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Celebrating America’s Nurse Practitioners

Nov 15, 2016

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners writes: “National Nurse Practitioner Week is held annually to celebrate these exceptional health care providers and to remind lawmakers of the importance of removing outdated barriers to practice so that NPs will be allowed to more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

Good, busy year for the Nurse Diversity Council of Pennsylvania

Nov 14, 2016

In Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Action Coalition’s Nurse Diversity Council (PA-NDC) has been busy bolstering the nursing workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve! The PA-NDC’s mission is to increase diversity throughout more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Pennsylvania

Leadership Courses Required at This University

Nov 14, 2016

“You’re graduating as a nurse leader,” all nursing majors at Widener University are told. That’s because nursing students at Widener, near Philadelphia, also attend courses at the Oskin Leadership Institute. Widener sends students in several disciplines to the institute; more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership

Nurse Pursues the Quiet, Urgent Needs of Rural Veterans

Nov 11, 2016

Nearly a quarter of the nation’s veterans have a hard time getting health care because they live far from providers, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—a problem of particular concern because often veterans have health needs related to military service. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

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Gauging the Ups and Downs in Number, Education of Nurses

Nov 11, 2016

The 2010 report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health warned of an impending shortage of nurses and a mismatch between nurses’ education and the population’s needs—factors that could threaten the quality of care in the United States. In its report, more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

Campaign Adviser Awarded 2016 Political Nurse Award in Wisconsin

Nov 08, 2016

The Wisconsin Nurses Association (WNA) this year awarded its Political Nurse Award to Barbara Nichols, DnSc.(Hon), MS, RN. But that wasn’t enough to fully recognize Nichols’ many actions over the years: That’s why WNA changed the very name of the 27-year-old award to the more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Wisconsin

Men Tell Their Stories About Their Moves to Nursing

Nov 07, 2016

Male students represented approximately 12 percent of baccalaureate and graduate nursing students in 2015, up from 9.5 percent in 2005, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. In a piece headlined “Why I Became a Nurse,” four men tell MinorityNurse.com more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing

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Journal Celebrates Education Program’s Successes

Nov 04, 2016

Accelerated nursing programs are designed to expand the nursing workforce by providing professionals with skills in other fields and students with non-nursing degrees a faster route to becoming registered nurses. A special issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing provides more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: National