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Health Care Reform and Expansion Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver State Budget Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital Medi-Cal Redesign L.A. County DHS Governance Nursing Workforce Shortage Homelessness and Health Care Children's Health and Coverage	Nursing Workforce Shortage The LA Health Collaborative is working to address L.A. County’s nursing workforce shortage, such as creating a regional master plan. Research shows that nursing improves the quality of care. However, California will need 116,000 new nurses by 2020. In 2004, California ranked 50th in the nation with a ratio of 590 nurses per 100,000 population. A nursing regional report evaluated nursing sufficiency, assigning the L.A. County area a grade of C-. Of the multiple barriers, the major challenge faced is the lack of educational capacity, with nearly half of nursing applicants in L.A. turned away due to lack of space in 2005. Publications and Documents Jun 04 2007 Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City of Los Angeles City of Los Angeles Mayor's Workforce Development Plan FY 2007-FY 2011 May 29 2007 Elizabeth Hill, California Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) Improving State Nursing Programs: Ensuring an Adequate Health Workforce May 23 2007 Hans Johnson and Deborah Reed, Public Policy Institute of California Can California Import Enough College Graduates to Meet Workforce Needs? Apr 30 2007 Timothy Bates and Susan Chapman, UCSF Center for the Health Professions Tracking the Supply of Health Professions Education in California Mar 21 2007 Dr. Bruce Chernof, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS) FY 2007-08 Funding for the Health Care Workforce Development Program Mar 05 2007 Dr. Bruce Chernof, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS) Nursing Strategic Plan and Recruitment and Retention Update October 1- December 31, 2006 Oct 24 2006 LA Health Action Tobacco Tax of 2006 (Proposition 86): Potential Impact on Los Angeles County Oct 04 2006 Mark DiCamillo and Mervin Field, Field Research Corporation Poll: Drop in Support for Propositions 86 (Tax on Cigarettes) and 87 (Alternative Energey/Oil Tax) Sep 26 2006 Dr. Jonathan Fielding, L.A. County Department of Public Health (DPH) Proposition 86: Health Impacts in Los Angeles County Sep 19 2006 David Carroll, California Budget Project What Would Proposition 86 Mean for California? Page 3 of 4 pages « First < 1 2 3 4 >	Search Featured Issues Advanced Search In the News RSS Subscribe to Nursing Workforce Shortage