Campaign for Action

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    EQUITY THROUGH NURSING

    Are you looking for ideas on how to implement recommendations from the National Academy of Medicine’s May 2021 report, the Future of Nursing 2020 – 2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity?

    Action Hub Future of Nursing 2030
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    HEALTH EQUITY INNOVATIONS FUND AWARDS

    The Campaign for Action and AARP have awarded more than $700,000 to fund 16 projects throughout the nation aimed at eliminating structural inequities, particularly structural racism, within nursing, health systems, or the community.

    Recipients of Health Equity Innovations Fund Awards

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We’re Building Healthier Communities Through Nursing

America’s 4 million registered nurses are key to improving health equity and creating communities in which everyone has access to high-quality care.

The Latest News

  1. Maps Illustrate a Decade of Progress in Nursing Education

    Mar 22, 2023

    From its earliest days, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has worked to implement recommendations in the 2010 Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, more

  2. Video: Medicare Savings Programs Could Be Helping More Older Adults

    Mar 15, 2023

    A new AARP Policy Now video explores why 1.4 million eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries are not enrolled in state level programs that can save them at least $1,900 a year in health care costs. Under Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs), state Medicaid agencies pay more

  3. Valuing the Invaluable 2023 Update: Strengthening Supports for Family Caregivers

    Mar 09, 2023

    The AARP Public Policy Institute’s Valuing the Invaluable report offers a detailed portrait of who family caregivers are, the challenges they face, and the emotional and financial toll this unpaid work can take. It documents how they are also the backbone of our long-term more

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Action Coalitions in every state work with health, education, business, and other leaders to promote better health through nursing.

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Learn about our Progress

Our primary and secondary dashboard indicators get updated twice per year and were last updated in September 2021.

  1. 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

    Mar 09, 2022

    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 more

    Location: National Tools & Tips: Dashboard Indicators Milestones

  2. Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education

    Dashboard Secondary Indicators

    Mar 10, 2022

    Below are links to secondary indicator graphics that provide further support for each goal represented within the Dashboard. These are updated twice per year and were last updated in March 2022. Indicator 1: Education—Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by 2020Number and percent of U.S.-educated, first-time more

    Location: National Tools & Tips: Dashboard Indicators Milestones

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Our Recent Events

  1. Mar 14, 2023

    Teaching Clinical Judgement Through the use of Case Studies

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  2. Feb 22, 2023

    HSI Learning Collaborative: Ask an NCLEX Trainer

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  3. Feb 14, 2023

    HBCU Learning Collaborative: Ask an NCLEX Trainer

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