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The Arkansas Action Coalition and Arkansas Center for Nursing
Sep 12, 2016
The Arkansas Action Coalition is pleased to announce the formation of the Arkansas Center for Nursing, Inc., a nonprofit organization. The work of the Arkansas Action Coalition over the years to create changes for improved health care in our state will continue to be accomplished and sustained by the Arkansas Center for Nursing, Inc. Arkansas more
Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Location: Arkansas
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Dubree Inducted Into YWCA’s Academy for Women of Achievement
Sep 09, 2016
Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, executive chief nursing officer, will be inducted along with seven other inspiring Nashville women into the YWCA’s 2016 Academy for Women of Achievement. Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, NE-BCExecutive Chief Nursing OfficerVanderbilt University Medical Centerphoto: Anne more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Tennessee
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Roots of Success Take Hold in Nevada
Sep 09, 2016
Two inspired nurses met one inspired urban farmer, and a Culture of Health began to blossom. The dedication on the part of Debra Collins, BSN, co-chair of the Nevada Action Coalition (NAC) and former chair of the Nevada Alliance for Nursing Excellence, and Linda Paulic, RNC, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Nevada
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Treating People Not the Same As Treating Illness
Sep 08, 2016
It’s no secret that health care is hardest to come by in rural parts of the country. But, as it turned out in at least one rural community, building more clinics did not help; what helped was building relationships. More than a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Pennsylvania West Virginia
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Alaska’s Summer Triumph
Sep 07, 2016
Members of the state’s APRN Alliance gather around Alaska Gov. Bill Walker just after the signing of SB 53, which brings Alaska into full alignment with the APRN Consensus Model, a key recommendation for state legislatures in the Institute of Medicine report. This more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Alaska
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New Wisconsin Video Promotes Nursing Diversity
Sep 06, 2016
The Wisconsin Center for Nursing, co-lead for the Wisconsin Action Coalition recently released Nursing in Wisconsin: Faces of the Future, a video to promote the critical need to build a diverse nursing workforce. The video features multiple, diverse nursing students from the Wisconsin Student Nurses Association as they showcase the many roles of nursing to more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Wisconsin
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Nebraska Offers Diversity Toolkit
Sep 03, 2016
Check out the Nebraska Action Coalition’s Diversity Toolkit: The need to diversify the nursing workforce in Nebraska is essential. The overall goal of this toolkit is to ensure a response in Nebraska that addresses the health care needs of an increasingly diverse population. This toolkit is a product of NAC’s State Implementation Program (SIP) grant more
Location: Nebraska
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At Case Western, Students to Work Together to Prepare for Future Care
Sep 02, 2016
Beginning in 2019, a building larger than eight football fields will house an equally big idea: that students from multiple health fields should learn how to work together as they are mastering their fields. The Cleveland Clinic is the site of what will soon be the Case more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: Ohio