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AARP, National Black Nurses Association Team Up to Promote Brain Health

Jul 18, 2018

AARP is proud to team with the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) in an innovative pilot project to educate consumers about how they can maintain and improve their brain health as they get older. Brain health is defined as “making the most of your brain and helping reduce more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Virginia

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Nursing Professor Aims to Improve Lives of Teens, Young Adults with Mood Disorders

Jul 13, 2018

This is the 13th in a series of profiles of Campaign leaders talking about their connections to the nursing or health care profession and their interests in healthier communities. Melissa Pinto, PhD, RN, FAAN, is associate professor of nursing at the University of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: California National

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Nurse Practitioners Help Keep the Roads Safe—Why Not the Rails and Skies?

Jul 02, 2018

Nurse anesthetist Steven Wooden, DNP, CRNA, NSPM, relies on his private plane and pilot’s license to effectively provide anesthesia services in rural Nebraska. He’s logged more than 40,000 flight miles while providing anesthesia coverage to at least nine hospitals, some as far as 200 miles from his home. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

AARP’s Livability Index Helping Nurses Better Understand Communities and Consumers

Jun 26, 2018

Rutgers University School of Nursing students in the public health nursing class of Diane Brienza-Arcilla, DNP, RN, are quickly introduced to AARP’s Livability Index, which scores neighborhoods and communities across the nation for services and amenities that impact daily living more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

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Nurse Practitioners Help Truckers Keep on Trucking

Jun 25, 2018

Truck drivers with three or more medical conditions are at least twice as likely as healthier drivers to be involved in a crash. Nurse practitioners who perform DOT physicals promote both health and safety. The goal: more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

Successful Ways to Meet the Needs of Native American Nursing Students

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Recruiting and retaining nursing students from Native American communities remains a serious challenge. While the number of nursing students from other underrepresented and minority populations has increased, the number of Native American students has decreased. Native American more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing

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Public Health: Past is Prologue

Jun 20, 2018

It is exciting to see the 2018 Community/Public Health Nursing Competencies announcement from the Quad Council Coalition of Public Health Nursing Organizations. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

Hawaii Joins States Using Tax Laws to Support Nursing Education

Jun 18, 2018

Hawaii is now the fourth state in the nation to pass a law aimed at helping the United States reduce its chronic shortage of preceptors, with an innovative solution that uses the power of the tax code to try to bolster their numbers. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Transforming Nursing Education Location: Hawaii