Patty Knecht

Patty Knecht, Ph.D., RN, ANEF, is the Chief Nursing Officer of Ascend Learning, a founding member of the Healthcare Workforce Coalition. She has over 40 years of experience as a nurse and nurse educator.

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To Train More Nurses, We Need More Nurse Educators

The Train More Nurses Act would help address these challenges by directing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as the U.S. Labor Department, to conduct a review of nursing grant programs to identify opportunities to increase faculty at nursing schools nationwide, especially in underserved communities.