About NJCCN
About the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN)
New Jersey’s Nursing Workforce Center
Mission
- Ensure that competent future oriented, diverse nursing providers are available in sufficient numbers and preparation to meet the demand of the evolving healthcare system in New Jersey.
- Transform the healthcare system through research and innovative model programs.
- Create a central repository for education, practice, and research related to nursing workforce.
- Engage academic/practice partners, inter-professional colleagues, government and legislative agencies, consumers, business and industry in workforce solutions.
- Promote a positive image for nursing.
Vision
To be the dominant voice on nursing workforce solutions for New Jersey residents.
2025–2026 Strategic Plan
The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing’s 2025–2026 Strategic Plan reflects a bold commitment to advancing a resilient, diverse, and future-ready nursing workforce across the state. Guided by our vision to be the dominant voice on nursing workforce solutions in New Jersey, this plan outlines key priorities that address current challenges and future opportunities in healthcare.
At the core of this strategic framework are seven interconnected focus areas: workforce recruitment, emotional well-being, data analytics, collaborative solutions, innovation in transition and retention, and alignment with the National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing 2020–2030 Report. These pillars support a central foundation rooted in professional identity, diversity, equity and inclusion, ethical practice, and technology integration.
Driven by collaboration, research, and stakeholder engagement, NJCCN is poised to lead transformative initiatives that strengthen nursing education, practice, and policy. This plan not only responds to the evolving needs of New Jersey’s healthcare landscape but also ensures that nurses remain empowered and prepared to deliver high-quality care well into the future.
Key Initiatives
Transition Into Practice Programs
- Acute Care Residencies
- Long Term Care Residences
- Advanced Practice Transition Into Practice
Workforce Data
- CNA Data
- CHHA Data
- Supply and Demand Data (LPN, RN, APN)
- Access to Care
Research
- Utilization of LPNs in Acute Care
- Acute Care Nurse Residencies
Advocacy
- Increasing Pipeline
- Modernizing APN Practice
- Faculty Funding
- Data Transparency
Health and Emotional Well-Being
- NJ-NEW Initiatives