We support this bill, and see the need for further nursing education, more student loans, and an increased number of faculty members to meet our country's growing nursing demand.
Our political action plan:
- contact key stakeholders (specifically our nurse educators, the professors of JMU) and encourage them to get involved with this bill
- research current articles pertaining to this bill
- try to understand the opposition, as well as the pros and cons of the bill
- contact supporters and examine their efforts and action plans
- contact our VA legislators and encourage them to support the bill
- write an editorial to local newspapers to get our thoughts to the community
- Students
- Professors
- Nurses
- Hospitals
- Health care facilities
- Educational Institutes
- Patients
Scholarly evidence:
- The National League for Nursing (NLN) website provides the Tri-Council Testimony to Congress that dealt with appropriations for nursing education and research. The testimony presented the "statement on Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, (Nurse Education Act or NEA), that provides for nursing workforce development." The group supported increased funding for the Nursing Education Act. Details can be found at the following URL: http://www.nln.org//aboutnln/news_testimony.htm
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professionals and National Center for Health Workforce Analysis published a report, Projected Supply, Demand, and Shortages of Registered Nurses: 2000 - 2020 illustrating current national supply and demand projections.
1 comment:
I think as nursing students, we can most certainly attest to everything mentioned in this excerpt. We have all experienced how difficult it was in order to be accepted into a nursing program. We all performed extremely well in order to even be considered potential candidates for the nursing program. In our nurse leadership class our professor had mentioned that approximately 83,000 qualified nursing students are rejected each year because there are not enough faculty members to support the high demands of those wanting to become a nurse. I feel that the nursing shortage is a result of the lack instructors who can educate.
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