RNs call for half-billion-dollar investment and legislative package to fix the nursing shortage crisis by 2030
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The registered nurses and health care professionals of UNAC/UHCP are calling on California lawmakers to intervene in the chronic nursing shortage—with a half-billion-dollar investment and legislation that will double California's capacity to graduate new RNs and bring transparency and accountability to the enforcement of California's lifesaving, ground-breaking nurse-to-patient ratios.
- Working bedside nurses are available to tell in-depth stories about the staffing crisis.
- The staffing crisis is a systemic national problem in need of systemic national solutions.
- UNAC/UHCP members are coming to Sacramento with bold, visionary solutions to the crisis that include:
A request for a $500 million state investment from 2025 to 2030 for California's 77 community college nursing schools. - Community Nursing: Assembly Bill 1695 will open the nursing pipeline by creating a high school level Nursing 101 course with automatic admission toward an associate degree in nursing (ADN) at the nearest community college.