New Report: Nursing Has Historic Opportunity to Address Public Health Crisis

Mar 13, 2019

Nursing has a “historic role at the intersection of medicine and society,” and a new paper assesses how nursing can build on that role to contribute to building a Culture of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Welcoming the 116th Congress

Mar 12, 2019

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action was pleased to join the Nursing Community Coalition to host a reception March 7 to welcome the 116th Congress, celebrating its nurses and Nursing Caucus. more

Increasing Diversity—One CRNA at a Time

Mar 08, 2019

Critical care nurse Chuncey Ward, RN, BSN, shadowed Shaniqua Boyd, CRNA, MSN, as part of an effort to encourage nurses of color to consider nurse anesthetist careers. He has since been accepted to study nurse more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing

Save the date! May 15, 2019

Mar 07, 2019

Please join us for the Delaware Nursing Summit:  Future of Nursing on Wednesday May 15, 2019 at the University of Delaware STAR Tower in Newark from 8am -4 PM.    Nursing has made great strides in advancing health thanks to the many nursing leaders in Delaware who have more

Location: Delaware

New Future of Nursing Study to Look to 2030: Watch Opening Session

Mar 05, 2019

After months of preparation, the National Academy of Medicine on March 20 will formally begin a new study, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030, and Action Coalitions are encouraged to watch 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

RWJF Nurse Leader Contributes to Fighting Opioid Epidemic

Mar 04, 2019

In a state hit hard by the opioid epidemic, West Virginia’s Gov. Jim Justice announced a pilot program in two counties that are among those suffering more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: West Virginia

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Nurse Practitioner and RWJF Culture of Health Leader Addresses Homelessness

Feb 28, 2019

Courtney Pladsen, DNP, FNP-BC, RN, a nurse practitioner and a participant in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leader Kathi Elliott Fosters Resilience in Black Girls

Feb 22, 2019

Black girls in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are 11 times more likely to be referred to juvenile justice court than white girls—a figure that Kathi Elliott, DNP, MSW, CRNP, is determined to change. Elliott is an RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leader (IRL) and the more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National Pennsylvania