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Technology Works Best When Schools, Hospitals Teach Together

Dec 14, 2016

With the explosive growth of technology in health care, and devices changing almost daily, how and where do nursing students learn the skills and attitudes for safe and effective use of these tools? As the latest issue from Charting Nursing’s Future points out, electronic more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

Big Win for Veterans: VA Lifts Restrictions on Nurses

Dec 13, 2016

The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a final ruling on the proposal to allow advanced practice registered nurses to provide care to the full extent of their education and training to veterans in VA facilities. The ruling on a proposal made early this year allows more

Connecticut Hosts Successful Summit

Dec 13, 2016

Nurses and others from Connecticut convened on November 30 for the second summit of the Connecticut Nursing Collaborative-Action Coalition (CNC-AC). Carole Bergeron, RN, PhD, State Implementation Program grant principal investigator opened the day with a quote from Henry Ford, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Connecticut

Texas Laws Are Hurdles to Good Health, Business Chief Argues

Dec 12, 2016

In an opinion piece that ran in a number of publications last week, the CEO of the Texas Association of Business called Texas laws that restrict nurses “nonsensical and unfair” in a state that “does not have enough health care providers to meet our population’s needs.” That more

Nurses Get Hospitalized Patients Walking, Feeling Better

Dec 09, 2016

“Get on your feet” is the message a recent nurse-led pilot study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is sending older patients. The problem the study tackled: as many as 65 percent of older patients lose their ability to walk while they’re in the hospital. Yet walking more

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Nurse Leaders Report High Job Satisfaction

Dec 08, 2016

Increasing the number of nurse leaders offers myriad benefits to a country with a health care system in transition and a population that is aging. Now, a survey from the American Organization of Nurse Executives finds that nurses in leadership positions find their jobs highly more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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One Year Later: Reviewing the Culture of Health Summit

Dec 06, 2016

One year ago this week, hundreds of nurse leaders and others met in Washington, D.C., at the national Summit hosted by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a joint initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to celebrate and learn more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

Educators Offer Ideas to Match Rapid Pace of Change

Dec 05, 2016

This is the sixth 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. Requiring future nurses, doctors, and other health professionals to all major in health more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education