University of Kansas Medical Center News
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February 28, 2024KU School of Nursing receives $500,000 gift for the Kansas Nursing Workforce CenterCentene Foundation and Sunflower Health Plan announce major gift to develop a central source of data to address nursing shortages across the state of Kansas
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August 3, 2023Kansas Nursing Workforce Center launched to ensure Kansans have access to nurses when and where they are neededKU School of Nursing has created a center to foster collaboration among nursing stakeholders across Kansas to address shortages of nurses and nursing faculty.
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April 11, 2023KU School of Nursing releases findings from statewide stakeholder meeting on nursing crisisThe findings show themes around data collection, relationship-building and best practices.
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March 23, 2023University of Kansas School of Nursing launches statewide conversations with nursing stakeholders to discuss dire nursing shortageDecision-makers in nursing gathered in Topeka to discuss the nursing crisis in Kansas.
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January 12, 2023Task force looks for ways to address the nursing crisis in Kansas and beyondThe pandemic worsened the nursing shortage in Kansas and nationwide. KU’s Sally Maliski is part of a task force seeking to increase the number of nurses in Kansas.