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HCR058.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
NURSING SHORTAGE - STUDY - Stating findings of the Legislature regarding
the current and future shortage of nurses and urging a study by the State
Board of Education in consultation with the Idaho Commission on Nursing and
Nursing Education.
02/22 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/25 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/04 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/05 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/14 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/14 To enrol
03/15 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/15 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 58
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THE CURRENT AND FUTURE SHORTAGE
3 OF NURSES AND URGING A STUDY BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN CONSULTA-
4 TION WITH THE IDAHO COMMISSION ON NURSING AND NURSING EDUCATION.
5 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 WHEREAS, it is widely acknowledged that there is a nationwide shortage of
7 nurses and that the shortage will worsen in the future; and
8 WHEREAS, the state of Idaho is already facing a critical shortage and is
9 currently experiencing a staffing vacancy rate of over 20% in nursing homes;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, while the number of persons entering nursing is growing at a rate
12 of only 2.5%, the population of persons over 85 years of age is the fastest
13 growing age group, and over 75% of the population will require long-term care
14 in the next 40 years; and
15 WHEREAS, over 70% of the nurses currently licensed in Idaho are over the
16 age of 40, with the result that they will be retiring from the practice of
17 nursing just as the need for more nurses increases; and
18 WHEREAS, it is important not only to recognize the need for more nurses,
19 but to begin to make plans and adopt programs which will effectively address
20 the shortage in Idaho.
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
22 sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
23 the Senate concurring therein, that the State Board of Education, in consulta-
24 tion with the Idaho Commission on Nursing and Nursing Education, should under-
25 take a strategic planning process to design a plan of action for addressing
26 the nursing shortage. The plan should address specific strategies for expand-
27 ing nurse education particularly into rural Idaho, enhancing recruitment and
28 retention efforts, carrying out ongoing health profession data collection,
29 analysis, and projections, providing incentives for attracting nurses into the
30 higher education system and encouraging nurses to get advanced degrees.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12109C1
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to recognize the fact
that there is a nationwide and statewide shortage of nursing and to
recommend a strategic plan to address the shortage. The plan should
include the expansion of nursing education opportunities, collecting
and analyzing health profession and providing incentives to attract
nurses into the higher education system.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the general fund.
Contact
Name: Rep. Margaret Henbest
Phone: 332-1130
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 58