The Fight for Accessible Health Care Belongs to Us All

Jul 11, 2019

Patients—not nurses—are the story when it comes to state legislative battles to modernize advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) scope of practice laws. Explain to someone more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: California

He Helps the Homeless Recover After Hospital Stays

Jul 09, 2019

While homeless people can get their urgent health care needs addressed at hospitals and through the traditional health care system, once discharged, they usually have no safe more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership

AARP Loves Nurses

Jul 01, 2019

The rural town of Kingfisher, Okla., was under a directive to boil their water after E. Coli was detected in the supply. more

Location: Oklahoma

Katrina Opened Her Eyes to All That Nurses Can Do

Jun 27, 2019

Nursing Journeys is a profile series featuring Action Coalition leaders more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

An RWJF Clinical Nurse Scholar Tackles Youth Suicide

Jun 26, 2019

Twenty youths attempted suicide the first month that Kelly McGrady, RN, started as an at-risk mentor for the school district of New Town, North Dakota. more

Congress Calls on Nurses for Advice, Information

Jun 20, 2019

Two nurse friends of the Campaign for Action took seats in U.S. House chambers on Wednesday, speaking to separate committees about two of the nation’s biggest issues of concern: opioid abuse, and Title X funds for family planning. Both were impassioned and precise in their statements and responses. more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership

Social Determinants at the Heart of Chicago NAM Town Hall

Jun 17, 2019

Chicagoans who live within a few short miles of one another can have dramatically different life expectancies, and that is unlikely to change until we pay a lot more attention to the social, economic, and physical environments in which people live, learn, work, and play—a more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education

Power to Heal Event Held May 15, 2019

Jun 14, 2019

  This event was a partnership between NC AARP and Coastal Associate State Director, Wilmington (Cathy Sevier and Suzanne Black) and NC FON AC East (Laura Bliley, Gina Woody, Renee Mayo). Our next event on May 15th 2019 included approximately 50 people and was a more

Location: North Carolina