Pandemic Strains the Nursing Workforce

Mar 23, 2020

Nurses are facing unprecedented challenges right now—supply shortages, shifting protocols, and uncertainty about their own health status in the absence of readily available tests for COVID-19. With these realities in mind, we’ve gathered some stories that showcase more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

As Nurses Prep for Coronavirus, Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak

Feb 25, 2020

A nurse with Boston-based Partners in Health swaddles a child at an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. Health workers treating patients with the new coronavirus must also wear protective clothing and take other more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Rehired: Emeritus Nurses Bring Knowledge and Experience to Younger Workforce

Feb 19, 2020

Health care has a problem: a nursing workforce shortage that has loomed over the profession for more than a more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

Youth Suicide: How a Nurse-Designed Intervention May Be Saving Lives

Feb 11, 2020

A nurse-designed mental health intervention can improve the well-being of America’s youth. It may even save lives. Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment (COPE) gets cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) training to children, teens, and young adults in community, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

Consumer Protection Agency Supports APRN Prescribing Bills

Jan 28, 2020

In order to prescribe drugs, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in Kansas and Ohio must first enter into a contract with a physician. That could change, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hoping it does. The agency issued letters earlier this month telling more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Kansas Ohio

Eyes on 2020

Jan 06, 2020

Wondering what to expect on the health policy front in 2020? We were, too, so we reached out to someone in the know. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Nurse Delivers Mouth Care with Just the Right Touch

Dec 12, 2019

The care of older adults with dementia has come a long way since 1982. That’s when Rita Jablonski, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, professor and director of research and scholarly development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, began studying nursing. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Alabama

Industry Leaders Offer a Glimpse into the Future of Nursing

Nov 25, 2019

Priya Bathija and Robyn Begley were among the industry leaders who presented last week at a National Academy Medicine panel on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030. Photo courtesy of the American Hospital more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities