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    FCC Mapping Tool Shows Links Between Internet Access, Health

    Aug 22, 2016

    In the United States, there is a high correlation between good access to the Internet and good health. We know this more precisely now thanks to a tool produced by the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health task force. The Mapping Broadband Health in America more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

  2. North Carolina Nurses on Boards

    Aug 19, 2016

    North Carolina’s own, Connie Mullinix, PhD, MBA, MPH, RN and AnnMarie Walton, PhD, RN, OCN, CHES, are doing great work in the state to contribute to the Nurses on Boards Coalition and Action Coalitions’ national goal of achieving 10,000 nurses on boards by 2020. In their work, they have found how essential nurses are to hospital boards in efforts to, not more

    Location: North Carolina

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    Nurses Needed to Give Aid to Flood Victims in Louisiana

    Aug 19, 2016

    The American Red Cross Disaster Health Services has stepped in to help the thousands who are without food and shelter since the flooding hit southern Louisiana, and seeks especially nurses and other health care professionals. Exact duties and demands change daily, but there are two broad requirements: You can make a nine-day commitment (seven days of more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Louisiana National

  4. National

    What You Can Do While VA Considers the APRN Proposal

    Aug 17, 2016

    Back in June, David Shulkin, MD, the top Veterans Health Administration official, told a reporter,  “I’m not aware that we’ve received anything like this before.” He was referring to the 10,000 comments that arrived very soon after the Department of Veterans Affairs more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

  5. 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

  6. “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

  7. National

    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

  8. 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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