Campaign names Innovations Fund winners
Congratulations to the nine Action Coalitions selected to receive up to $25,000 each for their innovative plans to advance nursing while also building a Culture of Health.
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Nurses (and a Nurse Champion) Win Congressional Seats in Mid-Term Election
Nov 08, 2018
At least one nurse and a well-known champion of the nursing profession won congressional seats in Tuesday’s election, while two additional nurse House members were re-elected, and one nurse left office. Here’s the run-down on nurses in the 116th Congress: U.S. Rep. more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Center to Champion Nursing in America, RWJF to Honor Colleagues
Oct 29, 2018
The Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will join RWJF on Friday to co-host a reception at the American Academy of Nursing’s annual policy conference, in Washington D.C. This year’s meeting more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership
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Ambitious Goals Spur Action
Oct 24, 2018
Nurses across the country are on the move to better their education. This in response to the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Future of Nursing report, which set an audacious goal around nursing education. It called for 80 percent of the nursing workforce to obtain a Bachelor more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education
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Building Healthier Communities
Charting Nursing's Future News In Brief: Summer 2018
Aug 30, 2018
The theme of this collection of stories from Charting Nursing’s Future is “Nurses Work to Build a Culture of Health.” It reports on public health and primary care initiatives throughout the nation and highlights nurses helping to lead the effort to create vibrant and healthy communities through high-quality care, education, and leadership. Two more
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Dashboard Indicators
Aug 28, 2018
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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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