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Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Volume 8

March 26-27, 2018 | Orlando, USA

World Summit on

Healthcare & Hospital Management

International Conference & Exhibition on

Biologics and Biosimilars

Janice Nahra Friedel

Iowa State University, USA

The global health care worker crisis: Where will we get our nurses?

The American nursing shortage:

A reflection of the global

healthcare worker crisis. This presentation highlights the

American nursing shortage, the context for the shortage; efforts

to recruit and retain nurses to the workforce; government,

industry, foundation, and k-20 educational institutions efforts

to increase the number of qualified individuals pursuing nursing

careers. Thepresenterwill beginby sharing innovative strategies

and programs developed by a few higher education institutions

to increase the number of nursing graduates. This interactive

session will engage the participants in sharing the strategies

and programs that their institution has taken to increase the

number of nursing program graduates.

Speaker Biography

Janice Friedel is an Associate Professor at the School of Education, Iowa State

University. She has 28 years of experience in community colleges in Iowa and

Kentucky. She has served in a variety of executive level community college positions

in Iowa and Kentucky, including the community college presidency, and as the State

Administrator for a system of community colleges and the State Director for career

and technical (vocational) education for secondary and post-secondary education. She

is past Chair of the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges, and

past Member of the Executive Board of the National State Directors for Career and

Technical Education. Her current research interests center on higher education public

policy, community college leadership development, the community college mission

and governance, career and technical education, the economic benefits of community

college attendance, and dual/concurrent enrollment.