One of the nation’s premier thinkers on the economic impact of the nursing workforce is the WSU College of Nursing 11th annual Thelma L. Cleveland Visiting Scholar. Peter Buerhaus will address key issues at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in room 105 of the Nursing Building at WSU Spokane. A reception will begin at 4:30 p.m.
The lecture will be broadcast live to WSU locations in Pullman, TriCities, Vancouver, Walla Walla and Yakima.
In “Acting Today to Assure Tomorrow’s Nursing Workforce,” Buerhaus will discuss the change in the registered nurse workforce and the policy implications for strategic directions in education and practice over the next 10 years.
Buerhaus is the Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies at the Institute for Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
He 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 more than 75 peer-reviewed articles regarding health services research and nursing and has advised policymakers and legislators on a variety of nursing health policy issues.
He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and has served on the advisory council for National Institute of Nursing Research.
For more information on this event, including offsite locations, parking and continuing education credits, go here.
The Cleveland Visiting Scholar program began in 1998 to honor WSU College of Nursing Dean Emeritus Dr. Thelma L. Cleveland and is made possible in part through an endowment in her honor.
