Nursing workforce centers serve as hubs to advance nursing education, practice, leadership, and workforce development at state and local levels using data-driven approaches. A consulting team is assisting AHHA with the development of a nursing workforce center.

Nursing workforce centers are found in over 40 U.S. states and work to address nursing shortages, support nursing education, protect the well-being of nurses, and other matters affecting the nursing workforce in order to meet the state’s health care needs.

These centers engage in a variety of activities using evidence-based policy and strategy. Nursing workforce centers serve as hubs to advance nursing education, practice, leadership, and workforce development at state and local levels using data-driven approaches.

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For more information about state nursing workforce centers visit the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers. 

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Why should Alaska have a nursing workforce center?

Stakeholders representing nurse education programs, healthcare employers, trade associations, and government entities have been convening since March 2024 and have identified the following initial goals for an Alaska center:

• Unite partners across Alaska to ensure that the state has a well-supported, robust, and sustainable nursing workforce.

• Strengthen collaboration and partnerships between education programs, healthcare industry/employers, and community stakeholders.

• Collect state level data on the nursing workforce to provide context for productive conversations about real problems facing the nursing workforce and practical solutions.

• Secure funding to sustain the center and support priority initiatives across the healthcare continuum.