innovation Center, Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA. srlacey@cmh.edu
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lacey
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McEniry
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olney
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008923:Missouri; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration