- Mission [1]
- The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) support the Department's strategic goals related to
increasing the percentage of the Nation’s children and adults who have access to health care services and expanding consumer
choices, and to improving the quality of health care services. NACNEP's strategic plan identifies 6 goals: (1) to assure access
to health care through an adequate supply and improved composition, diversity and distribution of the nursing workforce; (2)
to improve the quality of nursing education and practice through evidence-based outcomes; (3) to support interdisciplinary
research, education, and practice through collaborative activities with other Councils, and through public and private partnerships
to improve quality of care and patient safety; (4) to assess, analyze, disseminate, and monitor nursing workforce data and
to make recommendations based on the anaylsis of that data; (5) to enhance the nursing workforce's ability to effectively
utilize infomation technology in education and practice; and (6) to enhance the image, presence, and influence of nursing
in policy, practice and public arenas.
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