Champion Nursing Coalition
About the Champion Nursing Coalition
The Champion Nursing Coalition, launched on February 29, 2009, joins together, for the first time, a broad spectrum of groups each with a stake in ensuring that we have the nurses we need to care for all Americans, now and in the future. This diverse national coalition represents the voices of consumers, purchasers and providers of health care, all in support of common sense, common ground solutions to the nation’s nursing shortage. Led by its membership, the Coalition is coordinated by the Center to Champion Nursing in America.
Guiding Principles of the Champion Nursing Coalition
Coalition members are united around a set of principles, which are:
- A recognition of the crucial role nurses play in delivering high-quality, affordable health care.
- A concern about the nursing shortage that exists today and is predicted to grow in the future.
- A commitment to educate ourselves and others about the nursing shortage and its impact on access to high-quality, affordable health care.
- A pledge to find solutions to the nursing shortage through public, private and other means, including as a part of health care reform.
Coalition Members
AARP
Alzheimer’s Association
America’s Health Insurance Plans
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American Health Care Association
American Hospital Association
American Public Health Association
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
Disabled American Veterans
Easter Seals
Families USA
Kaiser Permanente
National Association for Home Care and Hospice
National Association of Community Health Centers
National Business Coalition on Health
National Business Group on Health
National Education Association
National Partnership for Women and Families
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Verizon
Statements of Support for the Coalition
Senator Richard J. Durbin (IL) (PDF)
Congresswoman Lois Capps, RN (CA) (PDF)
Coalition Launch Highlights
Coalition Launch Speakers (PDF)
Speech by Nancy LeaMond, Executive Vice President, AARP (PDF)
Coalition Member Statements: