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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS

Rx FOR VA’S NURSING SHORTAGE:

IS THERE MORE THAN ONE ANTIDOTE?

Thursday, October 2, 2003, 10:00 a.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building

Statement Of The Honorable Steve Buyer

Panel 1

Cathy J. Rick, RN, CNAA, FACHE
Chief Nursing Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Sandra K. Janzen, MS, RN, CNAA
Associate Chief of Staff/Nursing
James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital
Department of Veterans Affairs
Tampa, Florida
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mary Raymer, RN, MA, CNAA
Nursing Education Program Manager
Health Care Staff Development & Retention Office
Department of Veterans Affairs
New Orleans, Louisiana
(PDF | Answers to Post Hearing Questions)

Panel 2

Barbara Blakeney, MS, APRN, BC, ANP
President
American Nurses Association
Washington, DC
(Prepared Testimony | PDF | Answers to Post Hearing Questions)

Sarah Myers, Ph.D., RNC
Nova Immediate Past President
Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Ann Converso, RN
United American Nurses
Buffalo, New York
(Prepared Testimony | PDF | Answers to Post Hearing Questions)

Panel 3

Julie Cowan Novak, DNSc, RN, MA, CPNP
Head, School of Nursing
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Indiana
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Regina Foley, MBA, RN, CNAA
Vice President/Chief Nurse Executive
Ocean Medical Center
Brick, New Jersey
(Prepared Testimony | PDF | Answers to Post Hearing Questions)

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