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Welcome to the Forum of State Nursing
Workforce Centers.
Our mission
is to provide a
sustainable network for collaboration and
communication among statewide nursing workforce
entities.
We hope to create a unique forum that is a conduit
for wisdom sharing and strategy development for
promoting an optimal nursing workforce to meet the
health care needs of the population.
Click here to learn more
about the forum
Who We Are
We are a
group of state nursing workforce
entities that have coalesced to
support the advancement of new
as well as existing state level
nursing workforce initiatives
and to share best practices in
nursing workforce research,
workforce planning, workforce
development, and formulation of
workforce policy.
What exactly is a state nursing
workforce entity?
Click here to learn about
nursing workforce centers.
Click here to learn about your
state's nursing workforce
initiatives.
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Positions on Policy Initiatives
and other Emerging Issues
On June 7, the House Labor,
Health and Human Services, and
Education Subcommittee on
Appropriations voted to increase
funding for the Title VIII
Federal Nursing Workforce
Development Programs by just
over ten percent. If enacted,
this $16 million increase would
bring the total funding for
Title VIII to $165.6 million in
fiscal year (FY) 2008.
Specifically, the House
Subcommittee voted to reject the
$57 million in cuts from
Advanced Education Nursing
proposed by President Bush. In
addition, the Subcommittee would
provide a $13 million increase
for Nursing Loan Repayment and
Scholarships, and a $3 million
increase for the Nursing Faculty
Loan Program.
Based upon evidence of an
evolving nursing shortage and a
nursing faculty shortage that
already hampers our ability to
prepare an adequate workforce
for the future, the Forum of
State Nursing Workforce Centers
joins the American Nurses
Association and other
stakeholders in urging Congress
to support these funding
increases.
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