California’s schools of
nursing are at capacity, turning away interested students and will only
be able to prepare 50 percent of the nurses needed by 2010. Building educational capacity is fundamental to solving the nursing shortage.
CINHC is working to shape public policy and improve the capacity of nursing schools.
- New! The intensive and collaborative effort to create a white paper for nursing education redesign is complete. Download the full report or a summary. Report (PDF) Summary (PDF)
- New! Schools of nursing willing to develop collaborative models of nursing education between associate degree (ADN) and baccalaureate degree (BSN) nursing programs are invited to respond to a request for proposal (RFP) sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and the Foundation for California Community Colleges. These collaborative models will provide for higher education in nursing based upon the foundation of the community college system offering the associate degree in nursing. RfP and contact information
- CINHC’s intensive educational program, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, to train MA and BA-prepared nurses to become effective clinical faculty members is now recruiting candidates. Background/ Information Request (PDF)
- Education/Service Partnership Initiative - With support from the California HealthCare Foundation, the Hospital Council
of Northern & Central California, and others, CINHC has developed an effort to replicate throughout northern and central California the successful Hospital Association of Southern California Education/Service Partnership Initiative, which is creating hundreds of new student nursing education opportunities.
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