The rapidly aging nursing workforce combined with decline in enrollment in nursing education programs and the growth in nursing employment opportunities makes this a real and worrisome question. Employers of nurses across Virginia report increasing difficulty in filling nursing positions. The VA Partnership for Nursing was created in late 1999 to serve as a catalyst in planning the future of nursing in Virginia.
Nurses play a key role in planning and providing quality, cost-effective care.
Virginians are at risk when an inadequate supply of nurses with the needed sophisticated skills is available to care for them. In 1999, the Steering Committee formed to guide the development of the Partnership In 2000, the Partnership developed the report on sources of nursing data for Virginia, supported the study of the demand for nursing in hospitals and nursing homes by the VA Hospital and Health Care Association, worked with the Board of Nursing to finalize the nursing data collection In Spring 2001, Strategic Planning Summit developed the plan for nursing in Virginia. The workgroups are developing the implementation plans and will meet again in October 2001. All who attended the March VPN Summit Nurses and other leaders interested in planning for the future of nursing in Virginia Those who are interested in changing health care policy and supporting changes in nursing in Virginia. Increase nurses involvement in the planning process Learn about strategies for 2002 issues.