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Building Momentum Nationwide To Get Nurses on Boards
Oct 22, 2014
At more than 3 million strong, nurses make up the largest segment of the U.S. health care workforce, but relatively few nurses serve on hospital and health system governing boards of directors. A 2011 American Hospital Association survey of U.S. hospitals found that nurses accounted for only 6 percent of hospital board members, and anecdotal evidence more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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First Nurse Ever Appointed to the Board of Trustees of Baystate Health
Aug 19, 2014
Kathleen Scoble, ED, RN, dean of the Elms College School of Nursing, has been named to the Board of Trustees of Baystate Health, a western Massachusetts-based non-profit health care provider. She is the first nurse ever appointed to the board. Baystate Health is one of the largest health systems in New England. “Nurses are the largest part of our more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Massachusetts
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Walmart Enters Primary Care Role With Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics
Aug 19, 2014
Across the nation, nurse practitioners (NPs) are providing care by meeting consumers where they are: retail stores. Champion Nursing Coalition members CVS MinuteClinic, Target, and Walgreens’ Healthcare Clinic Systems are providing convenient, high quality care by supplying NPs where and when consumers need them. This often means weekends and after more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National South Carolina Texas
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AARP The Magazine: Nurse Practitioners Fill the Gap
Aug 05, 2014
The August/September 2014 issue of AARP The Magazine features an article on nurse practitioners filling a void when access to health professionals is limited. The article,Nurse Practitioners Fill the Gap, makes the case for nurse practitioners to do the work they’ve been trained to do. The article shares the story of nurse practitioner Danielle more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National Utah
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The Road to Nurse Leadership
Jul 25, 2014
Childhood friends of Mary Anne Marra, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer at East Orange General Hospital in northern New Jersey, would not be surprised to learn that she is among an an elite group of nurses in the nation who serve on healthcare governing boards. A 2013 study by the Journal of Urban Health, Representation of Health Professionals on more
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Transforming Nursing Education
Jul 16, 2014
More highly educated nursing workforce needed to provide more complex patient care, experts say. Many registered nurses (RNs) start—and finish—their post-secondary education with an associate degree in nursing (ADN). But health care experts want more nurses to see the ADN as a first step on a career-long educational journey. “Our goal is to improve more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National New York Texas Wyoming
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In the States: Making BSN Education Accessible to Minnesotans in Their Home Communities
Jul 16, 2014
In Minnesota, hundreds of rural nursing students will soon have a more streamlined pathway to the baccalaureate degree thanks to the persistence and foresight of nursing leaders in the state. This past year, 1,500 residents applied to a new dual-admission bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program, a collaboration between seven community colleges and more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Minnesota National
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Champions of Nursing: Catholic Health Association
Jul 16, 2014
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is proud to recognize the Catholic Health Association (CHA), the largest group of nonprofit health providers in the United States, as a “Champion of Nursing.” As the voice of the Catholic health ministry in the United States, which consists of more than 600 hospitals and 1,400 long-term care and other health more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National