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1. 1. NursingWorld | TAN March/April '00: Political Nurse

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   Published on: 8/2/2003   Last Visited: 8/2/2003

   From left to right, above, are New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) President Phyllis Collins, EdD, RN, CS-FNP; Clinton; NYSNA Executive Director Martha Orr, MN, RN, CAE; and Blakeney.

2. 2. NurseZone - On the job - Nursing news - Archive

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   Published on: 3/6/2001   Last Visited: 9/3/2002

   "By 2005, more than one-third of New York RNs will be age 55 or older," said NYSNA President Phyllis Collins. "The majority of nurses will retire in 10 to 15 years, creating a critical shortage unless steps are taken to attract students into the profession." Collins pointed out that nursing school enrollments and graduations have been dropping steadily for the past five years.
   
   The scholarship plan would pay up to $15,000 per year in tuition and expenses for nursing students who promise to practice nursing within the state upon graduation. NYSNA is proposing funding for 2,000 scholarships in the first year of the program, at an estimated cost to the state of $30 million. The proposal is modeled after a primary care practitioner scholarship program that was approved by the Legislature in the early 1990s to meet the state's need for primary care providers.
   
   NYSNA also is proposing a grant program for educational institutions that will permit them to either start up or expand nursing education programs. Grants of up to $250,000 would be made available to schools, allowing them to offer more programs for nurses who wish to obtain bachelor's degrees and to increase salaries for nursing faculty, which currently lag far behind the earnings of nurses in clinical practice.
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   Collins told legislators that much of the short-term need for nurses, precipitated by downsizing and restructuring by healthcare corporations in the mid-1990s, can be offset by improving working conditions in hospitals, nursing homes, and mental health facilities.
   
   "RNs are either leaving direct care or abandoning the profession completely. They are frustrated and exhausted by common practices such as inadequate staffing, mandatory overtime, and disregard for basic principles of nursing care," she said. "Immediate changes are needed to improve recruitment and retention of nursing staff. Just last month, the American Hospital Association called upon its members to change their working environments if they hope reverse the decline in the number of people seeking jobs in health care."
   
   To support these changes, NYSNA is urging the Legislature to enact laws related to quality care, including statewide safe staffing guidelines, a ban on mandatory overtime, and job protection for nurses who speak up about unsafe patient care situations. Other budget-related proposals include:
   
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   "There are staffing problems and quality of care concerns throughout the healthcare delivery system," Collins said. "Legislation, budget initiatives, and aggressive enforcement can solve many of these issues."
   
   NYSNA is the professional association for registered nurses in New York state with more than 34,000 members. A multipurpose organization, NYSNA fosters high standards for nursing education and practice and works to advance the profession through legislative activity and collective bargaining. NYSNA is a constituent member of the American Nurses Association and is affiliated with United American Nurses, the collective bargaining arm of ANA.

3. 3. At Convention: 9 recognized for outstanding achievement | REPORT: October/November 2004 | Publications | Communications | Departments and Services | NYSNA

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   Published on: 8/14/1999   Last Visited: 7/10/2006

   Phyllis B. Collins, EdD, RN, CS-FNP, CUNY College of Staten Island
   
   Phyllis Collins, associate professor of nursing at the City University of New York College of Staten Island , reports at each meeting of the Staten Island Chapter of NYCRNA about legislative and professional nursing issues in the state and nation. She played an active role in the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission in refining accreditation criteria to reflect nursing theory, evidence-based practice, and application of theory into practice.
   
   Collins was a member of the Army Nurse Corps 91C Program, which prepared soldiers to become licensed practical nurses. ,Perhaps being influenced by the Army,s motto, ,be all you can be,, Dr. Collins carries that mantra into the classroom and community settings. She reminds students that they can do anything they set their goals on,, wrote one colleague.