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    AARP The Magazine: Nurse Practitioners Fill the Gap

    Aug 05, 2014

    The August/September 2014 issue of AARP The Magazine features an article on nurse practitioners filling a void when access to health professionals is limited. The article,Nurse Practitioners Fill the Gap, makes the case for nurse practitioners to do the work they’ve been trained to do. The article shares the story of nurse practitioner Danielle more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National Utah

  2. The Road to Nurse Leadership

    Jul 25, 2014

    Childhood friends of Mary Anne Marra, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer at East Orange General Hospital in northern New Jersey, would not be surprised to learn that she is among an an elite group of nurses in the nation who serve on healthcare governing boards. A 2013 study by the Journal of Urban Health, Representation of Health Professionals on more

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    Transforming Nursing Education

    Jul 16, 2014

    More highly educated nursing workforce needed to provide more complex patient care, experts say. Many registered nurses (RNs) start—and finish—their post-secondary education with an associate degree in nursing (ADN). But health care experts want more nurses to see the ADN as a first step on a career-long educational journey. “Our goal is to improve more

    Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National New York Texas Wyoming

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    In the States: Making BSN Education Accessible to Minnesotans in Their Home Communities

    Jul 16, 2014

    In Minnesota, hundreds of rural nursing students will soon have a more streamlined pathway to the baccalaureate degree thanks to the persistence and foresight of nursing leaders in the state. This past year, 1,500 residents applied to a new dual-admission bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program, a collaboration between seven community colleges and more

    Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Minnesota National

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    Champions of Nursing: Catholic Health Association

    Jul 16, 2014

    The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is proud to recognize the Catholic Health Association (CHA), the largest group of nonprofit health providers in the United States, as a “Champion of Nursing.” As the voice of the Catholic health ministry in the United States, which consists of more than 600 hospitals and 1,400 long-term care and other health more

    Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

  6. Massachusetts Nursing Education Transfer Compact

    Jun 10, 2014

    The goals of the Nursing Education Transfer Compact are to: – Create a seamless, cost effective, timely, and transparent pathway from the community college AD/N to the BS/N degree at a state university or the University of Massachusetts; – Make the process of transferring credits from the Associate Degree in Nursing to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing more

    Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts

  7. NJAC Long-Term Care Residency Program Featured on Advance Health

    May 30, 2014

    The New Jersey Action Coalition’s (NJAC) co-lead Edna Cadmus, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, and the co-chair of the education pillar for NJAC, Susan Salmond, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, recently wrote an article for Advance Healthcare Network about the development of the first long-term care (LTC) residency program of its kind. NJAC received permission by the Centers for more

    Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: New Jersey

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    Minnesota Removes Barriers to Full Practice Authority for APRNs

    May 19, 2014

    May 13, 2014, Minnesota’s Senate Bill 511 was signed into law by Governor Mark Dayton. The new law will increase consumer access to health care and reduce unnecessary health care costs by granting full practice authority to all advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in Minnesota. It will go into effect on January 1, 2015. However, new nurse more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Minnesota National

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