Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN) is a partnership of the Northwest Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support the capacity, involvement and leadership of local foundations to advance the nursing profession in their own communities.

Nurses are the largest component of the health care workforce, and their vigilance is critical to keeping patients safe and healthy. When people are most vulnerable – experiencing chest pains in a hospital emergency department, recuperating from stroke in a skilled nursing facility, learning to care for a newborn at the pediatrician’s office, or managing a chronic condition in their own home – nurses are the health care providers they are most likely to encounter, spend the greatest amount of time with, and depend on for their recovery. The stability and quality of our system relies on a sufficient supply of appropriately educated and skilled nurses, but our nation is threatened with an increasing shortage of experienced nurses.

IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE NURSING SHORTAGE HAS BECOME SO SEVERE THAT IT THREATENS PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY, HEALTHCARE COSTS, AND PATIENT OUTCOMES.

PARTNERS INVESTING IN NURSING'S FUTURE IS HELPING REGIONAL FOUNDATIONS DEVELOP LOCAL SOLUTIONS.

AS NURSING SHORTAGES VARY ACROSS COMMUNITIES, SO MUST THE SOLUTIONS.

PIN IS A UNIQUE COLLABORATION OF THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY TO FOSTER INNOVATIONS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE NURSING CRISIS.