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East Carolina University Expanding Nursing Workforce

Aug 17, 2016

Learn about how one of our state’s universities has become one of the top producers of new nurses with baccalaureate degrees in North Carolina. East Carolina University, along with participating community colleges in the state, is successfully contributing to the health and workforce of North Carolina. Follow the link below to read more

Location: North Carolina
“It’s Telling My Story”: Community-Engaged Research

Aug 15, 2016

The Pre-Term Birth initiative in California (PTBi-California) gives new meaning to community partnership in its effort to address a problem that disproportionately affects women of color and those who are poor. Working hand in hand with these women to both get and give help is more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: California
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Burnes Bolton Among Five Honored As 2016 Living Legends

Aug 11, 2016

The American Academy of Nursing has awarded its highest honor to five nurse leaders this year, among them Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, vice president for nursing and chief nursing officer at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Burnes Bolton was the vice chair of the committee that developed the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing: Leading Change, more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
Equity the Underlying Factor in Tennessee Webinars

Aug 09, 2016

Standards of Practice for Culturally Competent Nursing Care—there are 12 standards in all—were developed five years ago with an eye on global health, but many of its concepts match those embraced by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. For example, like these more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: Tennessee
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Measures of Success Are Updated

Aug 09, 2016

Things are looking up for education and diversity in the nursing workforce. Those are among other upticks reflected in a recent update to the Dashboard, which is the tracking tool used by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. The primary indicators on the Dashboard, more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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A Culture of Health Summer, in Photos

Aug 03, 2016

More than 100 nurse leaders met in Omaha in June and Knoxville in July to talk about a Culture of Health, and we will tell their stories over the coming months. Meanwhile, the Campaign offers a look at what went on at the two workshops. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Nebraska Tennessee
The Tennessee Action Coalition is Committed to Advancing Nurse Leaders

Aug 01, 2016

Way to go Rebecca Freeman, PhD, RN, PMP! Dr. Freeman, a nurse in Tennessee, held the position of Assistant Vice President and Epic National Nurse Champion for the Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) in Nashville, TN. In September 2015 she became the Chief Nursing Officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Tennessee
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Action Coalitions Benefit From Connecticut’s Search for Answers

Aug 01, 2016

Last fall, leaders of numerous schools and health and medical centers in Connecticut started working on creating more elegant systems to teach and train nurses. Sponsored by the Connecticut Nursing Collaborative-Action Coalition, the meetings produced more than was expected: Not only did the leaders in academics and clinical practice forge strong working more

Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Transforming Nursing Education Location: Connecticut National