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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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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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Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Report Delayed Until Spring 2021
…on August 20, 2020, the NAM will host a free 90-minute webinar during which it will seek public input on nurses’ roles in responding to COVID-19. Entitled, Nursing’s Role in…
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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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Common Ground: Advancing Full Practice Authority During COVID-19
The pandemic has magnified a host of health care issues, from workforce shortages and health care access to the cost of care and widening health disparities. Looking to address the…
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