Join us for a discussion, moderated by Susan Dentzer of Health Affairs, examining the impact of the nursing workforce on health care delivery, access and quality. This event, on Friday June 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Union Station Columbus Club in Washington DC, also marks the publication of several papers in Health Affairs focusing on the nursing workforce and health care quality.

The event is sponsored by Health Affairs and the Center to Champion Nursing in America, a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Speakers include:

• Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)
• John Rother, Executive Vice President, Policy & Strategy, AARP
• Linda Aiken, Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
• Mayra Alvarez, Office of Senator Richard Durbin
• 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
• Wendell Primus, Senior Policy Advisor on Budget and Health issues to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
• Susan Hassmiller, Senior Advisor for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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