STATEWIDE COMMISSION ON THE CRISIS IN NURSING

Chair: Nelson J. Sabatini, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene

Appointed by Senate President: Joan Carter Conway; one vacancy.

Appointed by House Speaker: Marilyn R. Goldwater; Adrienne A. Mandel.

Appointed by Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene: Nancy Adams, R.N.; Mary L. Beachley, R.N.; Sharon L. Bernier, R.N., Ph.D.; Carol Costante, R.N.; Regina M. Curran; Donna Damico, R.N.; Paula Dennie, R.N.; Margaret M. DeStefanis, R.N.; Donna M. Dorsey, R.N.; Joyce Emerick, R.N.; Judith Feustle, Sc.D.; Jane H. Flowers, R.N.; James P. Flynn, M.D.; Kathryn V. Hall, R.N.; Barbara R. Heller, R.N., Ed.D.; Cecilia Hughes, R.N.C.; Lawrence H. Jeffries, R.N.; Theresa A. Kapetanovic, R.N.; Judith Karp, R.N.; Cynthia E. Kielinen, R.N., Ed.D.; Dina A. Krenzischiek, R.N.; Mary A. Linton, R.N.; Judith Lower, R.N.; Carol Marsiglia, R.N.; Sandra Natolly, R.N.; Victoria B. Navarro, R.N.; Yvonne Paraway, R.N.; Ann Possidente, R.N.; Susan Powell, R.N.; Ellen B. Ristorcelli, R.N.; Leslie R. Simmons, R.N.; Eleanor A. Walker, R.N., Ph.D.; Patricia Watts-Kelley, R.N., D.N.Sc.; Dorothy Whitaker, R.N.; Carol Wiggins, R.N.; Donna Wilhelm, C.R.N.; Evelyn S. Wilmer, R.N.; two vacancies.

Ex officio: Trudy Chara, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Vicki L. Taliaferro, R.N., designee of State Superintendent of Schools; Michael J. Kiphart, designee of Secretary of Higher Education; Robert B. Murray, Executive Director, State Health Services Cost Review Commission; Linda V. Jefferson, R.N., Ph.D., designee of Director, Mental Hygiene Administration.

Staff: Patricia H. Kennedy, R.N., Ed.D.

c/o State Board of Nursing
Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
4140 Patterson Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215 - 2254
(410) 585-1922
e-mail: swcommission@hotmail.com
web: www.dhmh.state.md.us/mbn/commission/index.html


Annual Report to Governor & General Assembly due Jan. 1.

The Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing convened a summit on June 6, 2000 to identify and prioritize issues involved in the crisis in training, recruiting, and retaining nurses. In July 2000, the Commission was authorized by statute (Chapter 258, Acts of 2000). Recommendations will be made by the Commission on strategies (as well as their implementation) to reverse the growing shortage of qualified nursing personnel in Maryland.

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