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Addressing the Nursing Shortage
WCN is expanding its efforts to ensure Washington’s nursing workforce issues become a priority for policy makers and key stakeholders in Washington State.
The state’s economic slowdown has led to misperceptions that Washington has enough RNs, partly because some new graduates have experienced problems finding first jobs. However, with an aging population, aging caregiver workforce, and over 300,000 additional individuals who will become eligible for care under health care reform, Washington’s nursing shortage is expected to worsen.
WCN’s most recent effort includes collaborating within Washington to implement the recently released recommendations from the IOM and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health that lays out a blueprint for nursing in our country. In addition, WCN is conducting a series of editorial board visits to media outlets across the state to provide them with accurate information on nursing workforce issues.
For more information on our campaign efforts, contact Linda Tieman,
WCN Executive Director.
Recent publications regarding the nursing shortage:
Washington State RN Supply & Demand Projections 2011-2031 Policy Brief
12/2012, WWAMI Center for Health and Workforce Studies
TALKING POINTS: Health Affairs Article on Registered Nurse Supply
12/21/2011, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Registered Nurse Supply Grows Faster Than Projected Amid Surge In New Entrants Ages 23–26
12/5/2011, healthaffairs.org (Health Affairs)
Nursing education needs to be improved, streamlined
2/17/2011, tdn.com (The Daily News Online)
2/7/2011, nurse.com (Nurse Week/Nursing Spectrum)
Lawmakers must take the long view
2/5/2011, Heraldnet.com (The Herald, Everett, Washington)
Editorial: Addressing nursing shortage deserves long-range view
1/27/2011, The Spokesman-Review
WSU associate dean says nursing can be healthy career choice
1/24/2011, The Spokesman-Review
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