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Gateway Tech & Cardinal Stritch University Sign Agreement in Wisconsin

Nov 29, 2016

Gateway Technical College and Cardinal Stritch University-Ruth S. Coleman College of Nursing & Health Sciences, have signed a collaborative agreement for concurrent enrollment, in which students are fully immersed in both programs to complete their baccalaureate degree in nursing. Partnership threads between both institution’s financial, student more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Wisconsin
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Nurses Increasingly Advocate Beyond the Bedside

Nov 28, 2016

This is the third in a series of posts about the top issues facing nursing today as covered in The Power of Ten: A Conversational Approach to Tackling the Top Ten Priorities in Nursing. Nurses are natural bedside advocates, writes Jesse Kennedy, an intensive care unit nurse at more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Thanksgiving 2016: Tribute to Nurses and Good Health

Nov 24, 2016

Nurses are among those who allow other Americans to enjoy a day off, but do not necessarily get the day off themselves. For that, we should all be thankful. Today the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action gives thanks to every nurse, whether you’re working on Thanksgiving more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Diversity Made the List of New “Power of Ten”

Nov 23, 2016

This is the second in a series of posts about the top issues facing nursing today as covered in The Power of Ten: A Conversational Approach to Tackling the Top Ten Priorities in Nursing. As a contributor in the second edition of The Power of Ten, I was excited and honored more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
Breakthrough Leader Named New York Academy of Medicine Fellow

Nov 22, 2016

Gina Miranda-Diaz, DNP, MPH, APHN-BC, a 2015 Culture of Health Breakthrough Leader in Nursing, in September was named a New York Academy of Medicine fellow. Miranda-Diaz was recognized for her “vast expertise in public health, policy, advocacy, governmental agencies, minority more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: New Jersey
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50 Nurses Outline Profession’s Most Pressing Issues

Nov 21, 2016

Nurses have an unprecedented opportunity to improve the nation’s health, writes Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, in a book that’s a call to action for the profession to speak with a unified voice to create healthy societies at community, state, national, and global levels. more

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Researchers Examine, Discuss Culture of Health Findings

Nov 18, 2016

Our non-medical needs—housing, food, and transportation—affect our health as surely as anything else, said speakers at a Health Affairs briefing last week. The briefing was held to review the magazine’s November issue, which is devoted to a Culture of Health and includes studies exploring multiple facets of what makes for well-being and good more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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Good Health Knows No Boundaries (or Shouldn’t)

Nov 17, 2016

Just as a driver’s license allows people to cruise state to state without having to pass other driving tests, the nursing profession has long had the Nurse Licensure Compact. However, that agreement among 25 states to let nurses use a multistate license to provide care across more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National