Nursing Profession Unveils Strategic Plan to Ensure Safe, Quality Patient Care And Address Root Causes of Growing Shortage
Nursing's Agenda for the Future Calls for Broad Support from Other Stakeholders
WASHINGTON, DC – As the nation grapples with decreased nurse staffing
in many settings today and predictions of an unprecedented shortage
of nurses in the next decade, national nursing organizations have
united around a shared vision for the future of the profession and
developed a strategic plan to address the complex, interrelated
factors that have created a growing shortage of nurses. The plan,
Nursing's Agenda for the Future, focuses on strategies that
will move the profession forward in quantum leaps, thereby ensuring
that consumers have access to high-quality nursing care. More...
*The Plan
Cover and Table of Contents (171K/4pgs)
Overview (504K/4pgs)
Strategic Plan by Domain (56K/11pgs)
Next Steps, References and Supporting Organizations
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Download entire plan (767K/28 pgs)
For more information, please contact Mary Jean Schumann via e-mail at mschuma@ana.org.
The Plan
