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State Budget Health Care Reform and Expansion Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital Hospital Financing Waiver Medi-Cal Redesign L.A. County DHS Governance Nursing Workforce Shortage Homelessness and Health Care Children's Health and Coverage	Nursing Workforce Shortage The LA Health Collaborative is working to address L.A. County’s nursing workforce shortage, such as creating a regional master plan. Research shows that nursing improves the quality of care. However, California will need 116,000 new nurses by 2020. In 2004, California ranked 50th in the nation with a ratio of 590 nurses per 100,000 population. A nursing regional report evaluated nursing sufficiency, assigning the L.A. County area a grade of C-. Of the multiple barriers, the major challenge faced is the lack of educational capacity, with nearly half of nursing applicants in L.A. turned away due to lack of space in 2005. Publications and Documents May 13 2010 Mac Taylor, Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: An Overview of Its Potential Impact Apr 12 2010 Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) Section-by-Section Guide to Health Reform Jul 30 2009 Peter Harbage, Principal of Peter Harbage Consulting, The California Endowment The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Maximizing Opportunities for Health Jun 09 2009 U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, Chairman of Senate HELP Committee, U.S. Senate HELP Committee Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) Health Reform Bill Nov 03 2008 United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) VA Health Care -- Improved Staffing Methods and Greater Availability of Alternate and Flexible. . . May 05 2008 California Institute for Nursing & Health Care (CINHC) 2007 Annual Report Jan 03 2008 The Foundation for California Community Colleges (TFCCC) Press Release Re: $3 Million Grant to Flo's Cookie Jar for Nursing Students in Need Dec 18 2007 Pat Chambers, California Institute for Nursing & Health Care (CINHC) Building the Nursing Workforce Dec 18 2007 Jan Boller and Deloras Jones, California Institute for Nursing & Health Care (CINHC) Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative: Nursing Education Redesign for California Oct 31 2007 California Institute for Nursing & Health Care (CINHC) CALIFORNIA NURSING WORKFORCE…2007 Page 1 of 4 pages 1 2 3 > Last »	Search Featured Issues Advanced Search In the News RSS Subscribe to LA Health Action's RSS feeds and get notified of the latest documents available.