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Celebrating American Academy of Nursing Fellows
Oct 30, 2020
The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) inducts its class of 2020 fellows and honors five fellows as Living Legends at its 2020 Virtual Policy Conference, In Crisis and Calm: Leading with Purpose on Saturday, October 31. The Academy’s more than 2,600 fellows are nursing’s most more
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New AARP Tool Reports on Nursing Home Staff Health and Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic
Oct 27, 2020
In the early fall, nearly 25 percent of all U.S. nursing homes reported at least one confirmed COVID-19 case among residents, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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AARP, Nurses on Boards Coalition Offer Nurses Board Opportunities
Oct 21, 2020
AARP and the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) are pleased to offer unique opportunities for nurses to serve in their communities. Specifically, AARP is looking for nurses who would like to develop or expand their service on boards by representing AARP locally on the issues more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership
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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 Increasing Diversity in Nursing
Equity Toolkit Helps Communities Take On Social Determinants of Health
Apr 13, 2020
The newly developed Health Equity Toolkit 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 have more
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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 22, 2020
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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