The National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers 2022 Annual Conference will bring together in-person and virtual modalities to fully engage nursing and healthcare leaders throughout the country. Participants will share cutting edge models of practice, data analytics and innovations in nursing education to change the nursing workforce game and address the critical workforce development issues facing our nation. To submit abstracts click HERE.
Dr. Geri Dickson quietly and comfortably passed away last week in her home in Madison, Wisconsin, and nursing lost one of its 21st century pioneers. Geri, a former faculty member at Rutgers Nursing, was instrumental in transforming an RWJF-funded project, Colleagues in Caring, into the permanently state-funded New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing.
Geri, as the Inaugural Executive Director of the Collaborating Center, tirelessly reached out to state legislators, presented before legislative committees, and worked with State Senator Joseph Vitale to gain support for the Center until funding was legislatively approved in 2005. She ensured that the mission of the Collaborating Center was secured – to collect nursing workforce data for New Jersey, provide evidence-based policy recommendations to strengthen and sustain New Jersey’s nursing workforce, ensure sufficient educational capacity at our schools of nursing, increase the diversity of the nursing workforce, and to form collaborative partnerships between academic nursing and our practice partners.
I was privileged to work with Geri over the years. Having the privilege to learn from Dr. Dickson during the Colleagues in Caring Grant and her advocacy for the Center gave me the opportunity to follow her lead and build upon the foundation she laid for the future of nursing. I am ever indebted to her. Nursing across the state has benefited from the work she did to make this Center a success. She will be greatly missed but her legacy continues. Dr. Edna Cadmus, Executive Director NJCCN.
Watch this video to learn the results from a recent research study conducted to understand the current practice of LPNs in New Jersey by describing and comparing the perceptions of LPNs and LPN employers about their roles and job functions across settings.
Celebrating the last 10 years of the Institute of Medicine, Future of Nursing: Leading Change and Advancing Health on February 24th. See what NJ Nurses have accomplished!
This is the first of two major stakeholder meetings of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action as we prepare for the release of the National Academy of Medicine’s second future of nursing report.
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The NJLN proudly announces the 2021 Virtual Convention and Exhibit Expo. Each year the NJLN comes together to learn, network, and take time to focus on personal and professional development. NJLN has developed an event focused on and representing today’s nurse that is built on an industry leading event technology platform that is easy to navigate. Please join NJLN as they make history by hosting their first virtual convention!
Visit https://www.njln.org/convention.html for more information.