California Strategic Planning Committee for Nursing (CSPCN)

Between 1997 and 2001 the California Strategic Planning Committee for Nursing (CSPCN) analyzed and reported on the state of California’s nursing workforce and nursing education programs. Through a three phase process, the CSPCN found that a serious nursing shortage already affected California and that current public education programs were already at maximum enrollment with little opportunity to expand. Due in part to the recommendations of this committee, the University of California has established and expanded nursing education at the Irvine, Davis, and Los Angeles campuses.

Archives of the various reports published by the CSPCN are available for download from the links on the right hand side of this page.

• AB655 Scott Report is a California State Assembly Bill that used the CSPCN’s projections to require California’s public institute’s higher education to increase nursing education.
• The Phase II final report, published in 2001, studied the widespread shortage of RN’s, particularly those with degrees at or above the baccalaureate level.
• The Phase III executive summary and final report recommend measures to reconcile the shortages in public nursing education.
• The Archives page contains documents, such as the minutes from various meetings, relating to the early stages of the CSPCN.

CSPCN PROJECT LEADERSHIP

• Sarah B. Keating, EdD, FAAN Chair, CSPCN
• Ellen Lewis, MSN, FAAN Project Director
• Karen R. Sechrist, PhD, FAAN Project Investigator
• Dana Rutledge Project Associate and Website