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First Nurse at NCAA Is “Inspired to Keep Next Generation Healthy”

Aug 04, 2017

This is the sixth 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. Jessica Gonzalez, MPH, BSN, RN, CLC, is assistant director of more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Indiana National

Understanding Unconscious Bias Can Promote Health Equity

Aug 01, 2017

This post has been updated with a link to the July 26 webinar. Kupiri Ackerman-Barger is assistant clinical professor and co-director of the Interprofessional Teaching Scholars Program at the University of California, Davis, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, and an more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing

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Nursing Journeys: Being An Advocate for Change

Jul 27, 2017

David DeBiasi, RN, BSN, poses in 1988 with a colleague at Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Vermont. The picture appeared in a local newspaper with an article introducing the public to the new patient-controlled more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National Virginia

Building Healthier Communities: Washington Nurses Show How It’s Done

Jul 25, 2017

The state of Washington knows that good health starts with nurses, and has produced a video to show how and why. But the audience for the 15-minute production might surprise you: It’s aimed at nurses. Yes, “A Healthier Washington Starts With Nurses” was created to show more

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One State Has Made It Real: N.C. Brings Enhanced Nurse Licensure Home

Jul 24, 2017

This has been updated with news that North Carolina has signed the compact. The enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC), which allows nurses to provide care across state borders­­—but only within states that are part of the compact—has crossed its own border: The more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

Goal Has Inspired Great Growth in Education

Jul 21, 2017

In a piece titled “Can Nursing Meet the 80/2020 Goal?,” American Nurse Today asks directly: Is nursing going to meet one highly quantifiable education goal set by the Institute of Medicine in its Future of Nursing report? Probably not, say several experts. But that’s more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education

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New Book Offers Lessons on Retaining New Nurses in Post-Acute Care Settings

Jul 19, 2017

New Jersey Action Coalition leaders are among the authors of a new book on an innovative post-acute care residency program that offers a practical approach to transitioning and retaining new nurses in post-acute care settings. Published by Sigma Theta Tau International more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National New Jersey