Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act Introduced in the House

Urge Your US Representative to Support Nursing and Cosponsor H.R. 2713
Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act Introduced in the House Take Action!
-- Tell Your US Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 2713 -- TAKE ACTION NOW!! --

On June 10, Representatives Lois Capps (D-CA) and David Joyce (R-OH) introduced H.R. 2713, the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act. H.R. 2713 reauthorizes the Title VIII nursing workforce development programs at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). We need your House member to become a cosponsor of H.R. 2713. Here is a copy of NLN's letter supporting introduction of H.R. 2713.

ISSUE:

• For the last 50 years, HRSA's Title VIII nursing workforce development programs have provided training for entry‐level and advanced degree nurses to improve the access to, and quality of, health care in underserved areas.
• Health inequities, inflated costs, and poor health care outcomes are intensifying because of today's shortfall of appropriately prepared licensed vocational/practical nurses (LVNs/LPNs), registered nurses (RNs), advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), and nurse faculty.
• A strong nursing workforce is essential to a health policy that provides high-value care for every dollar invested in capacity building for a 21st century nurse workforce.
• The Title VIII nursing workforce development programs are a comprehensive system of evidence‐based, capacity-building strategies that provide students and schools of nursing with grants to strengthen education programs, including faculty recruitment and retention efforts, facility and equipment acquisition, clinical lab enhancements, and loans, scholarships, and services that enable students to overcome obstacles to completing their nursing education programs.
• H.R. 2713 ensures the Title VIII nursing workforce development programs will continue to address the specific needs of the nursing and nurse faculty workforce as well as patients in our communities.

ACTION REQUIRED:
E-mail your Representative NOW -- this email alert is ONLY directed towards the House of Representatives -- and urge him/her to cosponsor H.R. 2713, the Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act.