Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Nurse Education Initiative, established in 2005, continues to make  progress in addressing the nursing shortage. CA Nurse Education Init_Annual_Report_2009

“With fewer nurses retiring or working part time, positions typically available to new nurses have dried up and hospitals and health systems have cut back dramatically on new graduate hires,” Deloras Jones.   See the L.A. Daily News for the full story.…

California Healthcare News, by Deloras Jones

The CSA Research Committee holds meetings and conference calls. The next call is scheduled for August 17, 2p-3p. On October 19 an in-person meeting will be held during the Magic in Teaching session in San Francisco (time TBD). T…

With a $710,000 grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, CINHC is tackling the difficulty faced by new nursing school grads who cannot find jobs because of the troubled economy.