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Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2008;300(8):887-888.

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An alliance of 2 of the most influential nonprofit organizations in the United States, working in collaboration with federal and state agencies, aims to eliminate a bottleneck that has prevented nursing schools from increasing enrollment to fill the growing demand for nurses.

A new collaboration hopes to expand the capacity of US nursing schools. (Photo credit: AP/Wide World Photos)

In late June, the AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the US Department of Labor (DOL) convened a summit in Washington, DC, on nursing education capacity, bringing together representatives from 18 states to share best practices and develop plans to increase the number of nursing program graduates. The 3 organizations simultaneously released a white paper highlighting successful local strategies for achieving this goal (http://www.championnursing.org/uploads/NursingEducationCapacityWhitePaper20080618.pdf).

The summit and white paper are part of an ongoing effort by the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

NURSING SHORTAGE



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