Nichols Recognized for Global Nursing Leadership

Sep 19, 2017

The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS International) has recognized outstanding work of Barbara Nichols, MS, RN, FAAN, by giving her its 2017 International Distinguished Leadership Award. Nichols, co-leader of the Wisconsin Action Coalition, has more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Wisconsin

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Nurses, Partners Help Kids Stay Safe on Wheels

Sep 12, 2017

Every August for the past five years, the West New York Health Department (WNYHD) and partner organizations hold Safe Kids Day—a community event to teach children in this New Jersey town of 51,000 that fun and safety can coincide. The event, part of a series of over 200 more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National New Jersey

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“Averting Nursing Shortfall” Requires Policy Change, Says Dean

Sep 07, 2017

“America’s looming nurse shortage”: These are well-known words to those aware of health and health care today. In an opinion piece in The Hill, the dean of the School of Health Professions at New York Institute of Technology writes that lawmakers can act to keep the more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Action Coalitions Report on Education Work in Autumn Issue

Sep 05, 2017

Nursing Education Perspectives, the journal of the National League for Nursing (NLN), shines a spotlight on Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action in its September/October issue. To mark the 10 years since the Institute of Medicine published its report on the future of nursing, more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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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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