Acting Today to Assure Tomorrow’s
Nursing Workforce
“Dr. Peter Buerhaus is widely considered to be
the nation’s premier thought leader on the
economic impact of the national nursing
workforce. Findings from his research have been
published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, Health Affairs, Nursing Economics,
and the British Medical Journal. His
discussion will address key issues regarding the change
in the RN workforce and the policy implications for
strategic directions in education and practice over the
next 10 years. Please join the Washington health care
community to hear Dr. Buerhaus’s
thought-provoking presentation.”
Buerhaus is an active researcher in studies on the
economics of the nursing workforce, health workforce
forecasting, developing measures of quality of care,
and determining public and provider opinions on issues
involving the delivery of health care. He has authored
over 75 peer-reviewed articles regarding health
services research and nursing and has advised policy
makers and legislators on a wide variety of nursing
health policy issues. A respected leader in healthcare,
he is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academies, and has served on the Advisory
Council for NIH’s National Institute of Nursing
Research.
Free and open to the public
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Reception 4:30-5:00 p.m.
Program 5:10-7:00 p.m.
Riverpoint Campus
Nursing Building, Room 105
103 E Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane, WA
Broadcast live from WSU Spokane to the following WSU
locations:
Pullman, TriCities, Vancouver, Walla Walla and Yakima.
Continuing Education:
This presentation offers participants 1.5 contact hours provided by the WSU College of Nursing (PA-44/Aug/2010). The WSU College of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing education by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission of Accreditation. The WSU College of Nursing is also an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing provider number CEP #10888.
Coming to Campus:
- Spokane Transit Authority Route #29 serves the Riverpoint Campus.
- Bike racks are located next to each building.
- Visitor parking is available at campus meters or the Pay & Display lot (cash only) south of Spokane Falls Blvd. adjacent to the South Campus Facility (412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd.) You can purchase a visitor’s pass at Parking Operations located in room 314 of the South Campus Facility (behind the Bookie).
For more information or to request special
accommodations, please contact Karen Malone at
509-324-7339 or malone@wsu.edu.
The Cleveland Visiting Scholar program began in 1998 to honor WSU College of Nursing Dean Emeritus Dr. Thelma L. Cleveland. This event is free and open to the public and is made possible through an endowment in her honor. Additional support on behalf of the 2009 program has been generously provided by the following organizations who are committed to quality health care and higher education.
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Peter Buerhaus
Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N
Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health
Workforce Studies, the Institute for Medicine and
Public Health at Vanderbilt University Medical
Center
“What is needed most is for the problems
facing the nursing profession to rise higher onto the
nation's health policy agenda so that effective actions
can be implemented sooner rather than
later.” (Buerhaus, JAMA, 2008).
Thelma L.
Cleveland Visiting Scholar Poster (PDF)
Thelma L.
Cleveland Visiting Scholar Postcard (PDF)