ADVISORY/Johnson & Johnson Campaign to Recruit Nurses.

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ADVISORY... for Wed. (Feb. 6)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2002

Direct from The Medical Newswire - Tens of thousands of registered nurses -- the front line of patient care -- will start retiring over the next few years, just as "baby boomers" are pushing into the age brackets that need the most care. Without new nurses, a growing shortage of RNs could triple to more than 400,000 by 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Johnson & Johnson will hold a news conference Feb. 6 to announce major new findings from a national poll documenting the public's concerns about the impact of the growing nursing shortage on the quality of health care, especially in acute care settings. The news event will also provide a comprehensive look at today's nursing shortage and launch The Campaign for Nursing's Future, a major new program to help address this serious problem.

Who:    Johnson & Johnson and major national nursing organizations

What:   Launch of a major, multi-faceted national campaign - The
        Campaign for Nursing's Future - to recruit much-needed nurses
        into hospitals.

When:   Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002, 10-11 a.m.

Where:  Millennium Hotel Conference Center, 145 West 44th St.,
        New York, NY 10036

Speakers:

--James T. Lenehan, Vice Chairman Board of Directors, Johnson & Johnson

--Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Associate Dean for Research at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

--Diane Mancino, EdD, RN, CAE, Executive Director, National Students Nurses' Association

--Ruth Corcoran, EdD, RN, Chief Executive Officer, National League for Nursing

--May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, Dean and Professor of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University and President, Sigma Theta Tau International

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