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Pandemic Strains the Nursing Workforce
Mar 23, 2020
Nurses are facing unprecedented challenges right now—supply shortages, shifting protocols, and uncertainty about their own health status in the absence of readily available tests for COVID-19. With these realities in mind, we’ve gathered some stories that showcase more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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Campaign health equity toolkit to help in North Carolina
Mar 11, 2020
A nursing school and health care system have teamed up to put a health equity toolkit to good use, reports Triad Business Journal. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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Apply by March 31: AARP Purpose Prize® Awards 50+ Change Makers with Funds to Fuel Work
Mar 02, 2020
Last year, when AARP awarded its $50,000 Purpose Prize® to five people over the age of 50 who are making a difference, a more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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As Nurses Prep for Coronavirus, Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak
Feb 25, 2020
A nurse with Boston-based Partners in Health swaddles a child at an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. Health workers treating patients with the new coronavirus must also wear protective clothing and take other more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities
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Rehired: Emeritus Nurses Bring Knowledge and Experience to Younger Workforce
Feb 19, 2020
Health care has a problem: a nursing workforce shortage that has loomed over the profession for more than a more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership
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Youth Suicide: How a Nurse-Designed Intervention May Be Saving Lives
Feb 11, 2020
A nurse-designed mental health intervention can improve the well-being of America’s youth. It may even save lives. Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment (COPE) gets cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) training to children, teens, and young adults in community, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership
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Newly Released Survey Data Show Nurses More Diverse, Better Educated
Jan 24, 2020
Newly released data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), the longest running survey of registered nurses in the U.S., shows nursing is more diverse more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data
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2020: Celebrating the Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Jan 22, 2020
Nurses make up the largest health care profession, not only in the United States but in the entire world. For this reason in part, the World Health Organization more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership