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Executive Summary
The FY 2005 Annual Report of the National
Advisory Council on Nurse Education and
Practice (NACNEP) is based on the April
2005 meeting held in Rockville, Maryland.
Three key topics were discussed at the
meeting which included violence against
nurses, the nurse critical shortage facility
study, and nursing workforce diversity
program exemplars. The primary focus
of the meeting was the impact of violence
against nurses. During the meeting, the
NACNEP assessed the causes of violence
against nurses; reviewed its impact on
recruitment, retention, and prevention;
considered intervention strategies; and
developed recommendations. The NACNEP
also learned about a study defining health
care facilities with a critical shortage
of nurses. The outcome of this study
will be used in the administration of
the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
and the Nurse Scholarship Program. Finally,
four grantees from the Nursing Workforce
Diversity Program presented their work
to the NACNEP. These grantees described
successful strategies to recruit minority
and disadvantaged individuals into nursing.
- Violence against nurses: The primary
focus of the meeting was the impact
of violence against nurses. The NACNEP
assessed the causes of violence against
nurses; reviewed its impacts on recruitment,
retention, and prevention; considered
intervention strategies; and developed
recommendations.
- Nurse critical shortage facility study:
The NACNEP learned about a study defining
health care facilities with a critical
shortage of nurses that will be used
in the administration of the Nursing
Education Loan Repayment Program and
the Nurse Scholarship Program.
- Nursing workforce diversity program
exemplars: The NACNEP heard from exemplary
projects promoting effective recruitment
of minority and disadvantaged individuals
into nursing under the Nursing Workforce
Diversity Program.
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