Help Wanted: Nurse Mentors for a More Diverse Nurse Workforce

Apr 11, 2023

The AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM (A-CHEN) is seeking nurses, working or retired, to mentor nursing students from underrepresented communities. A mentor is defined as a wise and trusted counselor or teacher, a tutor, advisor, or coach. Mentors can also more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing

Maps Illustrate a Decade of Progress in Nursing Education

Mar 22, 2023

From its earliest days, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has worked to implement recommendations in the 2010 Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, more

Video: Medicare Savings Programs Could Be Helping More Older Adults

Mar 15, 2023

A new AARP Policy Now video explores why 1.4 million eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries are not enrolled in state level programs that can save them at least $1,900 a year in health care costs. Under Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs), state Medicaid agencies pay more

Valuing the Invaluable 2023 Update: Strengthening Supports for Family Caregivers

Mar 09, 2023

The AARP Public Policy Institute’s Valuing the Invaluable report offers a detailed portrait of who family caregivers are, the challenges they face, and the emotional and financial toll this unpaid work can take. It documents how they are also the backbone of our long-term more

Mentoring Nursing Students at HBCUs: An Update on Our Work

Feb 24, 2023

A top goal for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is to help our country achieve health equity, and one important way is through a more diverse nursing workforce that reflects the more

NC FONAC Hosts Retreat to Advance Health Equity in North Carolina

Feb 10, 2023

NC FONAC Members Discuss Future of Nursing Recommendations The North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition (NC FONAC) marked their first in-person retreat and planning session since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, convening at the AARP North Carolina headquarters in more

Location: North Carolina