Reports and White Papers (CCNA)

Article publiched in the December 7, 2009, issue of the Idaho Business Review

Author: Brad Carlson

This report describes the evolving needs of the Medicare population and federal policy changes that would support the preparation of the nursing workforce with the skills necessary to meet those needs. It concludes that Medicare funding for nursing education should be directed toward increasing the education of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.

twentyfirstcenturynursing.pdf

The Center to Champion Nursing in America, a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, commissioned American Viewpoint to conduct a national survey on questions relating to the importance of nursing to health reform initiatives. Three questions were asked on a national omnibus survey conducted immediately after the 2008 presidential election. Telephone interviewing with a random sample of 1,003 adults nationwide was conducted from November 5-9, 2008. Of the total sample, 775 respondents voted in the election.

1697_PostElectionHCOverview2008.pdf

Nearly nine out of 10 Americans (87%) say that when Congress and the president write health reform laws, it is important for them to address the current shortage of nurses and nursing faculty. Nearly two-thirds (65%) say that it is extremely or very important.

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Survey data.

1694_HCSurveyImportanceHCR.pdf

In June 2008, AARP, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration convened a summit of multi-stakeholder state teams to identify solutions to the nurse faculty shortage that forces nursing schools to turn away tens of thousands of qualified nursing candidates each year.

1696_2008SummitStateActivities.pdf

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Center to Champion Nursing in America, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration sponsored a national Nursing Education Capacity Summit that addressed critical issues faced by colleges and universities face in educating nurses.

1693_NursingSummitReportFINAL.pdf

This paper was commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the Center to Champion Nursing in America; and the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration to provide background for participants attending the national Nursing Education Summit in June 2008.

1695_BlowingOpentheBottleneck.pdf

The Center to Champion Nursing in America— a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—is working to ensure Americans have the highly skilled nurses we need to provide affordable, quality health care now and in the future. To accomplish this, the Center, a consumer-driven, national force for change, works to increase the nation’s capacity to educate and retain nurses.

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• Nurses comprise the nation’s largest health care profession. There are almost three million registered nurses (RNs) nationwide (HRSA 2007).
• More than 587,000 new nursing positions will be created through 2016 (a 23.5 percent increase) making nursing the nation’s top profession in terms of job growth (BLS 2006).
• Registered nurses typically prepare for professional practice through a four-year Bachelor of
  Science in Nursing (BSN), a three-year hospital diploma program, or a two-year Associate

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