Calls 
for 
Increased
 Funding 
for
 Training
 Additional 
Nurses


Rep.
 Earl
 Hilliard
 Jr.

 praised
 the
 nation’s
 nurses
 Saturday for
 their
 role
 in
 health
 care
 for
 Americans
 and
 called 
for
 additional 
funding 
for 
the 
training 
of
 nurses 
to 
serve 
the
 demand created by the Obama administration’s new health care la..



The
 Bureau
 of
 Labor
 Statistics report
s that
 Registered
 Nurses
 rank
 high
 in
 the
 Top
 10
 Professions
 with
 the
 largest
 projected 
job
 growth 
in
 the near 
future.




“As
 Americans
 age,
 there
 is
 a
 greater
 need
 for
 trained
 nurses.
 
 Yet
 our
 nursing
 schools
 are
 being
 forced
 to
 turn
 away
 thousands
 of
 qualified
 applicants
 because
 there
 are
 not
 enough
 instructors
 to
 teach
 these
 students,” Hilliard said. “Today
 I
 call
 for
 increased
 funding
 for
 higher
 education
 for 
our 
nurses.”


Rep.
 Hilliard
 also 
remarked on 
the 
extraordinary 
efforts
 of 
Mrs.
 Pinnia
 Hines,
 R.N.,
 who
 organized
 a
 Community 
Health
 Fair 
in
 Greene
 County 
May 
15.

“Mrs.
 Hines’
 work 
is 
an 
example
 of
what
 R.N.s 
can 
do 
for
 the
 community,” Hilliard said. “She
 conceived 
of
 the
 idea,
 organized 
the 
event,
 and
 promoted
 it 
in
 her
 community.
 We
 need
 more 
nurses
 to 
treat
 our 
sick 
and
educate 
the 
public,
 and 
we
 need
 to
 fund
 education 
for
 this
 critical
 component
 of
 medical
 care.
 Let’s
 plan 
now 
for 
our 
future.”
 


Tags: Congress, Rep.
 Earl
 Hilliard
 Jr.

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