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Compendium Tracks Key Decade of Change for Nursing Education

Dec 12, 2017

Nursing education has changed a lot in 10 years, and much of the progress can be pinned on the success of two programs that recently came to an end: the Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN) program, which ran 2012 through 2016, and the State Implementation Program (SIP), which more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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Nursing Journeys: From Beauty Queen to Nursing Dean

Dec 08, 2017

“Nursing Journeys” is a profile series featuring Action Coalition leaders discussing their career paths and reflecting on the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Lisa Eichelberger, PhD, RN, is dean of the college of health and professor of nursing at Clayton State more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Georgia National

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GNE Demonstration Project At-A-Glance

Dec 06, 2017

Here’s a quick look at the Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration Project. Medicare has been funding the clinical training of physicians through hospital residency programs for decades. Could a similar model work for advanced practice registered nurses more

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

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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