A Call to the CMS: Mandate Adequate Professional Nurse Staffing in Nursing Homes

Ann Kolanowski1, Tara A Cortes, Christine Mueller

  • 1The authors of this article are: Ann Kolanowski, PhD, RN, FAAN; Tara A. Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN; Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN; Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN; Marie Boltz, PhD, GNP-BC, FAAN; Deb Bakerjian, PhD, APRN, FAAN, FAANP, FGSA; Charlene Harrington, PhD, RN, FAAN; Lori Popejoy, PhD, RN, FAAN; Amy Vogelsmeier, PhD, RN, FAAN; Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, GNP-BC, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN; Donna Fick, PhD, RN, FAAN; Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN-BC, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN; Melodee Harris, PhD, RN, FAAN; Ruth Palan-Lopez, PhD, GNP-BC, FAAN; Mary Dellefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, Ann Mayo, DNS, RN, FAAN; Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, APRN-BC, FGSA, FAAN; Ann Horgas, PhD, RN, FAAN; Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, CRNP, GNP, BC, FGSA, FAAN; Diane Carter, MSN, RN, CS, FAAN; Patricia Tabloski, PhD, GNP-BC, FAAN; and Linda Gerdner, PhD, RN, FAAN . For author affiliations, please see http://links.lww.com/AJN/A205 . Contact author: Ann Kolanowski, amk20@psu.edu . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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