Regional Collaboratives For Nursing Work Force Development
 The statewide program, the Montana Initiative for Nursing Transformation or "MINT", was funded in March, 1999 by the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation. This project is part of a national endeavor of the RWJ Foundation to assist states in a program entitled "Colleagues in Caring" (CIC). The Montana Initiative for Nursing Transformation is one of 33 sites in the Colleagues in Caring program. The purpose of the CIC cooperative effort is to develop and utilize models to assess and predict the current and future nursing workforce nationally. What makes this effort unique is the collaboration that is occurring in CIC states bringing together educators, employers, regulators, students, consumers, and professional nursing organizations. 

Project Director: 
Margaret Wafstet
Practical Nurse Program Coordinator
University of Montana-Missoula/College of Technology
909 South Avenue West
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 243-7864
wafstetm@selway.umt.edu 

Background ~ The Montana Initiative Calendar & Meeting Minutes
Overview ~ Montana Statewide Nursing Initiative  
Mint Executive Committee and Agencies “Keeping Health Care Blooming:”
An Assessment of the Frontier Nursing Workforce in Eastern Montana
AACN Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet MSU Bozeman Equivalencies
Bibliography MSU Northern Equivalencies
CIC Q&A - 10/20/01 MT Tech LPN Equivalencies
Colleagues In Caring National Web Site MSU LPN Equivalencies
Related Sites     Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

To request a copy of the Annual Report, please contact: 

Margaret Wafstet
(406) 243-7864
wafstetm@selway.umt.edu 

Montana Initiative for Nursing Transformation                       
For more information, contact Margaret Wafstet wafstetm@selway.umt.edu 

Page last updated on January 28, 2003 
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