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End of Public Health Program Is Just the Beginning, Says Leader

Sep 26, 2017

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Nurse Leaders gathered in Atlanta September 5–7 for the completion of our two-year leadership program. I’d like to share some thoughts from our days together. This is a group of 25 senior public health nurse leaders, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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Nurses, Partners Help Kids Stay Safe on Wheels

Sep 12, 2017

Every August for the past five years, the West New York Health Department (WNYHD) and partner organizations hold Safe Kids Day—a community event to teach children in this New Jersey town of 51,000 that fun and safety can coincide. The event, part of a series of over 200 more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National New Jersey

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Clinical Nurse Specialists: A Force for Improving Safety, Outcomes, and Health Care Delivery

Sep 04, 2017

September 1–7 is National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of these highly skilled nurses to our nation’s health and draw attention to the need to remove barriers that prevent them from practicing to the full extent of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Four Ways Nurses Can Help After Harvey

Aug 31, 2017

We have heard from many nurses interested in learning more about opportunities to help in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Here are four ways nurses—and others—can help: Volunteer Volunteers are needed now and in the foreseeable future as the area affected by Harvey more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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Study: Postpartum Nurses Need More Education on Risks New Mothers Face

Aug 21, 2017

A new study recently published in MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing finds that many postpartum nurses are not well informed about the risks new mothers face after delivery, and many need more education to help reduce the high U.S. maternal mortality more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

WA Nurse Leaders Launch Initiative to Solve State Nursing Education Challenges

Aug 15, 2017

Several complex issues facing nursing are getting in the way of Washington State’s ability to produce a nursing workforce needed by our growing communities: a nursing faculty shortage, nursing education funding that fails to keep pace, and a lack of quality practice more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Transforming Nursing Education Location: Washington

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Life-Saving Innovation Can Be as Simple as an Orange Vest

Aug 15, 2017

At a trauma unit in a Toronto hospital, it’s easy to see who’s in charge: the person wearing the orange vest. A recent column in the New York Times credits a nurse with coming up with this “simple yet effective innovation,” an idea inspired by the confusion among 20 more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National