Nurses Advance Health Equity and Well-Being for All

Jun 02, 2020

For more than a decade, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action – an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – has striven to build a healthier America by ensuring that all people, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

COVID-19 Nursing Home Residents Pose Special Challenges

May 27, 2020

Donna Russo, director of nursing at the New Jersey Firemen’s home, was featured recently on an AARP podcast, Take on Today: An Inside Look at Hospitals and Nursing Homes. Below, she shares more of her insights about COVID-19 on the nursing home residents, their families, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

Hassmiller Co-Edits the First-Ever Book Addressing Advanced Practice Nurses and Global Leadership

May 22, 2020

Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior advisor for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, along with Joyce Pulcini, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, FAAN, tenured professor and chair of the George more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership

High School Student Finds Herself on the Frontlines of Care

May 20, 2020

When more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Rhode Island

Nurses Remain a Critical Constant Through US Pandemics

May 18, 2020

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s latest video pays tribute to nurses who throughout history, and under the worst conditions, have never wavered in their commitment to improve health, health equity and well-being for all. Last year, the World Health Organization more

Memorial Wall Honors Nurses Brought Down by COVID-19

May 15, 2020

The past few months have brought new, chilling meaning to the phrase “front-line nurses.” Hundreds of those who are literally closest to the fight against COVID-19 have paid the ultimate price. The American Nurses Association (ANA) has begun an online memorial wall, more

Front Lines COVID-19 Response Plan Proposed

May 13, 2020

In a newly released report, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) lay out a plan for the country to confidently return to work and school and estimates that Congress will need to appropriate more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Pandemic Highlights Need to Thank Nurses Not Only During Nurses Week

May 07, 2020

It’s National Nurses Week, planned each year in honor of Florence more