Click below for NLN letters and statements aimed at federal decision makers on issues of concern to the NLN and its membership.

Health Care Reform

• Letter from the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP) to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions regarding health care reform - 3/27/09 (DOC)
• FASHP Statement on Health Professions Education in Health Reform - March 2009 (PDF)
• Testimony of the NLN to the Senate Committee on Finance on Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform: Assessing the Present and Preparing for the Future - 3/24/09 (PDF)

Nursing Faculty Shortage

• NLN CEO Keynotes at Nursing Education Capacity Summit
• Tri-Council letter to the National Governors Association - 8/13/07 (PDF)
• Troops to Nurse Teachers Program, Amendment to H.R. 1585, the Defense Authorization bill - 7/9/07 (PDF)
• H.R. 2384, Nurse Faculty Higher Education Act - 5/10/07 (PDF)
• Dr. Beverly Malone's Testimony on FY 2008 Funding for Title VIII - Nursing Workforce Development Programs Health Resources and Services Administration
• Written Testimony - 3/29/07 (PDF)
• Oral Testimony - 3/29/07 (PDF)
• S.1575, the Nurse Faculty Education Act - 7/25/05 (PDF)

Nursing Research

• S. 3408, the Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008 - 9/1008 (PDF)

Nursing Shortage

• ANSR Consensus Document, Assuring Quality Health Care for the United States: Building and Sustaining an Infrastructure of Qualified Nurses for the Nation -- 2/09 (PDF)
• Letter to President Bush on FY 2007 Funding for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs - 12/20/05 (PDF)

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