Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP(h) — health care economist and professor of nursing and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies at the College of Nursing at Montana State University — will present “Creating the 21st Century Nursing Workforce Needed by Society: Building on Our Strengths to Address Post-Pandemic Health Needs of Society” for the “Building Upon Excellence” Dean’s Lecture Series hosted by Duke University School of Nursing from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. 

The program will be livestreamed via Zoom, with simultaneous interpretation available in Spanish. Registration is required.

Buerhaus, well known for his studies on the nursing and physician workforces in the United States, will focus on the strengths that the nursing workforce had developed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the immediate economic impacts of the pandemic on the nursing workforce, the post-pandemic challenges facing nurses and nurse educators, and ways to address those challenges. 

“Because of nursing's essential role in delivering integrated, people-centered care, our health agendas cannot be reached without a sustainable nursing workforce,” said Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, dean, Duke School of Nursing, and vice chancellor, nursing affairs, Duke University. "Dr. Buerhaus's economist perspective on health care systems and his insight into the nursing and physician workforces in the United States is deeply relevant as we at the School strategize our vision for preparing future generations of nurse leaders." 

About the Speaker 

Peter I. Buerhaus was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 1994, elected into the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine in 2003 (now the National Academy of Medicine), and is an honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. In 2010, he was appointed chair of the National Health Care Workforce Commission that was created under the Affordable Care Act to advise Congress and the Administration on health workforce policy.  

Recently, Buerhaus served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ National Academy of Medicine Committee on the Future of Nursing, 2020-2030, report.  Before coming to Montana State University, Buerhaus was the Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing and senior associate dean for research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, professor of health policy at Vanderbilt University, and assistant professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health. He also served as assistant to the chief executive of the University of Michigan’s seven teaching hospitals and to the vice provost for medical affairs at the University of Michigan.  

Buerhaus has published more than 160 peer-reviewed articles, with five publications designated as “classics” by the Federal Government’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Maryland and from Loyola University, Chicago. 

About the “Building Upon Excellence” Dean’s Lecture Series  

The 2021-22 “Building Upon Excellence” Dean’s Lecture Series features speakers throughout the academic year, connecting the Duke School of Nursing community, alumni, school partners, and friends with experts and educators on topics that address the evolving role of nurses in health care, new models for nurse-driven health care delivery, and future directions in nursing research and education.  

Registration Information 

The program will be livestreamed via Zoom, with simultaneous interpretation available in Spanish. Registration is required.