Master Plan and all related items
All you want to know about the Master Plan for Nursing Education in Washington and more....
Master Plan for Nursing Education in Washington State
Master Plan for Nursing Education Advances
This plan is a comprehensive approach to ensuring that we have a streamlined, coherent, student-friendly, affordable, high-quality nursing education system that produces enough professionals to care for our citizens. We want to attract and retain the best nurses and nursing faculty. Major components of the plan:
- Ease of movement from one level of nursing education to another
- Absence of duplication of classes
- Affordability
- State-of-the art education that meets all accrediting standards
- Support of life-long learning through the Bachelor’s degree and higher
- Enhanced access across the state
- New ways to deliver education
- Increased diversity in the student and faculty populations
- Better collaboration between education and practice
- Improved transition processes for new graduates
- Master Plan for Nursing Education Overview (8 page document) (PDF)
- Master Plan Implementation Recommendations (PDF)
Master Plan for Nursing Education Q&A
Click Here to read resource documents related to Nursing Education:
"Nursing faculty workload in Washington State 2009- Executive Summary"
"Nursing faculty workload in Washington State 2009- Full Report"
"Increasing Statewide Capacity in Nursing Education"
"Nursing Faculty Compensation"
"Curriculum Innovation in Nursing Education"
"Promoting a More Diverse Profession"
Diversity in Nursing Education: Talking Points
Overview of the nursing education system in Washington State
Carnegie Foundation report on Nursing Education released: "Educating Nurses:A Call for Radical Transformation" by Benner et al is now available at all bookstores in hard copy and download-able format.
This book is the culmination of research on nursing education across the US and contains recommendations on entry level education, diversity, enhancing the learning experience for students, faculty support and development, entry to practice, and national options to increase collaboration between and among licensing and accrediting bodies.
