Nursing Residency Programs are one way to make nursing practice safer for the patient and keep nurses from leaving the practice. The Affordable Care Act will increase the number of patients receiving medical care in the coming years. We, as a nation, will need an adequate number of nurses to fill the void. Many hospitals and universities are building nurse residency programs to meet this need. The aim of these programs is to increase the knowledge, confidence and job satisfaction of new graduates in their first year of practice. The AACN and the University HealthSystem Consortium support the concept of nursing residencies. In 2004, thanks to their joint efforts, a scheme for nurse residency programs became available. Currently, 30 states are using the model successfully. Funding for nursing residencies is one area that needs to be addressed; federal funding for nursing education should include nursing residencies (“Nurse Residency Program,” 2012). The purpose of this article is to describe how this problem can move into a “policy window” using John Kingdon's policy flow model. John Kingdon's policy flow model revolves around a particular policy or agenda. Once supported by a political community, policy becomes public policy. At the macro level, the basis of Kingdon's political model is the description of what is happening in current political development. This model has three separate streams, representing a window into macro-level policy modeling. The model argues that three separate streams – problem, policy and political streams – all interconnected – will come together at a decisive moment and then transform into a workable policy. ...... middle of the sheet ...... February 15). Nursing shortage: 1 in 5 leave within first year, study says. United States today. Retrieved from http://usatoday.com/news/health/2009-02-15-nursingshortage_N.htmOdom-Forren, J., & Hahn, E. J. (2006, February). Mandatory reporting of healthcare-associated infections: Kingdon's multiple stream approach. Nursing Policy, Policy and Practice, 7(1), 64-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527154406286203 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine Testimony presented by the Joint Commission, Cong. 1 (2010) (testimony by ).Spector, N. (2011). Are we pushing graduate nurses too fast? Retrieved from http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/case.aspx?caseID=238The Policy Making/Changing Process. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.unc.edu/courses/2008fall/nurs/491/960/module9%20policy%20make%20change(The Joint Commission, 2010)