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Clinical Nurse Specialists: A Force for Improving Safety, Outcomes, and Health Care Delivery

Sep 04, 2017

September 1–7 is National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of these highly skilled nurses to our nation’s health and draw attention to the need to remove barriers that prevent them from practicing to the full extent of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Four Ways Nurses Can Help After Harvey

Aug 31, 2017

We have heard from many nurses interested in learning more about opportunities to help in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Here are four ways nurses—and others—can help: Volunteer Volunteers are needed now and in the foreseeable future as the area affected by Harvey more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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Modern Healthcare’s Top Influencers Includes 10 Campaign Allies

Aug 30, 2017

Modern Healthcare, dubbed the industry’s leading source of health care business and policy news, research, and information, has released its list of 100 most influential people in health care for 2017, among them a number Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action allies: more

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Red Cross Seeks Volunteers to Help Those Hit by Hurricane Harvey

Aug 28, 2017

The American Red Cross is asking health professionals, including mental health specialists, to volunteer for disaster-relief needs on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, and provides information on whether you are eligible and how to register your interest. The flooding more

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Workforce Expert, Citing Studies, Questions Dated Laws, Practices

Aug 22, 2017

Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN, associate director of research at Healthforce Center at the University of California San Francisco, studies the effect of policies and politics on the nursing workforce. In a recent interview with Online FNP Programs, Spetz talks about her findings on the more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Study: Postpartum Nurses Need More Education on Risks New Mothers Face

Aug 21, 2017

A new study recently published in MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing finds that many postpartum nurses are not well informed about the risks new mothers face after delivery, and many need more education to help reduce the high U.S. maternal mortality more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

WA Nurse Leaders Launch Initiative to Solve State Nursing Education Challenges

Aug 15, 2017

Several complex issues facing nursing are getting in the way of Washington State’s ability to produce a nursing workforce needed by our growing communities: a nursing faculty shortage, nursing education funding that fails to keep pace, and a lack of quality practice more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Transforming Nursing Education Location: Washington