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Graduate Nurse Education: A Pathway to Increased Primary Care Access

Dec 06, 2017

What if—in just a matter of years—nurses found a way to solve a problem that has been brewing for decades? Findings from the Graduate Nurse Education (GNE) Demonstration Project suggest nursing has uncovered a promising avenue for increasing more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

New Campaign Video Celebrates Success, Highlights Potential

Nov 27, 2017

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action has a new video out about its work. In less than five minutes, you can learn how changes in nursing have improved health and health care, the role the Campaign—and you—have had, and what more there is to do. Spoiler more

She Raised Her Hand in Class, and the Rest Was Nursing History

Nov 21, 2017

This is the ninth in a series of profiles of leaders who are part of the Campaign talking about their connections to the nursing or health care profession and their interests in healthier communities. Leanne L. Lefler, PhD, ACNS-BC, APRN, FAHA, is an associate professor at the more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Arkansas

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Projecting RN Supply “Not for the Faint-Hearted”

Nov 20, 2017

Are there enough nurses today? Will there be enough nurses tomorrow? A 2017 report from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services seems to answer, “Yes.” more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Location: National

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Campaign Strategist Novelli Honored for Work to Improve Advanced Illness Care

Nov 17, 2017

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action congratulates Bill Novelli, a former CEO of AARP and member of our  Strategic Advisory Committee, on receiving a top honor from the mid-Atlantic’s largest hospice center. Capital Caring honored Novelli at a November 11 gala with more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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New Videos Guide Caregivers As They Help Family at Home

Nov 16, 2017

“It’s a little scary dealing with wounds like this,” confesses a wife whose husband is being discharged from the hospital. It’s on camera, and she’s talking to nurses as they carefully walk her through the steps she and her husband will need to follow to care for more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

Mentoring for Diversity in the U.S. West

Nov 14, 2017

Decades of research shows that mentorship helps grow diverse nurse leaders. Last month, several of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s western-state Action Coalitions attended a three-day training on diversifying the nursing workforce. The gathering was co-hosted more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing

Instrumental North Carolina Action Coalition Leader Stepping Down

Nov 14, 2017

After serving as North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition (NCFONAC) program director for nearly five years, Nettie Evans will step down to spend more time with her family. Her steadfast dedication to the nursing profession was recently celebrated at a NCFONAC more

Location: North Carolina