Modernization of California Nurse Practitioner Practice is Overdue: Implications for Nurse-Led Clinics

Nov 18, 2020

The Need The need for the expansion and growth of nurse-led clinics, to deliver primary and behavioral health services, is well supported by health data from national, state, and local sources. These data document the extent of primary care physician shortages in underserved more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: California

New AARP Tool Reports on Nursing Home Staff Health and Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic

Oct 27, 2020

In the early fall, nearly 25 percent of all U.S. nursing homes reported at least one confirmed COVID-19 case among residents, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

A Landmark Patient-Safety Action Plan, and Family Caregiving as a Key Piece

Oct 15, 2020

The work was exciting from the time of the committee’s formation and stayed that way throughout the process. In May 2018, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement convened the National Steering Committee (NSC) for Patient Safety as a collaboration among 27 national more

Nurse Education and Diversity on Rise, Latest Figures Show

Oct 13, 2020

Since its beginning in 2010, The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action has tracked progress made by its state-based Action Coalitions, nurses, and supporters as we continue to implement recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine (IOM; now the National Academy of 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

New Law to Improve Californians Access to Care
Consumers to Benefit from Improved Health Equity

Sep 30, 2020

California’s 39 million residents will have significantly improved access to care from advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), thanks to legislation more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: California

Strategies to Cultivate Positive Emotions May Prove Useful to Nurses

Sep 17, 2020

Science has long said that smiling – even when you don’t feel like it — can trick your brain into feeling happy. A new study by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) underscores that premise and offers strategies for nurses and other health care more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Collective Destiny: “We Must Agree on What Is Needed”

Sep 08, 2020

“The failures of public policy and imagination have been stalking us for years, creating haves and have-nots,” wrote Richard Besser, MD, in an opinion piece earlier this year when COVID-19 had just begun appearing in the U.S. That searing observation was the essence of a more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Congratulations 2018 Nursing Innovation Fund Winners

Aug 19, 2020

Completed Projects Showed Collaboration, Creativity   The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action congratulates for completion of projects its state-based Action Coalitions competitively selected in 2018 to receive funding for innovative ideas to build healthier more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing