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Featured News Posts:
2020: Celebrating the Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Jan 22, 2020
Nurses make up the largest health care profession, not only in the United States but in the entire world. For this reason in part, the World Health more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership
Hospital Bridges the Gap by Going Into the Community—Strategically
Jan 17, 2020
It is well known that nurses offer diagnoses, treatments, compassion, and care where they work and where they live. What is less known is that, increasingly, nurses are creating and participating in large-scale, systemic efforts to take on health equity by addressing needs before they become illnesses. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Illinois
Join a RWJF Leadership Program in 2020
Jan 14, 2020
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has long trained tomorrow’s leaders through its four leadership development programs: Clinical Scholars; Culture of Health Leaders; Health Policy Research Scholars; and Interdisciplinary Research Leaders. It is now accepting more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership
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Newly Released Survey Data Show Nurses More Diverse, Better Educated
Jan 24, 2020
Newly released data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), the longest running survey of registered nurses in the U.S., shows nursing is more diverse more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data
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NOVEL CLINICAL APPROACHES TO PREPARE THE CONTEMPORARY NURSE
Jan 13, 2020
THE NC AHEC NURSE COUNCIL ACADEMIC PROGRESSION CONFERENCE NOVEL CLINICAL APPROACHES TO PREPARE THE CONTEMPORARY NURSE Thursday and Friday February 13 and 14, 2020 McKimmon Conference and Training Center 1101 Gorman Street Raleigh, NC 27606 The NC AHEC Nurse Council Academic more
Location: North Carolina
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Maryland Waiver Eases Homebound Patients’ Access to Nurses
Jan 09, 2020
A major recommendation of the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report, written to improve health and health care for all Americans, is to allow advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to order and certify home health more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Maryland
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Eyes on 2020
Jan 06, 2020
Wondering what to expect on the health policy front in 2020? We were, too, so we reached out to someone in the know. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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Our Top 10 Most-Read of 2019
Dec 20, 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, we take time to look back at all the stories that we’ve posted throughout the year, including coverage of the National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Committee meetings and states’ efforts to make nurse-led care more more
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In 2019, Slow but Sure Progress in Laws, Policy
Dec 18, 2019
The past 12 months have seen shifts in the legal landscape that mean more people have, and might soon have, greater options in their health care. At the federal level: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on November 1 announced a final ruling on more
Issues: Improving Access to Care
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Well-Being Champion = Purpose Prize Winner
Dec 16, 2019
Recently I was pleased to see a familiar name on the list of AARP Purpose Prize winners for 2019-2020. That name was Paul Leon, who has developed innovative solutions to more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership
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Nurse Delivers Mouth Care with Just the Right Touch
Dec 12, 2019
The care of older adults with dementia has come a long way since 1982. That’s when Rita Jablonski, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, professor and director of research and scholarly development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, began studying nursing. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Alabama
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