2008 Nursing Education Capacity Summit and Continued Technical Assistance

Abstract

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.

The Nursing Education Capacity Summit hosted 18 lead state teams (AL, CA, CO, FL, HI, IL, MA, MD, MI, MS, NC, ND, NJ, OR, SC, TX, VA and WI) that gathered to share best practices to expand nursing education and foster action in four key areas: strategic partnerships and resource alignment; policy and regulation; increasing faculty capacity and diversity; and education redesign.