News + World Report in its most recent annual
survey.
Cross Country Staffing and Mrs. markets a variety of premium baked cookies and
brownies, as well as candies and other gift items, under the Mrs.

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Begun in 1988 with two
product offerings, Mrs. is a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of
Mrs.

Washington Center for Nursing to Co-Host National Nurse Workforce Annual Conference with Oregon

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name on the Internet and through gift catalogs. Based in Salt
Lake City, Mrs." The ONLC is currently
working on a number of nursing initiatives to improve the educational
capacity of Oregon's nursing schools, to reform nursing education to
prepare the nurse of the future, and to improve the practice
environment to improve nurse retention.

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S. For more information, go to
http://www. Fields Gifts, Inc. The meeting will be held at the downtown Portland Marriott
April 28 and 29, and will move to the World Trade Center on April 30
for a special workshop on research and data.

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The OCN will unveil a new,
comprehensive research report on the nurse workforce in Oregon later
in May. But in Oregon, we put aside our differences ,
worked together to develop a plan, raised money to fund it, and just
did it.
Linda Tieman , RN MN CHE, Executive Director for WCN, began her
work in July, 2004, creating the organization and building
relationships across the state with organizations and individuals
concerned about having enough nurses to care for the state's citizens.

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Fields Gifts, Inc. Cross Country Staffing
is a division of Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.com.

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Washington's
Center for Nursing was created in 2003 by the Washington Nursing
Leadership Council. We
realized that if we were going to solve Oregon's nursing shortage, we
had to recruit students that more accurately reflected the state's
demographic makeup, and moved away from people's perception of our
industry.

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The positive reaction nationally to the campaign helped us
bring this conference to Portland.

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Cross Country Staffing and Mrs. Fields Cookies to Honor Nurses

Fields Gifts, Inc. Fields Famous Brands, LLC. This initiative fits the
Governor's overall policy objective to stimulate economic growth by
investing in workforce training and education.
Innovation in simulation technology is just one reason why the
national centers chose Oregon for its annual conference. For more information on the goals of the OCN and the WCN
and how you can help support their efforts, please visit
www. The OCN is
governed by a 5-member Board of Directors, and is currently housed in
offices generously provided by the University of Portland.

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Fields(R) cookies to nurses at the Nation's Best
Hospitals, as identified by U.

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That vision and leadership is also being rewarded by this
national conference choosing to meet in Oregon .

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About Mrs.
Oregon Governor Kulongoski's health care workforce initiative has been
instrumental in bringing simulation technology to train more health
care workers in both the state's rural and urban regions, and is key
to producing more well-educated nurses.

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PORTLAND, Ore. The purpose of the annual
meeting is to share what each Center is doing , to focus on innovative
strategies and best practices, and to look at data measurements.

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BOCA RATON, Fla. Fields Gifts, Inc. Fields encourage the public to thank nurses for promoting quality
healthcare and making a difference in our lives. "If together we can raise the spirits of those who
touch so many others, then we have truly made a difference.crosscountrystaffing.

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"In today's busy world , it's easy to get caught up in the daily tasks at
hand and forget what it means to be a nurse.S.

Cross Country Staffing, a JCAHO certified
staffing company, is an integrated provider of high quality health care
staffing services to hospital clients representing a single point of access to
its differentiated nurse recruitment brands - Cross Country TravCorps,
NovaPro, Cross Country Local and Assignment America.
The conference will kick off with a greeting from James K.

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April 28-30, 2005 , leaders from all national nursing workforce
centers, along with researchers, foundation leaders , and some
attendees from the federal and state government ranks will be in
Portland for the third annual conference of State Nursing Workforce
Centers."
Campbell also credits the visionary leadership of the Oregon
Nursing Leadership Council (ONLC), who had the insight to bring all of
the state 's nursing profession components to the table in 2000 to
begin dealing with the crisis in nursing .

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, In celebration of National
Nurse's Week 2005, Cross Country Staffing, one of the leading nurse staffing
companies in the United States, is honoring nurses across the country by
sending baskets of fresh Mrs.

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The OCN's
national award-winning PR campaign to recruit males and ethnic
minorities to nursing received a great deal of national attention, and
has been copied by other states in their recruitment efforts.

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"Joining forces with Cross Country Staffing gives us the chance to honor
dedicated and caring people," said Jodie Erickson, Director of Marketing for
Mrs."

About Cross Country Staffing
Cross Country Staffing is one of the leading nurse staffing companies in
the United States and includes the single-largest brand (Cross Country
TravCorps) that recruits travel nurses and allied healthcare professionals on
a domestic and international basis. Fields Gifts , Inc.
According to Kristine Campbell RN, PhD, Executive Director of the OCN,
"This pioneering campaign was very creative and innovative and helped
nursing break free from the old stereotypes of the profession. It is also
funded in part by the Northwest Health Foundation.

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have joined forces to
deliver one of the most universal smile-producing baked treats as a sweet way
of showing their appreciation to the thousands of nurses who constantly work
to promote and maintain the health of the nation. Today, forty states have nursing centers dealing
with issues like recruitment and retention , educational capacity, and
workplace issues that drive nurses from the profession. Sager,
Education , Workforce + Revenue Policy Advisor, Oregon Office of the
Governor, and Molly Moore, Healthcare Workforce Initiative Coordinator
and Director, Oregon Simulation Alliance, Office of the Governor. "In many states," Campbell
said, "nursing factions don't come together easily to deal with
professional issues.org
The Oregon Center for Nursing is a non-profit organization
established by the Oregon Nursing Leadership Council in 2001 as a
strategy for dealing with Oregon's severe nursing shortage .

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Fields Gifts now offers more than 200 different
inventory items ranging from customized cookie tins with company logos to
birthday towers filled with cookies, brownies and jellybeans.

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The U. is currently in the midst of a dramatic
nursing shortage that puts added strain on nurses. Cross Country Staffing and
Mrs., a leading provider of health
care staffing services in the United States as well as other human capital
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Third Annual Meeting of National Nursing Centers from Forty States
Comes to the West for the First Time Because of Oregon's Innovation in
Dealing with Nurse Shortage

While some progress is being made, the country is still facing a
serious shortage in the number of nurses we will need to care for an
aging population in the decade ahead .
"We intend to meet that mission through collaboration and innovation,
education of the public about the advantages of a nursing career, and
support to current nurses and nursing faculty."
An agenda for the conference can be obtained by phoning
503-943-7150.

Located here are links to nursing references, online and in print.

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Although we recognize the very
important role that they play in patients' lives, we may not always take the
time to offer our appreciation and thanks," said Frank Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN
Chief Nursing Officer of Cross Country Staffing. "This year, we have chosen
cookies as a symbol of thanks to nurses for all the comfort they provide and
hope we can return a little of that comfort back to them."
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on
Florence Nightingale's birthday -- in an effort to raise awareness of nurses
and the nursing profession. When Oregon created the Oregon
Center for Nursing (OCN) in 2001 to deal with the crisis , we were one
of only a handful of states to adopt this focused effort.
Approximately 200 people are expected to attend, and the conference is
being co-sponsored by the Washington Center for Nursing .
In Oregon, the conference will launch a series of events
celebrating National Nurses Week, May 6-12.

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