Equity in Practice as a Nurse Practitioner

Jun 26, 2024

The opposite of equity in practice is inequity in practice. Once I began to understand the ways that groups of my patients were affected by various rules, expectations, stereotypes and historically racist policies, I also began to see inequity in practice.  Once more

Reckoning with the History of Nursing to Improve Maternal-Infant Health Outcomes

May 28, 2024

My health equity journey can be summed-up in the expression, “I am my sister’s (brother’s) keeper.” This phrase characterizes both the privileges and responsibilities that I hold, which are foundational to my leadership style and role as a nurse. As a Black woman, more

Location: Texas

Now Accepting Nominations for Equity-Minded Nurse Award Program

Mar 28, 2024

photo credit: (c) GETTY IMAGES/Biod The AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM (A-CHEN) and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, with support from national nursing organizations, is pleased to open a call for applications for the Equity-Minded Nurse Awards more

Social Determinants of Health. Now what?

Mar 22, 2024

photo credit: (c) GETTY IMAGES/Thomas Barwick. Portrait of multigenerational family standing of front porch of home I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to share my thoughts about the importance of the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) framework and advancing more

Location: Kentucky

“Everyone Can Play a Role” in Advancing Health Equity

Dec 11, 2023

Attendees at the summit. How can we make real progress on critical health care priorities like advancing health equity, diversifying the nursing workforce, mitigating the workforce crisis through the recruitment and retention of nurses, and elevating the concept of more

Issues: Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing

Five Nurses Celebrated for Leadership and Innovation in Advancing Health Equity

Oct 31, 2023

2023 Equity-Minded Nurse Awards PRESS RELASEContact: Mary Boyle, Campaign for Action communications director, mboyle@aarp.org A nurse educator in Maryland who centers health equity in classroom innovations and program implementation. A nurse practitioner in more

Video: Nurses and Health Equity

Oct 05, 2023

https://youtu.be/T7Xbyqjbnwg The National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing 2020—2023 report, published amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is subtitled, Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. As the largest and most trusted segment of the health care workforce, nurses more

Issues: Improving Health Equity

Equity-Minded School Nurses Have a Superpower

Sep 13, 2023

School nurses are often unrecognized and poorly understood by non-health and health professionals, including other nurses. The unprecedented events surrounding COVID-19 and the return of students from home into the classroom elevated the importance of school nurses in more