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Mayor to proclaim May 6-12 Nurses Week in the City of Chattanooga

Jan 31, 2020

National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6 through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale is recognized as the founder of modern nursing. This year is the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale declaring “The Year of the Nurse”. To recognize and support the nurses locally and abroad, Mayor Berke will be proclaiming more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Tennessee

MDAC 2020: View This Year’s Presentations Online

Jan 29, 2020

2020 MDAC Summit Website MDAC 2020: While we were unable to gather for the in-person MDAC Summit this year, we are pleased to present the selected peer-reviewed abstracts and presentations online, for you to view at your convenience. VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS You may also view them on the Nurse Support Program II website. Save the Date for more

Location: Maryland

Consumer Protection Agency Supports APRN Prescribing Bills

Jan 28, 2020

In order to prescribe drugs, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in Kansas and Ohio must first enter into a contract with a physician. That could change, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hoping it does. The agency issued letters earlier this month telling more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Kansas Ohio

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

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 Organization 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 applications more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

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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