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Nurses Push to Bring Research Back Into the Gun Violence Debate
Apr 24, 2018
Nurses are on the front lines of gun violence, and it’s not just in the emergency room. For the country’s more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership
Nurses Are on the Cutting Edge; Now They Can Pitch Their Ideas
Apr 20, 2018
“Calling all products, prototypes, apps and ideas”: That’s the invitation from Northeastern University and AARP Innovations Lab, with support from the American Nurses Association, asking nurses to present their disruptive ideas in home health care to funders in an evening called Nurse SharkTank. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
Why We Need More Native American Nurses
Apr 11, 2018
Our nation’s 5.2 million Native American/Alaskan Native people have long experienced greater health problems than any other group in the U.S., challenging health care providers, researchers, and tribal leaders across Indian reservation communities. They face high more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Giving Public Health Nurses a Needed Voice and Platform
Apr 16, 2018
Carolyn Nganga-Good, MS, RN, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Public Health Nurse Leader, as well as a member of the Maryland Action Coalition, found an effective way to highlight the project she completed as part of her two-year leadership development training with RWJF: more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Maryland
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WV Nursing Workforce Summit
Apr 13, 2018
The Future of Nursing WV (FONWV) Action Coalition announces publication of the Proceedings of the WV Nursing Workforce Summit. FONWV convened a full day Nursing Workforce Summit at the Hendrickson Conference Center in South Charleston, WV. This Summit brought together 80 key more
Location: West Virginia
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Did Somebody Say Nurses Week Video Contest?
Apr 12, 2018
Nurses Week is a few weeks away, May 6–12, and our friends at the “It Takes A Nurse” Facebook page are launching a video contest, with prizes! They want to highlight the unique ways nurses show their strengths—on or off the clock—whether through clinical care and more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Creating a Vision for Indigenous Nursing
Apr 11, 2018
Join the National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA), a member of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Diversity Steering Committee, for its annual conference, “Creating a Vision for Indigenous Nursing,” at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 8-9. Attendees will share evidence-based, best practices more
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Alabama Governor Signs Bill Easing Nurse Restrictions
Apr 06, 2018
The state of Alabama has new legislation that should save consumers time and money by easing restrictions on nurses. Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a bill on March 28 that will mean Alabamians do not have to wait for a physician to sign documents they need, including more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Alabama
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Omnibus Spending Bill Has Significant Wins for Nursing Education, Research
Apr 04, 2018
There were some significant wins for nursing education and research in the $1.3 trillion spending bill, knowing as the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus, signed into law by President Trump on March 23, 2018. Here are the highlights. Title VIII Nursing Education programs more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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She Opened the First Nurse-Led Care Practice in West Virginia
Mar 29, 2018
This is the 12th in a series of profiles of Campaign leaders talking about their connections to the nursing or health care profession and their interests in healthier communities. Laure Marino, DNP, APRN, is an assistant professor of nursing at West Virginia University School more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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Three Legislative Obstacles to Care States Seek to Topple in 2018
Mar 27, 2018
Restrictions on nurses are restrictions on consumers. Consider the Florida family whose beloved relative died at home after a long struggle with cardiac disease. The grieving family soon found out that the trusted nurse practitioner who had provided care for the man more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care
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