Katie Brewer, Senior Policy Analyst for the American Nurses Association on Nursing and the Future of Health Care
Katie Brewer, senior policy analyst for the American Nurses Association, shares insights into nursing as a career and its impact on the future of health care in the US. An extremely diverse career field, nursing offers opportunities in direct patient care in facilities and homes, public health and wellness, education, research, public policy and many other specializations. The common draw to nursing is a desire to care for people. The aging population coupled with a growing shortage of nurses creates many career opportunities in the field. Learn about ANA’s vision and mission, nursing education, funding and certification, career advancement resources available.
To learn more visit www.ana.org ; the Association of Colleges of Nursing, Discover Nursing, and the National Student Nurses Association .
Janet Bray is Executive Director of the Association for Career and Technical Education, the largest national education association dedicated to preparing youth and adults for careers. Janet shares how CTE impacts over 50 million students in secondary and post secondary schools and provides employers with qualified employees. She discusses:
Curtis Miller serves as Director of Education for the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. He develops new educational materials and provides internal expertise on agricultural literacy and awareness among students and consumers. While only 2% of the population works on farms, over 15% works in food, fiber, and green industry segments that produce, package, and distribute food. There are significant numbers of job openings in management, sales, science, and engineering, and the educational areas of the agricultural industry among many other opportunities. Curtis shares an optimistic future for agriculture as the worldwide population continues to expand. For additional information visit 
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