Employer responses to differentiated nursing education

Responding to demands that nursing leaders conduct business in creative, pr oactive ways, the authors of this depautmenr share the work: of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's national program Colleagues in Caring: Regional C ollaboratives for Nursing Work Force Development The purpose of this initia tive is to enhance regional and state collaborative planning and implement actions and policies to address the rapid changes occurring in the United S tates nursing labor market. This department, edited by Mary Fry Rapson, PhD, RN, CS, National Program D irector and Rebecca B. Rice, EdD, RN National Deputy Director; presents the ongoing work of the program, highlighting the work of the 20 individual co llaboratives. Regional approaches to the expected program outcomes and spec ific challenges and opportunities that are unique to each region's environm ent are included. The Colleagues in Caring program is administered by the American Associatio n of Colleges of Nursing. Current information on the Initiative can be foun d at http://www.aacn.nche.edu under Col leagues in Caring Project. The staf f at the National Program office can be reached at (202) 496-1035;fax (202) 496-1093.