The Tri-Council for Nursing will lead a $4.3 million, two-year initiative, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to advance state and regional strategies to create a more highly educated nursing workforce.
The Tri-Council for Nursing consists of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, National League for Nursing, American Nurses Association and the American Organization of Nurse Executives.
The new Academic Progression in Nursing initiative will provide funding of up to $300,000 over two years to nine state action coalitions that have developed or made substantial progress toward statewide or regional action plans to achieve the Institute of Medicine's recommendation of 80 percent bachelor of science in nursing or higher workforce.
The action coalitions will be funded to work on at least one strategy related to academic progression and at least one related to employment for BSN nurses to ensure demand for their services. The program will encourage partnerships between community colleges and universities to ensure seamless transition. In addition to implementing and refining models, the programs goals include ensuring that nurses have critical competencies, including leadership, cultural competence, interprofessional collaboration and quality and safety, and to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce.
After the first two years, an additional two years of work will be funded to allow states that have met or exceeded their benchmarks to continue to make progress.
The Tri-Council for Nursing consists of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, National League for Nursing, American Nurses Association and the American Organization of Nurse Executives.
The new Academic Progression in Nursing initiative will provide funding of up to $300,000 over two years to nine state action coalitions that have developed or made substantial progress toward statewide or regional action plans to achieve the Institute of Medicine's recommendation of 80 percent bachelor of science in nursing or higher workforce.
The action coalitions will be funded to work on at least one strategy related to academic progression and at least one related to employment for BSN nurses to ensure demand for their services. The program will encourage partnerships between community colleges and universities to ensure seamless transition. In addition to implementing and refining models, the programs goals include ensuring that nurses have critical competencies, including leadership, cultural competence, interprofessional collaboration and quality and safety, and to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce.
After the first two years, an additional two years of work will be funded to allow states that have met or exceeded their benchmarks to continue to make progress.
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