The role of the Michigan Center for Nursing is to facilitate activities designed to ensure that an adequate and ongoing nursing workforce is available to meet the health care needs of the citizens of the State of Michigan.

The purpose of the Michigan Center for Nursing is to:
· Provide a central forum in Michigan for exploring and addressing the changing expectations, roles and responsibilities of nurses, their employers, their clients and the public.
· Establish a central resource for the collection and analysis of nursing workforce data.
· Develop a forecasting model that will allow Michigan-specific assessments of future nursing supply and demand.
· Communicate nursing workforce data to all stakeholders for use in the development and implementation of strategies for addressing recruitment, retention and nursing education.
· Strengthen nursing education to meet the changing needs of Michigan's nursing workforce and population.
For more information, contact Carole Stacy at cstacy@mhc.org or 517-347-3332.