The Nursing Community Coalition
Includes 65 members organizations that are the cross section of education, practice, research, and regulation within the nursing profession. With over four and a half million licensed Registered Nurses (RNs), Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), and nursing students, the profession embodies the drive and passion to continually improve care for patients, families, and communities. We believe that the healthcare delivery system should be one that promotes wellness, advances research through scientific discovery, and provides timely access to care across the continuum.
NCC Thanks Members of Congress for Introducing the National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025
Forty-two members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a letter thanking Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA-40) for introducing the National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025 (H.R.4407/S.1482). This bipartisan bill would support efforts to grow or establish new nursing workforce centers.
NCC Sends Comments to the Office of Management and Budget Requesting Withdrawal of Proposed Rule
Forty-six members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto comments submitted to the Office of Management and Budget requesting the withdrawal of their proposed rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance.
NCC Urges Senate Appropriations Committee to Support Title VIII, NINR, and Nursing as a Professional Degree in FY 2027
Sixty-two members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter to the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee urging support for critical investments in nursing education, workforce, and research in its Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education bill. The letter reiterates the NCC’s FY 2027 appropriations request of at least $610 million Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), as well as support for the inclusion of bipartisan language recognizing post-baccalaureate nursing programs as professional degree programs.