Testimony for the Indiana Board of Education regarding Elimation of Registered Nurses to Student Ratios

October 22, 2010

Presenter: Ernest C. Klein, Jr., CAE, ISNA Executive Director

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Health and Child Care Issues Evaluation Committee
October 21, 2003
Presenter: Ernest C. Klein, Jr., CAE, ISNA Executive Director
Remarks to Committee (PDF)
Additional materials submitted to committee (PDF)

Indiana Commission on Excellence in Health Care Patient Safety Subcommittee
This is a Printer-Friendly Version of the written testimony ISNA President Sandra Fights presented to this subcommittee.

Direct Care Staffing Shortage
Ernest Klein, ISNA Executive Director, presented testimony to the Health Finance Commission about the direct care staffing crisis and the emerging shortage of nurses on September 26, 2001. The Commission, a standing interim legislative study committee, is chaired by Senator Patricia Miller. The full text of Mr. Klein's are attached in a Printer-Friendly Version.

ISNA members who also testified on behalf of their organizations/institutions were:
Faith Laird, Vice President, IN Health Care Association.
Carol Sternberger, Chair of Nursing, IUPU Ft. Wayne.
Angela McBride, Dean, IU School of Nursing.
Vicky Kirkton, Director of Department of Nursing, Goshen College and President of the Indiana Deans and Directors.
Barbara Mitchell, Executive Director, Nursing 2000.