National

VA Submits Proposed Regulation Allowing Full Practice Authority

Jan 19, 2016

Now under consideration: a proposal to allow advanced practice registered nurses full practice authority in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities. This is an important step in a process that has been underway for at least two years, and you can weigh in. On January more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

National

Study: When Nurse Practitioners Provide Primary Care, Medicare Costs Are Lower

Jan 11, 2016

In a finding that contradicts previous data, the cost to Medicare is lower when nurse practitioners rather than physicians provide primary care, says a new study. Researchers from Mathematica Policy Research, Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

National

Huge Interest in IOM’s Future of Nursing Report Shows in Record Number of Downloads

Jan 05, 2016

Reflecting the fact that nurses play a critical role in improving America’s health and health care system, the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report remains the IOM’s most downloaded report since its release in 2010. As of more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

National

Increasing Access to Care: The APRN Consensus Model 2008 to 2015

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The Institute of Medicine’s first recommendation in the  Future of Nursing report is to remove scope of practice barriers, in order to increase the public’s access to advanced practice registered nurses care. This webinar focuses on a key aspect of that recommendation: more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

Preparing the Nursing Workforce to Transform Healthcare

Oct 25, 2015

National & State Perspectives, Initiatives are Focus of MA Workforce Summit More than 150 nurses and leaders from across the healthcare spectrum attended the 2nd Annual Massachusetts Healthcare Workforce Summit and shared updates on national and statewide progress in 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: Massachusetts

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The Future of Nursing Is Here: Campaign Marks Five Years of Progress

Oct 21, 2015

Five years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health made an urgent case for transforming nursing to bring better health to more Americans. Soon after, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) joined forces to more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

National

IOM Evaluation Report Will Reflect Research, Perspectives From Many

Oct 21, 2015

Speaking in July to the IOM evaluation committee for the IOM Evaluation Report about models of academic progression are Jenny Landen, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, dean of the School of Fitness Education, School of Health, Math, more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies for LPNs

Sep 24, 2015

Five years after the publication of the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies© – Registered Nurse (NOFNCC-RN) and their implementation into academic and practice settings across the state, Massachusetts nurse leaders have developed a similar set of competencies specific more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts