Nursing Center Executive Says State Must Train More Nurses to Meet Future Demands

As states across the country continue to make difficult budget cut choices, Linda Tieman, RN, MN, FACHE, writes in the Clark County, WA, Columbia now is not the time for the state of Washington to compromise quality health care by making cuts to education programs. Tieman says that such cuts will dampen efforts to implement the solutions for nursing education capacity proposed in the Washington Center for Nursing’s [www.wacenterfornursing.org] Master Plan for Nursing Education, submitted to the Washington State Department of Health in 2008. Moreover, she says, investing in nursing education is good for the economy. “At a time when the economy is struggling and people are losing jobs, nursing is a profession that offers stable employment,” writes Tieman. Read more here.