Jane Mass, R.N., M.S.N., Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of the Jackson Health System, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Florida Center for Nursing by Governor Charlie Crist. The Florida Center for Nursing is housed in the College of Health and Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida. The Center focuses its efforts on addressing issues of supply and demand for nursing in Florida, including recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurse workforce resources. Mass will work with the other Board members to develop statewide plans for the nursing workforce in Florida, and to convene groups representing nurses and other health care providers, business and industry, consumers, legislators, and educators. These groups will assist the Florida Center for Nursing in reviewing data, recommending systemic changes, and reporting the results of these efforts to the legislature and others. Mass also will work with the Board to enhance and promote recognition, reward, and renewal activities for nurses in Florida.

“It is an honor to be appointed to this Board, whose work impacts every phase of the nursing workforce,” Mass said. “I look forward to contributing my efforts towards this important mission.”

Mass received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College and a Master’s of Science in Nursing from Boston University. She completed the Matriculated DNS Program at Boston University and participated in the Johnson & Johnson-Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurses at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mass has held the Chief Nursing Officer position at Jackson Health System since 2004.