WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

WHEREAS, These problems are exacerbated by nursing school
enrollments being down 8% in 1986, with fewer people choosing
nursing as a career; and

WHEREAS, The cost of education for nurses has risen
dramatically and scholarship opportunities are limited; and

WHEREAS, An increase     in the number of persons who choose

nursing as a career and who     choose to practice nursing in a

hospital setting is critical   to public health; now, therefore, be
it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the
Governor is requested to establish a Task Force to study this
crisis in nursing; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Task Force to Study the Crisis in Nursing
be composed of:

(1)  2 members of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the
President of the Senate, and 2 members of the House of Delegates,
appointed by the Speaker of the House;

(2)  A representative of the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene, appointed by the Governor;

(3)  1 representative each from the Maryland Nurses
Association, the Maryland Licensed Practical Nurses Association,
the Maryland Hospital Association, and the Health Facilities
Association of Maryland;

(4)  A nurse educator;

(5)  3 registered nurses who are actively practicing as
staff nurses in a hospital setting, 1 of whom shall have a B.S.N.
degree, the second of whom shall have an A.D. degree, and the
third of whom shall have a diploma in nursing;

(6)  A representative of the Health Services Cost Review
Commission;

(7)  A representative of the Health Resources Planning
Commission;

(8)  A representative of the Maryland State Board of
Examiners of Nursing;

(9)  A representative of the State Scholarship Board; and

(10)  2 directors of nursing; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Task Force is charged with:

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