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Providence Southern California’s decision to launch a nursing institute aligned with its focus on advancing and enhancing the professional role of nurses in the future of healthcare. According to Kathleen Harren, RN and regional director of the nursing institute for Providence Southern California, the vision driving the project came from Katherine Bullard, regional CNO. “It became clear to the region, which has 4000 nurses, five acute and four post-acute hospitals plus hospice, that we needed to organize ourselves in a different way to optimize patient care delivery and the professional practice of nursing.”