Volunteering, Advocating, Caring: How Nurses Build Health, In Their Words

Jun 14, 2019

Ask people on the street how nurses are building a healthier America, and you’ll get dozens of responses. You’ll hear of the nurse who gave someone their annual physical, or cared for them in a hospital, or helped a child at school when she got sick. All good answers. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

“Nurse Power”: He Helped Write the Book. (Yes, That Book.)

Jun 11, 2019

Nurses “have the perspective and experience and the toughness to show us the more

Collective Impact in Sussex County, Delaware

Jun 06, 2019

Collective Impact is working in Sussex County, Delaware according to Megan Williams, DNP, APRN, FAANP, Board President, Sussex County Health Coalition and Vice President of the Delaware Healthcare Association and Peg Geisler, Executive Director,  Sussex County Health Coalition more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Delaware

The Future of Nursing Visits Chicago Friday

Jun 05, 2019

The National Academy of Medicine on Friday kicks off the first of its three summer town hall-style meetings on the future of nursing at Malcolm X College in Chicago. The theme: education, research and practice. The NAM Study Committee on the Future of Nursing 2030 report more

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Helping Vulnerable People Before Disasters Strike

Jun 03, 2019

Floods, tornadoes, heat waves, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

Two Doctoral Students Ask: Why Don’t Nurses Choose Nursing First?

May 30, 2019

We are two PhD students in nursing who both wondered: Why did many of our fellow students begin with an undergraduate degree outside of nursing? We are lucky, we know. Both of more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education

Participate in the Future of Nursing 2030 Twitter Chats

May 23, 2019

To reach more nurses in the field and to prepare for the upcoming Future of Nursing 2020-2030 summer meetings, the National Academy of Medicine will host three Future of Nursing more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education

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Positive Work Environments: Good for Nurses, Patients, and Hospitals

May 21, 2019

Clinician burnout—emotional exhaustion, difficulty relating to others, and a lack of feelings of accomplishment—is well documented, and it has serious more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National