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New Law Soon to Provide Floridians Better Health Care Options

Mar 18, 2020

After decades of legislative efforts in Florida, both the House and Senate passed bills that will provide the state’s 21.5 million residents with significantly improved access to care from advanced practice registered nurses. On March 11, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Florida National

Campaign health equity toolkit to help in North Carolina

Mar 11, 2020

A nursing school and health care system have teamed up to put a health equity toolkit to good use, reports Triad Business Journal. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Apply by March 31: AARP Purpose Prize® Awards 50+ Change Makers with Funds to Fuel Work

Mar 02, 2020

Last year, when AARP awarded its $50,000 Purpose Prize® to five people over the age of 50 who are making a difference, a more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Newly Updated Campaign Dashboard Shows Progress in Education, Diversity

Feb 05, 2020

Since 2010, The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action has tracked progress made as we continue to implement recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 future of nursing report,Leading Change, Advancing Health. New data are in, and the latest update to our more

Newly Released Survey Data Show Nurses More Diverse, Better Educated

Jan 24, 2020

Newly released data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), the longest running survey of registered nurses in the U.S., shows nursing is more diverse more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data

2020: Celebrating the Year of the Nurse and Midwife

Jan 22, 2020

Nurses make up the largest health care profession, not only in the United States but in the entire world. For this reason in part, the World Health Organization more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership

Hospital Bridges the Gap by Going Into the Community—Strategically

Jan 17, 2020

It is well known that nurses offer diagnoses, treatments, compassion, and care where they work and where they live. What is less known is that, increasingly, nurses are creating and participating in large-scale, systemic efforts to take on health equity by addressing needs before they become illnesses. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Illinois

Join a RWJF Leadership Program in 2020

Jan 14, 2020

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has long trained tomorrow’s leaders through its four leadership development programs: Clinical Scholars; Culture of Health Leaders; Health Policy Research Scholars; and Interdisciplinary Research Leaders. It is now accepting applications more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership