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From One Coast to Another, Nurse Brings Health to Neighborhoods In Need
Feb 06, 2018
When asked where she grew up, Gloria McNeal responds with a mere ZIP code. But don’t expect to hear 90210, or any other such posh digits. “One-nine-one-two-three,” she says, “and that is a ZIP code you didn’t want to come from.” It may not have been her (or more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: California National Pennsylvania
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Progress Continues on IOM Future of Nursing Report Recommendations
Jan 26, 2018
As of 2016, 54 percent of employed registered nurses held bachelor’s of science degrees in nursing—up from 49 percent in 2010. That’s no small feat when you consider that there are over 3.3 million nurses in the United States! This is just one of many noteworthy progress 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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Nursing Academy Releases Statement on Full Practice Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Jan 23, 2018
In a new position statement, the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) calls for full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), saying it is essential to achieving health equity. The position statement saying APRNs should be allowed to practice to the more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care
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Using the Guidelines of Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation to Build a Culture of Health
Jan 16, 2018
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action strives to ensure that everyone in America can live a healthier life supported by a system where nurses are essential partners in providing care and promoting health. As the largest and most trusted profession, nurses have the power more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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AARP: Consumer Access to Care Is Top Priority
Jan 10, 2018
We at the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action are transforming health care through nursing, and building a healthier America. Backed by AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Campaign is working in every state to mobilize nurses, health more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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The Most Invisible Family Caregivers
Jul 06, 2016
Do you know anyone who supports a family member, neighbor or friend with mental health issues? Chances are you do. But it’s likely you don’t know you do. That’s because people who provide care and support to those with mental health issues are the most invisible of all more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Nurses Are Key to Meeting America’s Health Care Needs
Oct 06, 2014
Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, is senior vice president and director of the AARP Public Policy Institute and chief strategist at the Center to Champion Nursing in America, which coordinates the Future of Nursing:Campaign for Action. In this post, she reflects on the fourth more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National