Upcoming Webinar: Doubling the Number of Nurses with Doctorates

Next Wednesday, we will be hosting our third webinar in our series focused on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.

This session will focus on the fifth recommendation made in the IOM report, which addresses doubling the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020: "Schools of nursing, with support from private and public funders, academic administrators and university trustees, and accrediting bodies, should double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020 to add to the cadre of nurse faculty and researchers, with attention to increasing diversity."

Please join us for this session and spread the word to interested colleagues!

Doubling the Number of Nurses with Doctorates: Mandates, Challenges and Opportunities
Presented by Marion E. Broome, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing and Editor, Nursing Outlook, Official Journal of the American Academy of Nursing.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
12pm - 1pm ET
Click here to register.

New York Times: More Men Trading Overalls for Nursing Scrubs

Last week, Tess Vigeland, reporting for the New York Times, detailed the transition many men [and women] are making into the nursing workforce from other sectors of the economy. Interestingly enough, Ms. Vigeland discussed issues plaguing the nursing workforce, such as the lack of doctorally prepared nurse faculty to meet the rising demand of nursing education.

Click here to read Ms. Vigeland's article.

Click here to read other blogposts regarding the nursing education.

Recording Now Available of Our Most Recent Webinar in the Future of Nursing Series

Two weeks ago, we hosted the first of our webinar series related to the recommendations made in the IOM's Initiative on the Future of Nursing committee's report: "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health." The presentation, "Developing and Sustaining the Professional Nursing Organization Through New Graduate RN Transition-to-Practice", focused on the third recommendation made in the IOM's report that addresses the implementation of nurse residency programs. Charles Krozek, and his colleagues at Versant Holdings, LLC., presented a fascinating webinar detailing the experience of Versant in implementing nurse residency programs.

For all of those who were unable to attend, or for those of you that joined us and wish to view the webinar again, you may now access the recorded webinar here.

Please join us next week for our second webinar in this series that will be addressing the fourth reccomendation made by the IOM committee focused on increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by 2020. The webinar will be led by Maja Djukic, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor at New York University's School of Nursing, and will discuss the differences in qualtiy improvement participation by Associate and Bachelor degree graduates.

Click here to register for this webinar, scheduled for Wednesday, March 21 from 12-1 PM EDT.

Building The Science of Nurse Education

Last month, the Nursing Education Perspectives Journal published a study conducted by Joanne R. Duffy, Marilyn Frenn and Barbara Patterson that analyzed grants given by the National League for Nursing between 2008 and 2010. The analysis determined that increased funding from various sources will be necessary to continue to build the science of nurse education.

Click here to read the full text of the article.