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

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We’re Making Headway on the IOM Nursing Goals

Feb 20, 2019

For nearly a decade now, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, our state-based Action Coalitions, and supporters and allies across the nation have worked tirelessly to implement the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing report recommendations. To help mark our more

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

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New Resource Highlights Nurses Heeding the Call to Earn Their BSN

Feb 13, 2019

The percentage of registered nurses who hold a bachelor’s of science in nursing or higher is at an all-time high with a national average of about 56 percent, up from about 49 percent in 2010. The number shows that registered nurses are heeding the call to pursue higher more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

“It’s Who I Am”: Nurses Say Why They Chose the Field

Feb 07, 2019

Fill in the blank: “I am a nurse because _____….” That was the opening we gave to nurses who follow us on Facebook. We also asked a closely intertwined question: “Nursing more