The workforce center collects and analyzes data to plan for and measure the success of workforce initiatives and needs.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has named Crystal DeVance-Wilson, PhD ’19, MS ’06, MBA, BSN ’00, PHCNS-BC, assistant professor and vice chair of the UMSON program at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG), the new director of the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center (MNWC).
She succeeds Rebecca Wiseman, PhD ’93, RN, who retired at the end of the 2022 - 23 academic year. The MNWC, launched by Wiseman in 2018 through Nurse Support Program (NSP) II grant funding, was created to collect data, analyze findings, and report on the state’s nursing workforce. To plan for future workforce needs and to measure the success of related programs and initiatives, an accurate and comprehensive data set is essential. Creation of the center also responded to a national recommendation in the Institute of Medicine’s 2011 report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health for improved collection of workforce data.
“It is an exciting time for the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center. Building on Dr. Wiseman’s legacy we will continue to address matters that are important to the nursing profession across the state of Maryland and nationally,” DeVance-Wilson said. “We have a great team who is looking forward to the work and is humbled by the opportunity to serve the Maryland nursing community.”