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American Association of Colleges of Nursing

AACN Applauds Senator Richard Durbin for Introducing the Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008

Published in Lab Law Weekly, March 21st, 2008

Today, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) applauded Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) for introducing the Troops to Nurse Teachers (TNT) Act of 2008 (S. 2705). At a time when the military and civilian healthcare systems have been crippled by an acute nursing shortage, the need for innovation solutions, like the TNT program, are essential to increasing the number of educators who will prepare the next generation of registered nurses.

"Our schools of nursing are struggling to increase student capacity in the face of a severe nurse faculty shortage. The TNT program would offer nursing schools a great incentive to partner with the military to overcome this...

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