Education Capacity

The RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the IOM has released the workshop summary of the final Forum of its three-forum series. The February Forum, held at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, examined the challenges and opportunities associated with nursing education overall.

Champion Nursing Council News

Healthwatch, The Hill’s daily health care blog, recently covered CCNA’s work with twelve states that have successfully launched state-level partnerships to address the nursing shortage. The Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) is helping 31 states build multi-stakeholder collaborations that are redesigning nursing education, implementing policy change, and addressing faculty recruitment and diversity.

The latest edition of the Charting Nursing’s Future examines state efforts to increase education capacity and build a 21st century nursing workforce. The Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) has worked to help states build multi-stakeholder teams across the country that are collaborating to redesign nursing education, implement policy change, and address faculty recruitment and diversity, among other strategies.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recently announced that 63 schools of nursing are the recipients of the RWJF New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program (NCIN) scholarship awards. This year, 511 students entering accelerated programs for the 2010-2011 academic year will get scholarships of $10,000 each.

The RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the IOM has released the workshop summary of the second, in a series of three forums. The December forum, held at the Community College of Philadelphia, continued the examination of the challenges facing the nursing profession: care in the community, community health, public health, primary care, and long-term care.

This year-long program is designed for nurse educators who wish to assume a leadership role in simulation. Participants will be expected to examine issues related to research in simulation and the administrative role of managing simulation activities within a school of nursing or a service setting. After engaging in both research and administration, participants will focus their efforts in an area of their choice. The one year program is directed by Pamela R.