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New York Nurses Go to the Fair
Sep 16, 2016
It’s not called great for nothing: Held on 375 acres near Syracuse over 12 days, the Great New York State Fair welcomed a record crowd of more than 1 million people this year. Amid the rides and fried foods and cotton candy were nurses talking with fairgoers about more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: New York
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Petition Aims to Put a Nurse in Every Public School in Va.
Sep 14, 2016
Children who aren’t healthy can’t learn. That’s the premise behind a campaign to require every public school in Virginia to have at least one full-time registered nurse. The campaign is led by Dana Holladay-Hollifield, BSN, RN, NCSN, a school more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Virginia
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Good Health Means Good Business
Sep 13, 2016
Health Means Business, a two-year campaign of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, features forums throughout the country showcasing businesses in each city that know—and act on the belief—that economic health and community health are inextricably intertwined. The Campaign is proud to note Lisa Eichelberger, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Georgia
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Roots of Success Take Hold in Nevada
Sep 09, 2016
Two inspired nurses met one inspired urban farmer, and a Culture of Health began to blossom. The dedication on the part of Debra Collins, BSN, co-chair of the Nevada Action Coalition (NAC) and former chair of the Nevada Alliance for Nursing Excellence, and Linda Paulic, RNC, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Nevada
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Treating People Not the Same As Treating Illness
Sep 08, 2016
It’s no secret that health care is hardest to come by in rural parts of the country. But, as it turned out in at least one rural community, building more clinics did not help; what helped was building relationships. More than a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Pennsylvania West Virginia
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New Wisconsin Video Promotes Nursing Diversity
Sep 06, 2016
The Wisconsin Center for Nursing, co-lead for the Wisconsin Action Coalition recently released Nursing in Wisconsin: Faces of the Future, a video to promote the critical need to build a diverse nursing workforce. The video features multiple, diverse nursing students from the Wisconsin Student Nurses Association as they showcase the many roles of nursing to more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Wisconsin
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At Case Western, Students to Work Together to Prepare for Future Care
Sep 02, 2016
Beginning in 2019, a building larger than eight football fields will house an equally big idea: that students from multiple health fields should learn how to work together as they are mastering their fields. The Cleveland Clinic is the site of what will soon be the Case more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: Ohio
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Leadership Webinar Features NOBC Head, 2 Emerging Leaders
Aug 30, 2016
Laurie Benson, BSN, RN, executive director of the Nurses on Boards Coalition, is headline speaker in a free webinar September 15 at 1 p.m. ET. The Illinois Healthcare Action Coalition hosts Benson as she explains NOBC’s goal of increasing community health by boosting the number of nurses in leadership roles. Also speaking are two 40-under-40 emerging more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Illinois National