Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's New Jersey Nursing Initiative, 2015

The Foundation's New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) was designed to address the New Jersey nurse faculty shortage by developing, implementing and evaluating a statewide model for recruitment and retention of nurse faculty.This grant supports the work of the NJNI program office over the next year including: (1) program office personnel and office operations; (2) engaging strategic consultants; (3) convening NJ education and practice stakeholders; (4) engaging the National Advisory Committee; (5) developing and implementing webinars and in-person meetings for the Collaborative Learning Community; and (6) developing a new initiative on strengthening nursing school curriculum's inclusion of a public health framework.