09/18/2024
The "Nursing is STEM" Coalition Initiative has been launched.
This marks the first step towards formally establishing nursing as a recognized discipline within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in the United States. This initiative seeks to redefine nursing as not merely a caregiving profession, but as a scientific field where advanced knowledge, technology, and research play a critical role.
Healthcare leaders, scientists, and professors are working together to ensure that nursing is acknowledged as part of STEM. Through this recognition, there will be increased opportunities for patient safety research, expanded financial support, and practical benefits such as extended OPT periods for international students.
At the request of the Board Director, I have accepted the role of serving on the Advisory Board and will lead the forthcoming International Initiative. The wave of change has already begun, and I am committed to fulfilling my role at the heart of it.
For more information, visit [nursingisstem.org](https://www.nursingisstem.org).
Nursing is STEM:Growth and Diversification of the Professional Nursing Workforce. Nursing is STEM is a national coalition founded in 2023 aimed at having the academic and professional discipline adopted broadly by educators, policy makers, healthcare providers, and the public domain as STEM designa...