The North Carolina Action Coalition serves as the driving force transforming health and health care through nursing in our state. Working with diverse partners to create innovative solutions and advance health equity with nurses leading the way in building healthier communities, the North Carolina Action Coalition aims to improve the health and health outcomes of our population.
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North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition (NC FON AC) and UNC’s Tar Heel Academic Practice Partnership (TAPP) together are one of 12 recipients nationwide to be awarded a $25,000 grant from the AARP Health Equity and Nursing Innovation Fund to create a more
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North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition (NC FON AC) members joined with other nurse leaders, researchers, advocates, and elected officials to serve on the North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force on the Future of the Nursing Workforce. NC FON AC more
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NC FONAC Members Discuss Future of Nursing Recommendations The North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition (NC FONAC) marked their first in-person retreat and planning session since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, convening at the AARP North Carolina more
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Nurses’ efforts to achieve health equity are always stronger when they form partnerships with the community being served. That’s why matching funding and local partnerships were a requirement for every project supported by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for more
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When nurses are empowered to create health equity in their communities, they bring together a network like nobody else can. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has more
Issues: Improving Health Equity, Locations: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
The NC Action Coalition is looking for fundraising/development professionals and marketing/communication professionals to join its volunteer board as members and committee chairs. The advancement committee will be responsible for developing fundraising strategies, more
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Join the NC Organization of Nurse Leaders on Thursday, November 5, 2020, for a virtual conference entitled “Nurses: Powerful. Purposeful. Positioning for the Future!” Topics will include: moral and ethical challenges of nurse leadership during a pandemic; more
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The NC AHEC Nurse Council and the NC Community College System invite you to attend the 2021 Academic Progression Conference: “Innovative Approaches to Nursing Education during Uncertain Times,” a live webinar from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on February 4 and 5, 2021, that more
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The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), is pleased to announce that 10 projects proposed by its state-based Action Coalitions, or in a few cases, organizations designated by an more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Improving Access to Care, Promoting Nursing Leadership, Locations: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
COVID-19 has presented extraordinary challenges and opportunities for our health care teams. Nurses that participate in this program will learn about the effects of ongoing stress, symptoms of trauma and actions that can promote resilience for themselves more
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Congratulations to Lenoir County on making application to become a member of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities! Part of the larger AARP Livable Communities initiative, the network supports elected officials, partner more
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NCAC would like to thank all healthcare professionals for all you are doing during the Covid-19 crisis. You are truly appreciated. Links to important information have been provided below. Please Stay Safe. AARP: Rationing of Health Care is Not the Answer more
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Register to Attend the 2020 NCAOA State Aging Training Conference in March North Carolina Association on Aging to hold Annual State Aging Training Conference March 5 – 6, 2020 at Hotel Ballast in Wilmington, NC The NCAOA Annual Training Conference is an more
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THE NC AHEC NURSE COUNCIL ACADEMIC PROGRESSION CONFERENCE NOVEL CLINICAL APPROACHES TO PREPARE THE CONTEMPORARY NURSE Thursday and Friday February 13 and 14, 2020 McKimmon Conference and Training Center 1101 Gorman Street Raleigh, NC 27606 The NC AHEC Nurse more
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On November 15, 2019 The North Carolina Action Coalition teams from Pitt County and Lenoir County were honored for their Livable Community work. The event took place in Wilmington, NC at the AARP Evening of Inspiration. Pictured from left to right are the team more
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Hello, NC Action Coalition Members and Volunteers! Valarie Howard requested that I share with you the following opportunity, which can also be viewed at https://nam.edu/event/vital-directions-for-health-and-health-care-the-north-carolina-experience/ Vital more
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Dear Action Coalitions and Public Health Nurse Leaders: Please pass this work along about the last Future of Nursing 2030 public meeting/live webcast. Please join an open session to hear from healthcare leaders and to learn about trends that came out of the RWJF more
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mark Hand on being elected to the National League for Nursing’s Board of Governors. Dr Mark Hand is a faculty member at ECU College of Nursing and was recently elected to the National League for Nursing’s Board of Governors. more
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Two of our NC FON AC Executive Members Christopher Jay Wiggins Sr. MSN, RN, CEN and Dr. Valerie Howard, Duke SON Associate Dean for Academic Affairs) attended the Diversifying the Nursing Workforce: Mentoring for Student Retention and NCLEX Success at Historically more
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Campaign for Action – Nursing Watch Party Aug 2019 ….UNC- Chapel Hill, ECU, Duke— Colleges of Nursing The National Academy of Medicine has posted videos of three town halls it recently held as it researches its Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report. more
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One Meeting left and in Progress https://campaignforaction.org/shape-the-future-of-nursing/ Come be a part of the change, part of something bigger than yourself To promote the FUTURE OF NURSING 2020-2030 CAMPAIGN for ACTION The NC Future of Nursing more
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This event was a partnership between NC AARP and Coastal Associate State Director, Wilmington (Cathy Sevier and Suzanne Black) and NC FON AC East (Laura Bliley, Gina Woody, Renee Mayo). Our next event on May 15th 2019 included approximately 50 people more
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The first event was a partnership between NC AARP and Coastal Associate State Director, Wilmington (Cathy Sevier and Suzanne Black) and NC FON AC East (Laura Bliley, Gina Woody, Renee Mayo). It included approximately 45 people representing 14 agencies within Pitt more
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We are pleased to share that a Community Livability event was held to discuss health services and community support. All members are invited to attend future meetings and support The Roadmap to Livability initiative. Thank you. more
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Where: East Carolina University, Health Sciences Student Center Room 202 (Grand Room) Topic: The more
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A Strategy to Increase the Educational Preparation of North Carolina’s Nursing Workforce–“LPN’s an Untapped Resource” Research shows: A highly educated nursing workforce saves lives. The Institute of Medicine set the following goal to improve the more
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“Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to building a national Culture of Health that enables all in our diverse society to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. A Culture of Health is broadly defined as one in which good health and well-being more
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On Friday, November 30, 2018, all nine NC AHECs will host eight concurrent conferences for nurses serving rural North Carolina. Two statewide broadcast keynote addresses will link all the regions together. Each AHEC will offer additional live, on-site presentations that more
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Nurses, Be Counted! You may know that the Nurses on Boards Coalition is in the midst of its annual campaign to register nurses’ board service. If you serve on a board, and haven’t already registered, please visit the Nurses on Boards Coalition website, and be more
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One of North Carolina Action Coalition’s own, Mary Schuler, RN, MSN, EDD, CNE, spearheads UNC’s new online Primary Care RN Certificate course! The course was created to provide primary care and ambulatory setting education to interested nurses. It offers 50 contact more
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Join the North Carolina Action Coalition in Charlotte on January 24, 2018 from 9:00am-1:00pm as we discuss how to develop a culture of health for nurses. This is a free event, but registration is required. Follow the link below to register. We hope to see you more
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After serving as North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition (NCFONAC) program director for nearly five years, Nettie Evans will step down to spend more time with her family. Her steadfast dedication to the nursing profession was recently celebrated at a more
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For North Carolina, the impact of the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report, The Future of Nursing; Leading Change, Advancing Health, has been transformational. North Carolina is proud of its five-year accomplishments toward the 2010 IOM more
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North Carolina’s premier health professions workforce center, the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, enhances its Health Professions Data System. Check out the new online data book: https://nchealthworkforce.sirs.unc.edu more
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North Carolina expands nursing workforce development efforts through an LPN to BSN pathway feasibility study and finds NC poised to move forward. Read the full report: NC Expands Academic Progression with LPN-BSN Initiative more
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North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition member Mary Schuler served as the project leader on a survey of North Carolina Chief Nursing Officers’ perceptions on promoting higher education in the nursing workforce. The survey also assessed plans and incentives more
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Donna Lake, PhD, RN, NEA-BC and colleagues, Patricia Allen, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN and Myrna Armstrong, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, propose a striking call to action to address the ever prominent nursing faculty shortage: Military Nursing Officers. With such an incredibly more
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North Carolina Action Coalition member and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Nurse Leader, Connie Mele, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, NE-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN, is leading an exemplary project on how mental health plays a significant role in our culture of health. The more
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Update: As of October 15, the American Red Cross is no longer recruiting for volunteers in the hurricane-hit region. Hurricane Matthew, which flooded coastal communities in the Southeast and inland areas of North Carolina as well, has left thousands stranded and more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Locations: North Carolina,
North Carolina’s own, Connie Mullinix, PhD, MBA, MPH, RN and AnnMarie Walton, PhD, RN, OCN, CHES, are doing great work in the state to contribute to the Nurses on Boards Coalition and Action Coalitions’ national goal of achieving 10,000 nurses on boards by 2020. In more
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Learn about how one of our state’s universities has become one of the top producers of new nurses with baccalaureate degrees in North Carolina. East Carolina University, along with participating community colleges in the state, is successfully contributing to the more
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Learn about the success of our state’s RIBN project in producing an RN workforce better prepared to meet the health demands of North Carolinians: View these sources to learn more about the RIBN Business Case and the RN-BSN Pathway. more
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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 more
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The Foundation for Nursing Excellence, in North Carolina, congratulates the first group of Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses (RIBN) students recently graduated from East Carolina University (ECU). Check out the video from ECU recognizing the RIBN graduates. more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education, Locations: North Carolina,
A new study from a Duke University research center finds that the North Carolina economy takes an annual $430 million hit because of scope-of-practice restrictions on advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). Christopher Conover, PhD, of the Duke Center more
Issues: Improving Access to Care, Locations: National, North Carolina,
Dean, School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
State President Emerita
AARP North Carolina
