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As Phase II entered its final months, QSEN relationships shifted in preparation for a major faculty development initiative. Program manager Rosemary Gibson resigned her position at RWJF, and we worried about the impact the loss of this long‐term partner would have on QSEN work. By some good fortune, QSEN advisory board member MaryJoan Ladden was hired by RWJF shortly thereafter and was appointed our new program manager and spokesperson within the foundation. Her intimate knowledge and support for the work of QSEN were crucial during the downturn in the economy (and foundation resources) that occurred as Phase III began (November 2008–November 2011 [UNC]; February 2009–February 2012 [AACN]).

In another shift in relationship, Geraldine (Polly) Bednash, the executive director of the AACN, moved from QSEN advisory board member to principal investigator of the train‐the‐trainer faculty development initiative portion of Phase III. Three QSEN faculty members (Barnsteiner, Disch, and Johnson) joined Dr. Bednash to develop the resources and lead the teaching of the regional conferences sponsored by the AACN Phase III grant. Three other QSEN faculty members (Ironside, Moore, and co‐investigator Sherwood) worked with me on UNC‐based initiatives. Collectively, we made up the steering committee, which oversaw the incredible investment that RWJF made (see Textbox 3.1 and Figure 3.2).

Finally, Paul Batalden and Mark Splaine, another DSS community member and head of the Veterans Administration Quality Scholars (VAQS) program, suggested that we explore the possibility of making VAQS, until then a program for physicians only, into an interprofessional program that would include nursing pre‐ and postdoctoral scholars. The Veterans Administration (VA) had mechanisms for paying nursing scholars, but since nursing faculties were not employed by the VA in the way medical faculties were, they had no way to pay faculty members for mentoring VAQS nursing scholars. I met with Dr. Hassmiller to explore the possibility of additional RWJF support for this purpose, and she was enthusiastic about the possibility of partnering with the VA to educate the first quality improvement scholars in nursing. Shirley Moore, a QSEN faculty member, proceeded to work with Dr. Splaine to co‐direct this new interprofessional VAQS program.