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New Law Soon to Provide South Dakotans Better Health Care Options
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is expected to soon sign a bill that will give residents of the state more options when it comes to their health care. Since 1979,…
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2017 County Rankings Let Residents Measure Health
…is the quality of the air they breathe and water they drink, and how easily can they get around without a car? The 2017 pulse-taking is now public, courtesy of…
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“Fundraising Is a Skill”: 10 Essentials in Supporting Your Cause
You became a nurse for any number of reasons: You want to help people. You’re hands-on. You like the intensity of working with others to make things right, and the…
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Illinois Takes a Step Toward Better Health
Consumers in Illinois will soon have better access to the care provided by advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), thanks to a new bill signed into law on September 20 by…
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Graduate Nurse Education: A Pathway to Increased Primary Care Access
Medicare Graduate Nurse Education dollars were directed at five demonstration sites, but the Medicare clinical training dollars reached all 50 states and three territories. As of 2016, 7,864 APRN students…
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Law Would Enhance Patient Access to Addiction Treatment by APRNs
No one becomes a midwife to treat drug addiction, but pregnant women and their babies are not immune from the opioid crisis, which claims more than 100 American lives each…
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Nurses Are on the Cutting Edge; Now They Can Pitch Their Ideas
“Calling all products, prototypes, apps and ideas”: That’s the invitation from Northeastern University and AARP Innovations Lab, with support from the American Nurses Association, asking nurses to present their disruptive…
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Nurses Push to Bring Research Back Into the Gun Violence Debate
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vpickering// credit: Victoria Pickering Nurses are on the front lines of gun violence, and it’s not just in the emergency room. For the country’s estimated 80,000 school nurses, the epidemic…
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