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Advances in Academic Progression for NC RNs
Jun 30, 2016
What an awesome example of local support toward raising the proportion of BSN-prepared nurses in the NC nursing workforce! Kudos to UNC-Pembroke and Sandhills Community College (SCC) for partnering to offer $1000 scholarships to each SCC nursing graduate who enrolls in the UNC-Pembroke’s RN-BSN program. Learn more here! more
Location: North Carolina
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Idaho Celebrates, Continues to Move Forward at its Strategic Summit
Jun 27, 2016
On May 16-17, the Idaho Nursing Action Coalition held its second invitational strategic Summit. Idaho celebrated the progress it has made by announcing that recent workforce analysis reveals that 67% of the current Idaho nursing workforce has a baccalaureate degree or higher! However, this percentage varies widely across regions with rural communities not more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Idaho
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Nurses Leading Change to Advance Mental Health
Jun 24, 2016
The Wisconsin Center for Nursing, co-lead for the Wisconsin Action Coalition, hosted its sixth annual statewide conference related to the IOM Future of more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Wisconsin
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Access to Care: Politico Puts It Under the Microscope
Jun 24, 2016
This month, leading thinkers and practitioners in health care have had public exchanges about many aspects of scope of practice laws, thanks to Politico, the online publication that focuses on politics and government. The issue has grown even more important, says Politico, as the Affordable Care Act has allowed more Americans greater health care coverage. Of more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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Leaders Are Made, Not Born: How to Become a Nurse Leader
Jun 23, 2016
“Just because I’m a clinical nurse doesn’t mean there isn’t leadership in my current job,” said Kristy Wheeler, BSN, RN, CNOR, CST, in a recent interview with Advance. The feature story takes a look at a conversation held during the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses conference earlier this spring. The “We Want YOU for Leadership: more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Nurses Serve Wisdom at Food Banks, Farmers Markets
Jun 22, 2016
A New York Times story about food banks—and diabetes—touches on a theme similar to one in the recently released video about interprofessional collaboration at health care facilities. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation video, which points out that all such efforts rest on a Culture of Health, reports that health care providers at one featured site, the more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: Connecticut National Texas
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A Note From Our Host, the Nebraska Action Coalition
Jun 17, 2016
As director of the Nebraska Action Coalition, I’m thrilled to welcome colleagues from across the country to put plans into action to build a Culture of Health in communities across the nation. “Building on the Campaign for Action to Create a Healthier America” more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Nebraska
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Registration Open for the 2016 Michigan Nursing Summit
Jun 16, 2016
The Michigan Center for Nursing’s 2016 nursing summit will be held September 29-30, 2016 at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant, MI. The purpose of this years summit, themed A Culture of Health, is to increase nurses’ understanding of factors that impact more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: Michigan