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Board of Registered Nursing adopts 2026–2030 strategic plan
Summary
The California Board of Registered Nursing voted to accept and implement a five‑year strategic plan that emphasizes licensing, enforcement, education oversight and improved public communication.
The California Board of Registered Nursing voted Friday to accept a new strategic plan covering 2026–2030, directing staff to implement the board’s goals and to make only non‑substantive edits for spelling or formatting.
The plan, set to guide board priorities for the next five years, lists goals for licensing, enforcement and alternatives to discipline, continuing education oversight, nursing education quality, customer service and public outreach. Executive Officer Loretta Melby told the board the draft reflects months of leadership and advisory‑committee work and is intended to be measurable and reportable.
Melby said the document grew from executive‑leadership workshops and input from advisory committees and noted the board purposely consolidated overlapping items to keep the plan tractable. “We tried to keep the goals… smart goals where they’re measurable,” Melby said during the meeting.
Board members discussed several elements during the public session, including improvements to communications about the intervention (alternative‑to‑discipline) program and adoption of quality indicators for nursing programs. Board member Patricia Wynne asked that the plan make clearer that intervention is intended to connect nurses to treatment rather than to “skirt discipline.” Melby pointed to a specific strategic action (3.1) to enhance outreach and education about the intervention program.
Board members spoke in favor of modernizing public information and making program‑approval standards clearer for prospective nursing students. Board member Allison Cormack praised the emphasis on customer service and transparency and the plan’s focus on measuring progress.
A roll‑call vote approved the plan. Board President Dolores Trujillo and seven other members voted yes; one member deferred. The board recorded the motion and authorized staff to correct non‑substantive typos.
The board said implementation will include translating these strategic goals into more detailed action plans to be reported to the board over time.
The board also noted that some items raised during the strategic‑plan discussion — for example broad changes to licensing statutes — may require separate regulatory or legislative steps in the future.
