Lighting the Way for the Homeless during COVID-19

May 01, 2020

The World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife,” in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. A true pioneer in healthcare, Florence Nightingale’s invaluable contribution to our modern healthcare more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

During Pandemic, States Increase Access to Care

Apr 29, 2020

Since late-March, states have provided people more direct access to more highly skilled clinicians during the pandemic. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care

COVID-19 Resources and Information Available at AARP’s Public Policy Institute

Apr 23, 2020

Many nurses and nurse champions have long been aware that the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a leading national resource center created to ensure America has the skilled nurses it more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

“Really, Really Intense”: Public Health Nurses Lead the Way During COVID-19 Days

Apr 21, 2020

“If public health does its job well, you generally don’t know we exist.” Yet the public health nurse who said that is well-known—and it is because she is doing an exceptionally good job at an exceptional time in her home state of Tennessee. Shelby County Health more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Maryland Tennessee

New Video Encourages Native Americans To Go Into Nursing

Apr 16, 2020

In an effort to inspire Native Americans to consider a career path that can help build healthier communities, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action teamed with the National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA) to produce a 90-second video showing a more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing

AARP: Rationing of Health Care is Not the Answer

Apr 03, 2020

AARP, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older, has weighed into a debate about health care rationing as states and hospitals consider what to do if the number of critically ill coronavirus patients exceeds capacity. The Future more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

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We are proud to be nurses today

Mar 25, 2020

In these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we wanted to take a moment to thank you and acknowledge the valuable contribution that you and nursing are making to keep us healthy, and to care for those who aren’t. We are so, so proud to be nurses today. To see more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

Nurses on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Response

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