The Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)

Jan 12, 2022

The Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) grant is a 5 year program, federally funded through HRSA, focused on improving gertiatric skills and knowledge of the healthcare workforce. Stride Community Health Center is the grantee, working in partnership with the Colorado more

Location: Colorado

Ripple Effect

Jan 12, 2022

In keeping with the Center’s coaching philosophy, our team has created a program to support the healthcare workforce through these difficult times and beyond.  The goal of the Ripple Effect: Tools & Strategies to Thrive in a Changing World program is to offer a more

Location: Colorado

Easing the Path to Nursing for First Generation Students

Jan 05, 2022

“Once first-gen, always first-gen.” Laura M. Wagner, PhD, RN, FAAN That sentiment says a lot about Laura M. Wagner, PhD, RN, FAAN, and the program she founded, FirstGenRN. The associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School more

Our Top 10 Most-Read of 2021

Dec 21, 2021

Below are our 10 most-read blogs of the year. We thank you for visiting us in 2021 and hope you come back in 2022 for more stories about nurses leading in improving health equity and implementing recommendations from the National Academy of Medicine’s The Future of Nursing more

Campaign’s Chief Strategist Receives National Caregiving Award

Dec 09, 2021

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s Chief Strategist, Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN, received a national caregiving award Thursday for her work leading caregiving initiatives at AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI), which she also directs. Reinhard, a senior more

Advancing the Science of School Nursing through Research, Innovation and Capacity Building

Dec 07, 2021

Did you have a school nurse in your school growing up? What do you remember them doing? You may not realize the critical role school nurses play for all children, not just those with chronic conditions. Science has evolved and we now better understand how inequities, social more

Purpose Prize Celebrates Changemakers on December 15th

Dec 03, 2021

A nurse from Maryland is one of five winners of this year’s AARP Purpose Prize Award for people age 50+ who are giving back, solving problems, and changing lives. They will all be celebrated at a virtual awards show on Wednesday, December 15th which the public is invited more

Issues: Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Maryland

Build Back Better Act Provisions Could Strengthen Nursing Home Staffing and Oversight

Dec 01, 2021

This post was originally posted on AARP Public Policy Institute’s Thinking Policy Blog Nursing homes lead with “nursing” in their nomenclature because they depend on registered nurses (RNs) and nursing care teams to deliver safe care to their residents. Unless more