title: Waking up a sleeping elephant: Arizona's staffing initiative.
authors.affiliation: Robin Schaeffer is executive director of the Arizona Nurses Association in Tempe, Ariz. Teri Wicker is senior director of nursing at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert, Ariz. Carol Stevens is president of the Arizona Nurses Association and a clinical associate professor/Barrett faculty honors advisor of nursing at Arizona State University's College of Nursing & Health Innovation in Phoenix, Ariz. Sharon Flanagan-Hyde is senior partner at Flanagan-Hyde Associates, LLC, in Scottsdale, Ariz., and a 4QP Emergent Learning certified master practitioner.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schaeffer
authors.forename: Teri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wicker
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flanagan-Hyde
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling