The Tennessee Center for Nursing, Inc. (TCN), established in
1996, is a statewide non-profit 501[c]3 organization composed
of nursing educators, providers, insurers, business representatives,
policy makers, consumers, and representatives of professional
nursing organizations. The TCN established a statewide consortium
to guide the ongoing development of an appropriate nursing work
force, to conduct nursing work force analyses, to propose recommendations
for nursing education and practice reform, to disseminate the
findings and recommendations, and to develop an ongoing system
to address the nursing work force as related to the future health
care needs of the residents of Tennessee. TCN has a documented
history of data collection, analysis, and dissemination, and
has made recommendations to and worked collaboratively with
other state organizations to refine data collection instruments
for licensed nurses and licensed healthcare facilities.
