A California HealthCare Foundation special audio report on nurse hiring in California features Deloras Jones, Kathleen Dracup (UCSF), and Jan Emerson (CHA) The online audio report is available at www.chcf.org

A 40-member statewide Diversity Advisory Board has been appointed. The names will be posted soon.

Originally funded by Kaiser, The Coalition is now managed by CINHC.

To better understand the current job scarcity, including those for new grads, CINHC conducted a survey from March — May, 2009. We learned that approximately 40% of grads may not find employment in California hospitals. Only 65% of hospitals indicated they were hiring grads, with a majority of these significantly decreasing the number of grads they plan to hire.

The Kaiser Permanente grant will include  145 scholarships for nursing students in Southern California.  The Deloras Jones RN Scholarship program has awarded more than $4 million to 1,942 students statewide since it was est…