Cover Page
Members of the Regents Blue Ribbon Task Force
A Message from Regent Diane O'Neill McGivern, Chair
Highlights from the Regents Report on the Nursing Shortage
The Work of the Task Force
Summary Recommendations of the Task Force
- Retention
- Recruitment
- Education
- Technology
- Data Collection
- Clarify Existing Legal and Regulatory
Framework
Regents Report on the Nursing Shortage
Resources
Future of Nursing Main Page
Resources
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (February 17, 2000). Nursing School Enrollments Fall as Demand for RNs continues to Climb.American Nurses Credentialing Center (2001). Magnet Facilities.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (2001). Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program.
American Nurses Association (February 6, 2001). Nurses Concerned Over Working Conditions, Decline in Quality of Care, ANA Survey Reveals www.ana.org/pressrel/2001/pr0206.htm
American Nurses Association (February 6, 2001). Analysis of American Nurses Association Staffing Survey.
American Nurses Association (February 13, 2001). American Nurses Association Addresses Nursing Shortage at Senate Subcommittee Hearing. www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/2001/pr0214.htm
Bednash, G. (June 14, 2000). The Decreasing Supply of Registered Nurses: Inevitable Future or Call to Action. JAMA, 283, 22, pp. 2985-2987.
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Collins, P. (March 2001). From the President: Nursing Education. New York State Nurses Association Report, p.2.
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Fagin, C.M. (February 2001). When Care Becomes a Burden: Diminishing Access to Adequate Nursing. Milbank Memorial Fund, www.milbank.org/010216fagin.html
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Gordon, S. (September/October 2000). Profits and Prejudice: The Undervalued Work of Nursing. Dollars and Sense.
Greater New York Hospital Association (April 20, 2001). Highlights of Results of GNYHA Survey of Nurse Staffing in Hospitals. Bulletin, ML-100.
Greater New York Hospital Association (2001). GNYHA's Action Plan to Address Nursing and Other Workforce Shortages, Summary Report.
Healthcare Association of New York State (2001). Advocacy for a Healthy New York. www.hanys.org/advocacy/workforce_facts.htm
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Hinshaw, A. (January 13, 2001). A Continuing Challenge: The Shortage of Educationally Prepared Nursing Faculty. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 6,1. www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic14/tpc14_3.htm
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Leadership & Learning, New York State Board of Regents Strategic Plan, Goal 3, January 2000.
Levine, L. (May 18, 2001). A Shortage of Registered Nurses: Is It On the Horizon or Already Here?. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress.
Maddox, P., Wakefield, and M. Bull, J. (2001). Patient Safety and the Need for Professional and Educational Change. Nursing Outlook, 49, 1, pp. 8-13.
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New York State Nurses Association (2000). Nursing: The Career of Choice.
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Peterson, C.A. (January 31, 2001). Nursing Shortage: Not a Simple Problem – No Easy Answers. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 6,1. www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic14/tpc14_1.htm
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Rice, R. and Cangelosi, P. (June/July 2001). A Critical Shortage of Nurses – States will have to do more than they have in the past to solve current shortage in nursing care. Council of State Government News.
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