(Updated) Post-Hurricane, Red Cross Calls for Volunteers

Oct 10, 2016

Update: As of October 15, the American Red Cross is no longer recruiting for volunteers in the hurricane-hit region. Hurricane Matthew, which flooded coastal communities in the Southeast and inland areas of North Carolina as well, has left thousands stranded and multiple more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: North Carolina

Tips, Tools From a Nurse Can Help Patients Stop Smoking

Oct 07, 2016

The rate at which patients were able to stop smoking doubled when they conferred with a nurse before leaving for home, finds a new study. Nurses participated in one-hour trainings on how to help people quit smoking, according to the study written by Sonia Duffy, PhD, RN, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Michigan

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Charting Nursing’s Future: A Valuable Resource

Oct 06, 2016

Charting Nursing’s Future has been providing information on key policy issues for the past 10 years, and highlights the important role nurses play in building a Culture of Health. In its September 2016 issue, the American Journal of Nursing praised Charting Nursing’s more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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“Nurse Leaders Will Deliver in the Boardroom”

Oct 05, 2016

Two nurses who have sat on many a board write for the Governance Institute about why others—many others—must do the same. Meanwhile, speaking up in Becker’s Hospital Review are two others also leading the push to increase the number of nurses on boards. The piece in more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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By Assisting Nurses, Can Robots Ease the Shortage?

Oct 04, 2016

It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel—robots humming around hospitals supporting nurses by delivering medication, retrieving medical records, helping patients out of bed and keeping them company. But it’s already happening in Japan, says a report in The more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

Nurse Turns Surplus Into Better Health

Oct 03, 2016

“Too much hunger, too much waste, too much food” sums up the intertwined problems that Jennifer M. Grenier MSN, RN-BC, is helping untangle. Working closely with community partners in Chicago, Grenier is seeing to it that good food is put to good use—and that the hungry get more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Illinois

Not Enough Nurses Prepared to Care for Those Older Than 65

Sep 29, 2016

The number of people in the United States over age 65 is growing quickly and those over age 85 are the fastest growing segment of seniors. But our health care workforce is not well prepared to care for this population. A new discussion paper from the National Academy of more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Transforming Nursing Education

Consumer Reports Assesses Need for Nurses in Schools

Sep 28, 2016

“The nurse is in…maybe,” says Consumer Reports  in a review of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In short: America’s schools do not have enough nurses. Among experts addressing the issue is Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior adviser for more