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Get Involved in Community, Urges Nurse Leader
Feb 13, 2018
This is the 11th 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. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Oregon
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How Nurses Can Help Create Age-Friendly Communities
Feb 12, 2018
”The AARP Network of age-friendly communities is an affiliate of the world health organization’s global network of age-friendly cities and communities, an international effort launched in 2006 to help cities prepare for their own and the world’s growing population of older more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: Michigan
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Seeding a Culture of Health by Spreading Innovative Ideas
Feb 09, 2018
Now that we’re going full throttle on the goals and leading-edge projects of 2018, I’m excited to share with you a few details concerning some important work that accelerated in 2017 and, as a result, promises to continue to bear fruit this year. AARP Public Policy more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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From One Coast to Another, Nurse Brings Health to Neighborhoods In Need
Feb 06, 2018
When asked where she grew up, Gloria McNeal responds with a mere ZIP code. But don’t expect to hear 90210, or any other such posh digits. “One-nine-one-two-three,” she says, “and that is a ZIP code you didn’t want to come from.” It may not have been her (or more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: California National Pennsylvania
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Progress Continues on IOM Future of Nursing Report Recommendations
Jan 26, 2018
As of 2016, 54 percent of employed registered nurses held bachelor’s of science degrees in nursing—up from 49 percent in 2010. That’s no small feat when you consider that there are over 3.3 million nurses in the United States! This is just one of many noteworthy progress more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Nursing Academy Releases Statement on Full Practice Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Jan 23, 2018
In a new position statement, the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) calls for full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), saying it is essential to achieving health equity. The position statement saying APRNs should be allowed to practice to the more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care
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The Next Disaster: Are You Ready?
Jan 19, 2018
Disasters and their aftermath follow a predictable cycle that includes prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery, yet no two disasters are exactly alike. Nurses need different skills and knowledge to respond to a hurricane, a novel infectious disease outbreak, or a mass shooting. That makes it tough for nurses—the backbone of our nation’s disaster response more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Hurricane-Battered Hospital Offers Lessons in Disaster Preparedness
Jan 19, 2018
When Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast in late August 2017, nearly 100 nurses and other licensed professionals who work for CHRISTUS Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas, were stranded at home. Yet St. Elizabeth remained open, having strengthened its disaster preparedness after years of practice and planning. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Texas