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At a June 12 forum cosponsored by Health Affairs and the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), Health Affairs will release a series of papers on the future of the nursing workforce.÷  CCNA is a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.÷  The studies examine the current nursing workforce and implications for health reform and economic recovery.÷  Featured speaker Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) will kick off the event with the view from Congress.÷  At the forum, study authors and other experts will participate in armchair conversations, led by Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Susan Dentzer, to discuss how to enable the nursing workforce to best meet the future health care needs of Americans.÷  Implications for Medicare funding and other health policy issues will be considered.÷  WHAT: Forum to release and discuss new research on the future of the nation"s nursing workforce. WHEN: June 12, 2009 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Columbus Club Union Station, Washington, DC WHO: Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs Panelists include: - John Rother, Executive Vice President, AARP - Wendell Primus, Health Counsel to Speaker of the House - Linda Aiken, Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing - Peter Buerhaus, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Brenda Cleary, Director, Center to Champion Nursing in America - Dan Elling, Republican Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health - Susan Hassmiller, Senior Advisor for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Susan Reinhard, Senior Vice President and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute; Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America AARP


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