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“Everyone Can Play a Role” in Advancing Health Equity
Dec 11, 2023
Attendees at the summit. How can we make real progress on critical health care priorities like advancing health equity, diversifying the nursing workforce, mitigating the workforce crisis through the recruitment and retention of nurses, and elevating the concept of more
Issues: Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing
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Join NOBC to Participate in an Innovation Project to Increase Health Equity!
Jul 07, 2023
The Mississippi Action Coalition, in a collaborative role with the Nurses On Boards Coalition, is honored and proud to have received one of 16 Health Equity Innovation Grant Awards. We have embarked on a project, “Strengthening Nurses’ Voices to Improve Health Equity: A Community-based Approach, ”to identify and address gaps and barriers preventing more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Mississippi
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Help Wanted: Nurse Mentors for a More Diverse Nurse Workforce
Apr 11, 2023
The AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM (A-CHEN) is seeking nurses, working or retired, to mentor nursing students from underrepresented communities. A mentor is defined as a wise and trusted counselor or teacher, a tutor, advisor, or coach. Mentors can also more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing
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Lincoln University Nursing Students Attend National Black Nurses Association Capitol Hill Day
Apr 03, 2023
Rep Lisa Blunt Rochester posing with Lincoln University nursing students and faculty as well as NBNA members. On February 2, 2023 the Pennsylvania Action Coalition had the pleasure of attending the 35th Annual National Black Nurses (NBNA) Day on Capitol Hill with students from the Pennsylvania Action Coalition Cohort of Exchanged Learning (PA-ACCEL) more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Pennsylvania
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A Delaware School District Program Provides Early Exposure to Nursing
Aug 04, 2022
As its 2021 Nursing Innovations Fund project, Delaware’s Brandywine School District (BSD) piloted an afterschool program, BSD’s Lifesavers, to increase awareness of nursing careers among students from underrepresented communities. Working with key stakeholders, project staff more
Issues: Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Delaware
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Lincoln University Student Nurses Thrive in HBCU Mentoring Collaboration
Mar 15, 2022
A diverse nursing workforce means more access to care, and better care, especially for people in communities that have been historically underserved, such as communities of color and rural communities. Efforts are underway across nursing to diversify the workforce so it more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Pennsylvania
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Purpose Prize Celebrates Changemakers on December 15th
Dec 03, 2021
A nurse from Maryland is one of five winners of this year’s AARP Purpose Prize Award for people age 50+ who are giving back, solving problems, and changing lives. They will all be celebrated at a virtual awards show on Wednesday, December 15th which the public is invited more
Issues: Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Maryland
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In D.C. and Across the Nation, Nursing Provides a Path to Economic Well-Being
Sep 22, 2021
There are so many reasons to choose a nursing career. Nurses work in a wide range of roles and in almost every setting imaginable. They provide care, advance rehabilitation and cure, provide emotional support, advocate for health promotion, and educate patients, families, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education