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South Carolina, Maryland Pass Laws Increasing People’s Access to Nurse-Provided Care

May 29, 2018

South Carolina and Maryland are the latest states to pass laws increasing people’s access to the high-quality care provided by advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). Earlier this month, Gov. Henry McMaster signed S.345 into law, easing consumer access to nurse more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Maryland National South Carolina

National

Why Campaign Staffers Are Lacing Up their Walking Shoes and Hope You Will, Too

May 24, 2018

Earlier this month, AARP announced its first ever walking challenge and sweepstakes, featuring fitness expert Denise Austin and her daughter, Katie Austin. AARP’s Fit & Fun Health more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

Nursing’s Expertise Gap

May 22, 2018

Millennials are entering the nursing profession in large enough numbers to fill most of the jobs vacated by retiring baby boomers, but new nurses lack the expertise of nurses who have been in the workforce for more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data

Riverside’s Volunteer RNs, a Source of Knowledge and Experience

May 22, 2018

Retired nurse Diane McCarthy, RN, BSN, (at right) volunteers in the neonatal intensive care unit at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Millennial nurses such as Erin Bergmann, RN, MSN, CNL, benefit more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Increasing Diversity in Nursing

Multistate Licenses Help Military-Spouse and Other Nurses Begin Working Right Away

May 14, 2018

When Yumuriel Whitaker’s husband was transferred to Georgia from the Florida naval base where he was stationed, Whitaker applied for a Georgia nursing license in order to work legally in the state. The process, she says, was “tedious, challenging, and confusing.” She had to pay $60. Submit passport photos. Fill out paperwork. And wait. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care

Many States, One License: The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact Is Now Live

May 14, 2018

As the 21st century has progressed, it’s become increasingly apparent that allowing geographical boundaries to limit health care professionals’ reach is not good for consumers or the people providing care. The average American now moves approximately 11 times in a lifetime; the days of settling and staying in one place are all but gone. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership

The Best Partners May Be Right in Your Own Backyard

May 11, 2018

For the past few years, The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s state-based Action Coalitions have been partnering with local groups to build a Culture of Health in their communities.  As we know, the most effective way to do this usually involves working with more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Michigan New Jersey

Nurses Remain Largely Invisible in the Media

May 08, 2018

A 1998 study of nurses’ voices in the media found that nurses were “largely invisible” in leading print publications. Twenty years later, little has changed. That’s the sobering conclusion of The Woodhull Study Revisited: Nurses’ Representation in Health News more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership