Patti Smoake Quotes (3 Quotes)

We need to be able to train more nurses in our state starting now. The problem is only going to get worse as baby boomers head into retirement the demand for qualified nurses is only going to go up.

Cost is a big challenge. It's not like hospitals aren't used to paying a lot of money for important things like medical equipment, but it's a little more difficult to convince them that money is better spent on information technology rather than new medical technology.

We need nurses in all places -- in universities and in hospitals -- and the only way to solve this problem is to train more.