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Good Health Knows No Boundaries (or Shouldn’t)
Just as a driver’s license allows people to cruise state to state without having to pass other driving tests, the nursing profession has long had the Nurse Licensure Compact. However,…
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Most Proud When I Pay It Forward, Says Nurse Leader
This is the third in a series of profiles of leaders who are part of the Campaign talking about their connections to the nursing or health care profession and their…
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Diabetes Prevention and Control in the Midwest 2016
In collaboration with: The Midwestern Public Health Training Center and the American Diabetes Association Problem Statement: Public health systems, like many other systems, function in silos. With dwindling resources and…
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Jazmine Cooper, MBA
Jazmine Cooper is a senior advisor for the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She coordinates several…
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Social Determinants of Health. Now what?
…of racism and all forms of inequity is the test of mankind set forth by our creator. The choices we make are what free will is about. Challenging inequity is…
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High School Student Finds Herself on the Frontlines of Care
…Providence, R.I. According to RINIMC Chief Executive Officer Pamela McCue, PhD, RN, the school, where 88 percent of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, also aims to eliminate health care…
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“Everyone Can Play a Role” in Advancing Health Equity
…addressing structural racism to achieve workforce health equity, making health equity a strategic priority within participants’ organizations, developing a loan or debt-free program for rural and/or other underserved communities, increasing…
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Nurses Can’t Be Good Advocates Without Good Data
…everyday lives when almost no social activity is completely free from the risk of infection. Nurses who work in schools and other public settings may need to assess risk just…
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