As Witnesses to Inequity, Nurses Can Be Powerful Advocates

Mar 15, 2021

More than 1,200 nurses and nurse champions from every state, Washington D.C. and a dozen countries, gathered online Feb. 24 to honor nurses’ contributions during the pandemic, recognize 10 years of nursing progress by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and others, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership

Looking back to look forward

Feb 23, 2021

Nurses, nurse leaders, nurse champions and allies from across the country will virtually gather Wednesday to reflect on the profession’s achievements since the release of the 2010 Institute of Medicine report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. More more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education

A Heartfelt Thank You

Jan 14, 2021

First, a heartfelt thank you. Thank you for the contributions that we know you have made to your family, your community, the profession, and more, during a year of enormous challenges that include sickness in our ranks, burnout, grief, and worse. The pandemic has tested the 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

Modernization of California Nurse Practitioner Practice is Overdue: Implications for Nurse-Led Clinics

Nov 18, 2020

The Need The need for the expansion and growth of nurse-led clinics, to deliver primary and behavioral health services, is well supported by health data from national, state, and local sources. These data document the extent of primary care physician shortages in underserved more

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

What is the Culture of Health in Louisiana? – The Louisiana Action Coalition is Holding its Annual Health Summit as a Virtual Webinar.

Oct 14, 2020

The Louisiana Action Coalition (LAC) will host its fourth annual Culture of Health Summit as a virtual webinar. The summit will continue to focus on best practices and collaborative partnerships that can be used to cultivate a better culture of health across Louisiana. This more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Location: Louisiana

Nurse Education and Diversity on Rise, Latest Figures Show

Oct 13, 2020

Since its beginning in 2010, The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action has tracked progress made by its state-based Action Coalitions, nurses, and supporters as we continue to implement recommendations made by the Institute of Medicine (IOM; now the National Academy of 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

Campaign Names 2020 Nursing Innovations Fund Award Winners

Oct 06, 2020

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), is pleased to announce that 10 projects proposed by its state-based Action Coalitions, or in a few cases, organizations designated by an Action more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Nebraska North Carolina Pennsylvania Tennessee Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

New Law to Improve Californians Access to Care
Consumers to Benefit from Improved Health Equity

Sep 30, 2020

California’s 39 million residents will have significantly improved access to care from advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), thanks to legislation more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: California