AARP AND NURSES: STRONGER TOGETHER

May 03, 2022

Celebrating National Nurses Week 2022 National Nurses week is an annual event that begins on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. As part of AARP, the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) is marking the week by reflecting on nurses as more

Kansas Joins States Offering Consumers Improved Access Care

Apr 26, 2022

Kansas’ approximately 3 million residents will soon have direct access to primary care from advanced practice registered nurses. The Sunflower State on April 15 became the 26th state – and the second state within a month – to adopt full practice authority, meaning more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Kansas

A Farewell

Apr 19, 2022

It is bittersweet for me to share with you that Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD., RN, FAAN, director of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, is leaving her roles at the Campaign and as senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on May 31, to pursue new more

Congratulations to Tennessee's 2022 Rising Star Nurse Leaders!

Apr 19, 2022

Together with the Tennessee Nurses Association and the Tennessee Hospital Association, the Tennessee Action Coalition acknowledges these young nurse leaders: Andrea Poynter, Belmont UniversityAndrea Sebastian, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of more

Location: Tennessee

New York Increases People’s Access to Nurse-Provided Care

Apr 15, 2022

New York’s more than 20 million residents will now have direct access to primary health care from nurse practitioners. On April 9, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the state budget into law, and it included a provision that secured improved health care access for residents in the state. more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: New York

Training NPs for Community Care at Penn, Thanks to a $125 Million Gift from Leonard Lauder

Mar 30, 2022

From its very beginning in 2010, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has been advocating for nurse practitioners as the key to transforming health and health care in this country. Since more

Tennessee Action Coalition Subcommittee Survey

Mar 26, 2022

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Albert Einstein Tennessee Action Coalition (TAC) members are certainly intelligent and creative, as evidenced by the continued adaptation to serving our organizations and communities during the past two years of Covid. But more

Location: Tennessee