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| For Release: IMMEDIATE | Contact: Public Affairs |
| Date: December 13, 2004 | (919) 807-6963 |
State Board of Community Colleges to Focus on Nursing Shortage
RALEIGH: A report on North Carolina’s nursing shortage and 23 recommendations to address it necessitate a called December meeting for the State Board of Community Colleges. The Board will respond to the Institute of Medicine recommendations that are directed toward or impact North Carolina’s community colleges and its nursing programs. The Board meets telephonically on Thursday morning, December 16 at 10:00.
A Nursing Workforce Taskforce, convened by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (IOM), began meeting in February 2003 to look at ways to respond to the growing nursing shortage in the state. The 55-member task force included representatives from the NC Nursing Association, the NC Center for Nursing, the NC Board of Nursing, the NC Hospital Association, and the NC Area Health Education Centers (AHECs). There were also representatives from the NC Community College System, the University of North Carolina and NC Independent Colleges and Universities on the task force.
The IOM task force developed recommendations directed at each agency involved in either educating or hiring nurses; 23 of them specifically affect community colleges. Recommendations address various areas including articulation between the NCCCS and universities, admission criteria, retention and accreditation.
State Board Vice Chair Hilda Pinnix-Ragland chaired a committee that reviewed the 23 recommendations and crafted responses to them on behalf of the Board. The other members were SBCC members Ms. Joanne Steiner, Dr. Stuart Fountain, Dr. Linwood Powell and Dr. Bob Greene. Dr. Cathy Franklin-Griffin, director of program services for the NCCCS served as staff to the committee. Those committee responses will be reviewed on Thursday and a final State Board response will be prepared for System President H. Martin Lancaster to present at a January IOM meeting.
The nursing shortage is serious in North Carolina and is growing. It is estimated that by 2015, the shortage will total more than 9,000 and will double by 2020. The NCCCS currently produces more than 60 percent of the new registered nurses and most of the practical nurses in the state.
Other items on Thursday’s agenda include a new Associate Degree Nursing program at Carteret Community College and interim presidents for Nash Community College and the NC Center for Applied Textile Technology.
The complete agenda follows.
STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Telephonic Meeting
December 16, 2004
10:00 a.m.
December 16, 2004
BOARD MEETING
10:00 a.m. - Call to Order
- Approval of Agenda
Program Service Committee, Bob H. Greene, Chair
For Action
- Curriculum Program Application(s) (FTFA) (Attachment Prog. 1)
- NCCCS Response to the Institute of Medicine Study (IOM) on the Nursing Workforce (Attachment Prog. 2)
Personnel Committee, Stuart B. Fountain, Chair
- Approval of Interim Presidents
- Chairman’s Remarks/Discussion
- Date of Next Meetings
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