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    AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins on ‘Why We Celebrate Nurses’

    May 06, 2016

    For a smooth-functioning, equitable health care system, “we’re going to need every nurse,” says AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins in her essay celebrating National Nurses Week. For everyone’s good, the nation needs more nurses and needs to make sure that they are partners in making decisions. Writes Jenkins, “This National Nurses Week, all of us at AARP more

    Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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    A Note of Appreciation From Campaign Headquarters

    May 05, 2016

    While National Nurses Week, May 6-12, is an invitation to the public to thank a nurse, it also gives us nurses a chance to understand what we as a force, all 3.4 million of us, mean to the nation’s health. As many of you know, the two of us who proudly lead the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action are nurses. We knew at the start of our careers that more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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    Thanks to Nurses Who Support Family Caregivers

    May 05, 2016

    Thanks to nurses, millions of Americans stand to get the help they need delivering care to loved ones at home. The help is through the Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable (CARE) Act, legislation enacted in 26 states and pending the governors’ signatures in several more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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    As Leaders, Nurses Can (and Do, and Should) Take the Initiative

    May 05, 2016

    Good leaders listen. Good leaders stay calm. They have empathy, take in small details while considering big goals, and figure out needs and how to solve problems. They have experience gleaned from handling the unpredictable. This is what nurses do, every day. That’s why more

    Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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    National Nurses Week: A Time to Say Thank You

    May 05, 2016

    At 3.4 million strong, nurses are the largest group of health care providers in the U.S. Year after year, Gallup’s annual poll finds nurses rank as having the highest honesty and ethical standards of any profession. We interact with nurses every day—in our hospitals, more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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    Nurses Are the Essence of a Culture of Health

    May 05, 2016

    Everyone deserves to live the healthiest life possible. How do we improve health for all, and who do we need to do this? National Nurses Week was established to recognize all that nurses do in the workplace, in schools, in hospitals and homes, and to thank them—at 3.4 more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

  7. Continuing Education Credits for Iowa Nurses

    Apr 28, 2016

    Iowa nurses: Are you interested in starting or improving a diabetes self-management education program or a diabetes prevention program? There is an opportunity for you to attend a free event on Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2, at which you can receive 10 continuing education credits.  The event is hosted by the Iowa Department of Public more

    Location: Iowa

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    What Am I Doing to Help Build a Healthier America?

    Apr 10, 2016

    In honor of National Public Health Week 2016, Breakthrough Leader in Nursing Jake Creviston, MN, RN, PMHNP, DNP, offers some reflections on the role of nurses in public health and how he is working to build a healthier America.  Nursing’s leadership on boards is crucial to public health. Nursing leadership is associated with positive patient outcomes more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National Oregon

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