2022 Emory Business Case for Nursing Summit: What has changed in the past year

This commentary paper concludes the Business Case for Nursing special edition. The special edition covered major areas of dialogue from the 2022 Emory Business Case for Nursing Summit. The 2022 summit, led by Emory School of Nursing in partnership with Emory School of Business, convened national nursing, health care, and business leaders. Its aim was to explore possible solutions to nursing workforce crises, including nursing shortages. Each of the summit's four panels authored a paper in this special edition on their respective topic(s) of discussion. This paper is written by the summit's hosting deans and closing speaker in response to those discussions. It shares major policy and regulatory reforms that have taken place since the summit and highlights workforce needs that will require continued attention in 2023 and beyond. Topics include issues driving nurse turnover and workforce distribution, the relationship(s) between working conditions and nursing retention, the importance of competitive nursing salaries, and the need for systems to protect resilience in nursing.