• Access to quality health care for Tennesseans with an emphasis on health enhancement, promotion and restoration
  
• Use of proactive leadership skills by TCN members in an atmosphere of consensus building, collaboration, open-mindedness and teamwork
  
• Nursing education that provides flexible learning opportunities and seeks efficiency through wise use of human and financial resources
  

Mission Statement:

The Tennessee Center for Nursing (TCN) is an independent statewide nursing workforce center whose mission is to guide the ongoing development of a diverse and qualified nursing workforce to meet the health care needs of Tennesseans through research, education, recruitment and retention efforts, advocacy and public policy activities.

Goals:

• Maintain an ongoing system to address nursing workforce issues related to the future health care needs of Tennesseans.
  
• Conduct and support research focused on nursing workforce development.
  
• Propose recommendations for nursing education and practice reform.
  
• Disseminate evidence based recommendations and useful information (e.g. grants and research ideas) for nursing education and practice reform.