Challenges Facing the Nurse Workforce in a Changing Environment. Part I: Surge Capacity: Educating the Nursing Workforce for Emergency and Disaster Preparedness. Part II: Information Technology in Nursing Education and Practice. Seventh Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress

摘要

The Secretary and, by delegation, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), are charged under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, with responsibility for a wide range of activities in support of nursing education and practice which include: enhancement of the composition of the nursing workforce, improvement of the distribution and utilization of nurses to meet the health needs of the Nation, expansion of the knowledge, skills, and capabilities of nurses to enhance the quality of nursing practice, development and dissemination of improved models of organization, financing and delivery of nursing services, and promotion of interdisciplinary approaches to the delivery of health services particularly in the context of public health and primary care.