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Nine Years Strong: A Look at What the Campaign Has Accomplished
Jan 07, 2019
Dear Campaign leaders, Sometimes it’s hard to realize how big something is when you’re in the thick of it. That’s why, as we enter our ninth year of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, we want to step back to fully appreciate where we are. You are leaders at a time of tremendous change in health care. You—we—are part of a historic 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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Our Top 8 Stories for 2018
Dec 27, 2018
From states’ efforts to make nurse-led care more accessible to all to the Duchess of Cambridge taking up nursing’s mantle, 2018 was a big year in health care and nursing, and the 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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Article Looks to the Future of Academic Progression in Nursing
Dec 11, 2018
Data collected since 2010 show that nurses’ education levels are advancing and that registered nurses increasingly have a bachelor’s degree or higher. But there is still work to do, says a new article published by education experts at the Center to Champion Nursing in more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education
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Federal Report Urges Restrictions Be Lifted to Improve Health Care
Dec 06, 2018
A new federal report recommends ways to increase Americans’ access to care, suggesting improvements to public policy in four areas where federal and state rules “inhibit choice and competition”—including the need for states to expand scope of practice laws for more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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Family Caregivers Need Nurses’ Support
Nov 20, 2018
November is National Family Caregivers month at AARP, which along with AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, sponsor both the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. AARP is pleased to recognize and more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Nurses (and a Nurse Champion) Win Congressional Seats in Mid-Term Election
Nov 08, 2018
At least one nurse and a well-known champion of the nursing profession won congressional seats in Tuesday’s election, while two additional nurse House members were re-elected, and one nurse left office. Here’s the run-down on nurses in the 116th Congress: U.S. Rep. more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Facing Growing Pressure, States Are Tackling Outdated Nurse Practitioner Laws
Feb 19, 2018
With a looming physician shortage and a dearth of health care providers in rural areas, states are increasingly turning to nurse practitioners, a type of advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), to meet the demand for health care. But in many states, outdated laws prohibit more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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New Video Highlights Role of Nurse Practitioners in Rural West Virginia
Feb 15, 2018
A new video highlights the important role nurse practitioners are playing in delivering primary care in rural West Virginia. Bolstered by the passage of a 2016 law that was supported by AARP and others, the Mountain State now permits nurse practitioners to perform all the more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National West Virginia