THE FUTURE OF NURSING
The National Academy of Medicine has released the Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. Read the report, learn more about health equity and join the conversation.
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Nurse Vaccine Hesitancy Isn’t Surprising
Sep 16, 2021
As we find ourselves in the midst of another COVID-19 surge with hospitals once again reaching capacity, there has been much discussion about COVID-19 vaccination and whether this had become a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” What might surprise some is the rate of vaccine more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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She’s Out To Fix the ‘Say-Do’ Ratio In Nursing
Sep 08, 2021
G. Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN, knows how to navigate. She has been doing it her whole life, and bringing people along as she goes. She has already started doing the same as the scholar-in-residence at the American Nurses Association (ANA) supporting ongoing work on more
Issues: Improving Health Equity
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Nurses’ Role in Fostering Trust, Addressing Trauma, and Facilitating Health in Our Communities
Sep 02, 2021
On October 20-22, the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers’ National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs will dedicate its annual conference to the topic of Trust, Trauma, and Healing in our Communities. Over the course of three half-day sessions, attendees from more
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Latest Resources
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Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Increasing Diversity in Nursing
A literature scan and framework of a diverse nursing workforce and its effect on the social determinants of health
Nov 21, 2019
This paper reviews vulnerable populations in the U.S. and suggest policies and practices that address the social determinants of health that particularly affect them. It also surveys the research that nurses are conducting currently (as of 2019) that is focused on the social determinants of health, and illustrates, using a framework produced by Health more
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Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing
Equity Toolkit Helps Communities Take On Social Determinants of Health
May 27, 2021
The Health Equity Toolkit (updated May 2021) provides in one place the tools, resources, and information that nurses, as well as Action Coalitions and their partners, need to help their communities by tackling the social determinants of health—those conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, including social and economic factors that more
Tools & Tips: Mentoring
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Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education
Dashboard Indicators
Sep 15, 2021
The Campaign for Action Dashboard is a series of graphs and charts the Campaign uses to evaluate its efforts to implement the recommendations in the Institute of Medicine’s The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report. It contains seven primary indicators: education, doctoral degrees, state practice environment, interprofessional more
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