Why do we need a National Nurse in America? Terri Mills, a nurse educator from Portland Oregon posed that question in The New York Times in May of 2005. Since then a huge grassroots effort has evolved. Representative Lois Capps (CA-23)herself a nurse introduced a bill (HR 4903) to establish the Office of a National Nurse to the 109th Congress. It received a great deal of support and public endorsement, but did not pass. This bill needs to be reintroduced to the 110th Congress. The National Nurse Team went to Washington DC in March, 2007, to meet with legislators and to educate them about nurses and why we need an…
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National Nurse Campaign
To solve the nursing shortage crisis, it’s going to take a lot of thinking outside the box. One idea came from Terri Mills RN, MS, ANP, a nurse educator at Portland Community College in Oregon. In an op-ed column in the New York Times, Mills suggested the idea for a National Nurse. Over the past couple of years, the idea has evolved and gained support. Learn more about the Campaign for a National Nurse. Watch this video about the National Nurse Campaign. For more information read the National Nurse blog.