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Report Recommends Ways for Nurses to Prepare for Greater Roles in Primary Care

Oct 25, 2016

Yasmine R. Legendre, MPA, is program associate of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. Because registered nurses make up the largest portion of the health care workforce in a nation with growing health needs, this year’s Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation conference focused on the topic more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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At AAN Conference, Reinhard Urges Support for Family Caregivers

Oct 21, 2016

Family caregivers provide $470 billion of free care every year.  That’s a whopping number.  $470 billion is roughly equal to the annual volume of sales at Walmart, the world’s largest company. And the figure surpasses the total dollars spent by Medicaid in any given more

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Nurses of Strong Mind, Body, and Spirit Deliver Better Care

Oct 21, 2016

LeAnn Thieman,  guest writer today for the Campaign blog, was a nurse at the bedside for 30 years. She has written 16 books, including Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul. In the spirit of Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation, an American Nurses Association initiative, Thieman writes more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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Federal Data on Nurses Now Easier to Find

Oct 20, 2016

A new resource from the American Nurses Association provides, for the first time, in one place, federal statistics on employment and wages of registered nurses. The 2016 edition of Nurses by the Numbers includes data on jobs and wages by state; average earnings of RNs who more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Location: National

Telehealth Expands Care for Those in Vulnerable Communities

Oct 19, 2016

It may be the wave of the future: A nurse-managed clinic in Los Angeles that uses telehealth to increase consumers’ access to care is expanding its services to connect people who don’t live nearby with nurse practitioners who can provide the care they need. Thanks to a more

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

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National Academy of Medicine Honors Shalala for Leading Nursing Report

Oct 17, 2016

Donna Shalala, PhD, has been honored with an award “for particularly distinguished leadership” for her role as chair of the committee that produced The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report of 2010.  The National Academy of Medicine awarded the David more

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Examples of Innovations to Build Healthy Communities

Oct 15, 2016

At the 3rd Annual Health Care Workforce Summit in September, representatives of a range of organizations across Massachusetts shared their innovative, expansive, and collaborative approaches to improve the health of their communities. Common themes were the importance of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Massachusetts

Building Healthy Communities Is Focus of Massachusetts Healthcare Workforce Summit

Oct 14, 2016

“Building healthy communities as a team sport” was the overarching message of the 3rd Annual Massachusetts Healthcare Workforce Summit. Nurses from all practice settings are partnering with “teammates” in mental and behavior health, social services, and business to more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Massachusetts