The shortage of registered nurses is expected to grow. Nursing administrators struggle to recruit and retain nurses for these vacancies. This article explores the components of a successful new graduate program. This program serves as the foundation of succession planning for this organization. Improvements that have been made to the program and lessons learned are described.

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"The Impact of Continuing Education on the Nursing Profession" was developed as a presentation for the 1982 American Nurses' Association 53rd Convention held in Washington, D.C. The Executive Committee of the Council on Continuing Education developed the presentation, parts of which were not presented at the convention. The intent of the Executive Committee in sharing the following material is to provide a broad overview of the state-of-the-art and some projections of the future and to examine a few key issues in greater depth. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing welcomes responses and comments.

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