The NLN is the source for information on the nurse educator shortage: the latest research data, what Washington is doing or not doing, legislation that the NLN supports, and more. All the relevant documents have been collected below; the facts are at your fingertips.

Government Affairs and Public Policy

• NLN Government Action Center
• Nurse Faculty Shortage Fact Sheet
• HRSA's Proposed FY 2008 Budget - Title VIII - Nursing Workforce Development Programs - 2/5/07
• Nursing Education Policy Newsletter Index

• NLN Public Policy Agenda
• NLN Testimony, Statements and Letters to Federal Decision Makers
• The NLN/Carnegie National Survey of Nurse Educators: Compensation, Workload, and Teaching Practice

• NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing
• Nursing Education Research Data

NLN Member Updates

• About: Nursing Data Review Academic Year 2005-2006
• NLN on Capitol Hill re Nursing Workforce Development Programs

• NLN Lauds President's 2010 Budget Proposal $125 Million for Title VIII Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program; 40 Percent More Requested for Nurse Faculty Loan Program; Increases Will Help Address Nurse and Nurse Faculty Shortages
• President's 2009 Budget Cuts Will Increase Nurse and Nurse Educator Shortages
• Nationwide NLN-Carnegie Foundation Study Examines Nurse Faculty Workload; Implications Revealed for Recruitment and Retention
• Key Findings of Nationwide NLN-Carnegie Foundation Study of Nurse Educators Released; Examination of Compensation Practices Suggests Solutions to Challenges of Nurse Faculty Recruitment & Retention
• Title VIII - Nursing Workforce Development Programs Fully Funded in House Vote; Funding for Advanced Nursing Education Program Restored
• NLN Day on the Hill Bears Fruit; Senate Committee on Appropriations Approves $16 Million Plus Increase for Nursing Workforce Development Programs
• NLN Supports Nurse Faculty Higher Education Act; Rep. McCarthy's Bill Addresses Critical Shortages in Nursing, Creates Pilot Program to Increase Graduate-Educated Nurse Faculty
• NLN CEO Testifies on HRSA's Title VIII - Nursing Workforce Development Programs; Dr. Beverly Malone Makes Case for Increased Funding to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
• NLN Calls on President to Address Nursing Shortage in New Orleans; Lack of Nurses at Critical Level
• President's Budget Unacceptable in the Face of Nurse and Nurse Educator Shortages; NLN Decries Continued Inadequate Funding of Nursing Workforce Development
• Nurse Faculty Support Continues to Fall Short; NLN's 2006 Faculty Census Survey Shows Increased Vacancy Rates
• Startling Data from the NLN's Comprehensive Survey of All Nursing Programs Evokes Wake-Up Call; Program-Inclusive Numbers Raise Nursing and Nursing Faculty Shortages to Crisis Level

Position Statements

• Mentoring of Nurse Faculty
• Transforming Nursing Education
• The Preparation of Nurse Faculty

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