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Campaign Allies Among Modern Healthcare’s Top 100

Sep 01, 2016

Modern Healthcare has named its 100 most influential people in health care in 2016, and among the leaders are many whom the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is proud to call allies. For starters, the Campaign is closely linked to these two luminaries on the more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

Pennsylvania’s Villarruel Speaks Out on Greater Access to Care

Aug 31, 2016

Months after the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill allowing nurses to provide health care to the full extent of their education and training, Antonia Villarruel, PhD, FAAN, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, explained in a column on philly.com what the more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Pennsylvania

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Leadership Webinar Features NOBC Head, 2 Emerging Leaders

Aug 30, 2016

Laurie Benson, BSN, RN, executive director of the Nurses on Boards Coalition, is headline speaker in a free webinar September 15 at 1 p.m. ET.  The Illinois Healthcare Action Coalition hosts Benson as she explains NOBC’s goal of increasing community health by boosting the more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Illinois National

Explaining Voluntary RN License Survey Questions

Aug 29, 2016

The Alabama Board of Nursing (ABN) aligned its license renewal surveys with the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National RN Minimum Dataset (MDS) for the first time in 2015 with LPNs. This year, RNs in more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Location: Alabama

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Research Paper Lists Strategies Behind Nebraska’s Success in Changing Laws

Aug 25, 2016

In Nebraska between 2011 and 2013, legislators considered a staggering 1,795 bills related to scope of practice for all health professions. Of those, 349 were enacted. Now three researchers who are friends and allies of the Nebraska Action Coalition have produced a paper that more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

When Disaster Calls, Nurses Respond

Aug 25, 2016

At least one nurse reading the call from the Red Cross for nurses to help in Louisiana answered immediately: For Cindy Holle, RN, DNP, Tuesday, August 23, was Day Two volunteering for those desperately in need after the flooding that started August 12. Holle was busy even more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: Connecticut Louisiana

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FCC Mapping Tool Shows Links Between Internet Access, Health

Aug 22, 2016

In the United States, there is a high correlation between good access to the Internet and good health. We know this more precisely now thanks to a tool produced by the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health task force. The Mapping Broadband Health in America more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

North Carolina Nurses on Boards

Aug 19, 2016

North Carolina’s own, Connie Mullinix, PhD, MBA, MPH, RN and AnnMarie Walton, PhD, RN, OCN, CHES, are doing great work in the state to contribute to the Nurses on Boards Coalition and Action Coalitions’ national goal of achieving 10,000 nurses on boards by 2020. In their more

Location: North Carolina