NBC Names Campaign Strategic Adviser as Top Latino 20

Oct 05, 2017

NBC News honors excellence each year with its #NBCLatino20, praising achievers who are making America’s communities better. This year, national recognition goes to Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and co-chair of more

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Meeting of the Minds on Capitol Hill as Council and Coalition Discuss Progress

Oct 04, 2017

For a slideshow of the event, see below. For an audio recording of the event, see below:  “To be successful you must have focused intent. Did you hear me? Focused intent.” That was Barbara Nichols, MS, RN, FAAN, speaking of efforts to expand diversity in the more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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Kirch of AAMC to Co-Chair Campaign Strategic Advisory Committee 

Oct 04, 2017

The Campaign’s Strategic Advisory Committee (StAC) is pleased to announced that Darrell Kirch, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges and longtime member of StAC, will become co-chair. Kirch will share duties with Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN. more

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Report: Nurses As Intermediaries Can Improve Community Health

Oct 03, 2017

Hospitals and health facilities are not always connected with the ways people live and behave in their day-to-day lives. A new paper that refers to the “siloed nature” of the health care system also suggests that nurses are, and can be even more, a solution to the more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Better Together: Nurses Engaging in Interprofessional Team Collaboration and Leadership

Sep 29, 2017

On November 3 the Nebraska Action Coalition hosted its Collaborative Annual Leadership conference, “Better Together: Nurses Engaging in Interprofessional Team Collaboration and Leadership.”  The conference objectives included:  Integrate nursing and the interprofessional more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Nebraska

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End of Public Health Program Is Just the Beginning, Says Leader

Sep 26, 2017

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Nurse Leaders gathered in Atlanta September 5–7 for the completion of our two-year leadership program. I’d like to share some thoughts from our days together. This is a group of 25 senior public health nurse leaders, more

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Nichols Recognized for Global Nursing Leadership

Sep 19, 2017

The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS International) has recognized outstanding work of Barbara Nichols, MS, RN, FAAN, by giving her its 2017 International Distinguished Leadership Award. Nichols, co-leader of the Wisconsin Action Coalition, has more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Wisconsin

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Nurses, Partners Help Kids Stay Safe on Wheels

Sep 12, 2017

Every August for the past five years, the West New York Health Department (WNYHD) and partner organizations hold Safe Kids Day—a community event to teach children in this New Jersey town of 51,000 that fun and safety can coincide. The event, part of a series of over 200 more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National New Jersey