NACNEP - Sixth Report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Congress

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National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice: Sixth Report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Congress

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Members of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice

Charter of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice

Abstract

Executive Summary

1. More Nurses are Needed, but More is Not Enough

2. Enhancing Education: Preparing New Nurses for New Challenges

3. Nursing and the Work Environment: Improving Outcomes

4. Conclusion

5. Recommendations

Bibliography

January 2008

Meetings held November 2005 and April 2006

Meeting the Challenges of the New Millennium

The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) advises the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress on policy issues related to programs authorized by Title VIII of the U.S. Public Health Service Act and administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Division of Nursing (DN), including nurse workforce supply, education, and practice improvement.

Members of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice

Denise Geolot, PhD, RN, FAAN Ex Officio Member, Chair Director, Division of Nursing Bureau of Health Professions Health Resources and Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-35 Rockville, Maryland 20857	Bettye Davis Lewis, PhD, RN CEO, Diversified Health Care in Houston 4811 Jackson Street Houston, Texas 77004
Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Director of Nursing Research and Development Cedars-Sinai Health System and Research Institute 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room 2033 NT Los Angeles, California 90048	Linda Norman, DSN, RN, FAAN Senior Associate Dean for Academics School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University 461 21^st Avenue South Room 101 Godchaux Hall Nashville, Tennessee 37240
Helen K. Burns, PhD, BSN, RN Associate Professor and Associate Dean University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing 350 Victoria Building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261	Angella J. Olden, MS, RN Nurse Educator, GYN/OB The Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 North Wolfe Street Halsted Room 200 Baltimore, Maryland 21287
Nancy E. Cervenansky, PhD, RN, NCC Dean, College of Nursing Cardinal Stritch University 6801 North Yates Road Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217	Kathleen Potempa, DNSc, RN, FAAN Professor and Dean Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Nursing 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road Portland, Oregon 97201-3098
Donna English, MPH, RN Executive Secretary, NACNEP Deputy Director, Division of Nursing Bureau of Health Professions Health Resources and Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-35 Rockville, Maryland 20857	Cynthia A. Prows, MSN, RN Clinical Nurse Specialist, Genetics Children’s Hospital Medical Center E-Building, 5-249; ML 4006 3333 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039
M. Christina Esperat, RN, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Practice School of Nursing Health Science Center Texas Tech University 3601 Fourth Street Lubbock, Texas 79430	Janet Simmons Rami, PhD, RN Dean and Professor Southern University and A&M College School of Nursing P.O. Box 11794 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813
Celia M. Gonzalez, EdD Director of Diversity Planning and Affirmative Action New York State Office of the State Comptroller 110 State Street Albany, New York 12236	Roxanne Struthers, PhD, MS, RN Assistant Professor University of Minnesota School of Nursing 6-101Weaver-Densford Hall 308 Harvard Street, SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Eve M. Hall, MS Regional Vice President Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund 750 N. Lincoln Drive, Suite 407 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202	Elizabeth Maly Tyree, MPH, BSN, RN Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program University of North Dakota 710 North 25^th Street Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203
Haley M. Hoy, MS, RN Vanderbilt Medical Center 913 Oxford House Nashville, Tennessee 37212	Eugenia Underwood Student East Central University 1000 East 14^th Street Ada, Oklahoma 74820
Paul A. Haney Firefighter Montgomery County Maryland Fire and Rescue 1125 Oak Leaf Drive, Apartment #1906 Silver Spring, Maryland 20901	Elias P. Vasquez, PhD, NP, FAAN Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Associate Professor University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies 5801 Red Road Coral Gables, Florida 33143-3850
Janice R. Ingle, DSN, RN Pensacola Junior College 5555 West Highway 98 Pensacola, Florida 32507	DeLois P. Weekes, DNSc, MS, RN President Clarkson College 101 South 42^nd Street Omaha, Nebraska 68131-2739
Joanne K. Itano, RN, PhD, OCN Director, Academic Support Services Office of the Vice President for Academic Planning and Policy University of Hawaii 2327 Dole Street, Room 19 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822	Michael E. Zielaskiewicz, MBA, MSN, RN Vice President Patient Care St. Francis Hospital 2122 Manchester Expressway P.O. Box 7000 Columbus, Georgia 31908-7000