http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2621.html#30841 I am a licensed nurse and a student nurse soon to become a registered nurse. This bill, though a noble cause will only address one component of the current and prospected nursing shortage. It is not fair to give loan forgiveness to all the other people who chose to go into health care fields such as LVN's, LPN's, respiratory therapy, etc... The bigger issue are the problems with nurse patient ratios, and a shortage of nursing schools and faculty. It takes more to be a nurse than loan forgiveness. Besides, if you use a student loan to help you become a nurse, once educated, it should not be an issue to re-pay your loan so others will benefit from from the same opportunity. I contacted Rep Carolyn McCarthy's (D. New York) office to discuss this bill with one of her representitives,and no one would return my call.... 30841@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:02:18 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2621.html#30070 HR 2621 will offer incentive for younger generations to choose a career in nursing and it will provide incentive for practicing nurses that are overworked and understaffed in our current situation to continue in their profession. As of now, our nation is over 200,000 nurses short and that number will continue to grow by leaps and bounds if we do nothing. This bill has been introduced before, but it got lost in house subcommittees. Please don't let your congressman/woman let that happen this time!... 30070@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:44:03 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2621.html#22767 Please vote to pass The Teacher and Nurse Support Act (H.R. 2621) and The Nurse Education, Expansion and Development Act (H.R. 772). Due to complex issues, there is a current nursing shortage of critical proportions within the American Health Care system. These, and similar bills, will encourage and facilitate current registered nurses to become nurse educators, provide funding for student nurse admissions, and ultimately provide new nurses for tomorrow. As Governor Granholm outlined in her address to Michigan on March 3, 2007, the state is on tract to realize a shortage of 18,000 nurses by the year 2015. Currently, about half of all student nurse applicants are refused admission based on a lack of faculty and facilities to educate them.... 22767@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:04:44 EDT