New Funding Opportunity for Action Coalitions
The Campaign is excited to announce a new competitive funding opportunity that will mean $25,000 for each of 10 Action Coalitions that can demonstrate a commitment to sustainability by advancing at least one recommendation by the Institute of Medicine’s report on nursing, while connecting that work to a Culture of Health.
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We’re Building Healthier Communities Through Nursing
America’s 3.6 million registered nurses are key to promoting health and creating communities in which everyone has access to high-quality care.
The Latest News
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Why Campaign Staffers Are Lacing Up their Walking Shoes and Hope You Will, Too
May 24, 2018
Earlier this month, AARP announced its first ever walking challenge and sweepstakes, featuring fitness expert Denise Austin and her daughter, Katie Austin. AARP’s Fit & Fun Health more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Riverside’s Volunteer RNs, a Source of Knowledge and Experience
May 22, 2018
Retired nurse Diane McCarthy, RN, BSN, (at right) volunteers in the neonatal intensive care unit at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Millennial nurses such as Erin Bergmann, RN, MSN, CNL, benefit more
Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Increasing Diversity in Nursing
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Nursing’s Expertise Gap
May 22, 2018
Millennials are entering the nursing profession in large enough numbers to fill most of the jobs vacated by retiring baby boomers, but new nurses lack the expertise of nurses who have been in the workforce for decades. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data
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Latest Resources
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Improving Access to Care: What You Need to Know
Nov 04, 2016
The Campaign for Action works to bring better care and wellness to more Americans by changing laws and policies that prohibit nurses from practicing to the full extent of their education and training. Below are facts you can use to educate others about our efforts. The four types of advanced practice registered nurses: nurse practitioners clinical more
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Building Healthier Communities Transforming Nursing Education
Education Ideas Emerge From Learning Collaboratives
Mar 23, 2017
Agreements between nursing schools and population health initiatives; academic programs that include community-based care; reports that show the value of teaching student nurses the many variables that affect people’s health. These are among materials educators and nurses have mentioned as they discuss how to integrate a Culture of Health perspective into more
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Workforce Data: A Plan to Measure Progress
Nov 17, 2016
Nurses play a huge role in keeping Americans healthy, but for nursing to be able meet the country’s growing health needs, we need more facts about the nursing workforce. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine future of nursing report spelled out this demand for data. In its follow-up report five years later, the call was more urgent: “The Campaign should play a more