Virginia Increases Access to Care for Consumers

Apr 25, 2018

Virginia consumers may have more access to care, thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Ralph Northam on April 4. The new law creates the potential for nurse practitioners in Virginia with at least five years of full-time clinical experience the opportunity to practice without a more

Nurses Push to Bring Research Back Into the Gun Violence Debate

Apr 24, 2018

Nurses are on the front lines of gun violence, and it’s not just in the emergency room. For the country’s estimated more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

Nurses Are on the Cutting Edge; Now They Can Pitch Their Ideas

Apr 20, 2018

“Calling all products, prototypes, apps and ideas”: That’s the invitation from Northeastern University and AARP Innovations Lab, with support from the American Nurses Association, asking nurses to present their disruptive ideas in home health care to funders in an evening called Nurse SharkTank. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Giving Public Health Nurses a Needed Voice and Platform

Apr 16, 2018

Carolyn Nganga-Good, MS, RN, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Public Health Nurse Leader, as well as a member of the Maryland Action Coalition, found an effective way to highlight the project she completed as part of her two-year leadership development training with RWJF: more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Maryland

WV Nursing Workforce Summit

Apr 13, 2018

The Future of Nursing WV (FONWV) Action Coalition announces publication of the Proceedings of the WV Nursing Workforce Summit. FONWV convened a full day Nursing Workforce Summit at the Hendrickson Conference Center in South Charleston, WV. This Summit brought together 80 key more

Location: West Virginia

National

Did Somebody Say Nurses Week Video Contest?

Apr 12, 2018

Nurses Week is a few weeks away, May 6–12, and our friends at the “It Takes A Nurse” Facebook page are launching a video contest, with prizes! They want to highlight the unique ways nurses show their strengths—on or off the clock—whether through clinical care and more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

National

Why We Need More Native American Nurses

Apr 11, 2018

Our nation’s 5.2 million Native American/Alaskan Native people have long experienced greater health problems than any other group in the U.S., challenging health care providers, researchers, and tribal leaders across Indian reservation communities. They face high levels of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National