North Carolina Medical Journal March/April 2004 Volume 65, Number 2

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POLICY FORUM: The North Carolina Nursing Workforce

Foreword
Eugene W.Cochrane, Jr.

Issue Brief North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force on the North Carolina Nursing Workforce (2004)
Cynthia M.Freund,RN,PhD,FAAN, Joseph D.Crocker,Pam C.Silberman,JD, DrPH,Kristie K.Weisner,MA,and Gordon H.DeFriese,PhD

Why is Nursing Important?
Susan F. Pierce,PhD,RN

Employers and the Nursing Workforce: Seeking Local Solutions to a National Problem
J. Luckey Welsh, Jr., FACHE

The Long-Term Care Nursing Workforce: Who Will Take Care of Our Rapidly Growing Aging Population?
Polly Godwin Welsh, RN, C

Our Future Nursing Workforce: A Regulatory Perspective
Polly Johnson, RN, MSN

North Carolina's Community College Commitment to Nursing Education
H. Martin Lancaster

The University of North Carolina System and Nursing in North Carolina
Gretchen M. Bataille, DA, and Alan R. Mabe, PhD

Private Colleges and University Nursing Programs in North Carolina
Mary Champagne, PhD, RN, FAAN

Are Hospital-Related Nursing Programs the Answer?
Anita A. Brown, RN, MEd

How LPNs Can Be Part of the Solution
Patricia A. Beverage, LPN

A Critical Need for a More Diverse Nursing Workforce
Virginia W. Adams, PhD, RN, and Patricia J.Price-Lea, PhD, RN, C

Developing an Adequate and High Quality Nurse Aide Workforce in North Carolina
Susan Harmuth, MS, and Jesse S.Goodman,III

The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers' Role in Addressing Nursing Workforce Issues
Thomas J.Bacon, DrPH, Gail O. Mazzocco, RN, EdD, and Karen D. Stallings, RN, MEd

Transitioning from School-to-Work:One Successful Model
Cindy Craven, RN, BSN, CCRN, Tammi Mengel, RN, MSN, CNAA, and Martha Barham, RN, MSN, CNAA

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: Current Problems and New Solutions
E. Harvey Estes, Jr., MD

North Carolina Center for Nursing and the Nursing Workforce
Brenda L. Cleary, RN, PhD, FAAN

DEPARTMENTS

Running the Numbers

Letters

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