The Virginia Lee Franklin Lecture
Creating the 21st-Century Nursing Workforce: Building on Our Strengths to Address the Post-Pandemic Health Needs of Society
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021
4 - 5:15 p.m.
Online via Zoom
Nurses may receive 1.0 contact hours for participating in this educational activity.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses and hospitals has been so intense and prolonged that it has crowded our awareness of the many pre-pandemic developments that strengthened the nursing workforce. Similarly, the pandemic has blinded many to the challenges that were also building prior to the pandemic and that lie ahead in a post-pandemic world.
Peter I. Buerhaus, DSc (Hon.) ’12, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP, will discuss these strengths and challenges, and he will examine why the messaging of nurses and hospitals should be more positive to avoid possible decreases in nursing education programs. He will also provide ideas about how to overcome these challenges and how to grow the size and preparation of the post-pandemic nursing workforce that the United States needs.
This lecture is part of the 2021 - 22 Dean's Lecture Series.