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Mentoring and More: Steps that Lead Towards Greater Diversity in Nursing
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The gap has grown between the makeup of our nursing workforce and an increasingly diverse consumer population. The good news is that nurses are bridging the gap by focusing on mentoring, coaching, and collaboration. Representatives from the Colorado and Montana Action Coalitions will discuss strategies that have improved the diversity of the nursing more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Welcome to New Mexico
Apr 14, 2017
Dear Action Coalitions, The two of us are thrilled to welcome Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and other colleagues from across the country to continue work on implementing Institute of Medicine recommendations and building a Culture of Health in communities across the nation. Kim is board president of the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence 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: New Mexico
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Updated Campaign Dashboard Reflects Progress
Mar 06, 2017
Positive trends in nursing education, leadership, and scope of practice are just a few of the changes seen in the latest round of updates to the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Dashboard. The Dashboard is a series of graphs and charts used to track efforts to implement more
Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Measuring Diversity and its Role in Creating More Equitable Communities
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A diverse nursing workforce is one that can better support the well-being of the whole community. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s diversity dashboard indicator shows the progress that Action Coalitions are making as they create a nursing workforce that is as diverse as the nation. In the first of two webinars, Campaign Diversity Steering more
Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Take a Gander at Five Facts About Men in Nursing
Feb 10, 2017
MidAmerica Nazarene University wants people to know five things about men in nursing. For starters, Becker’s Hospital Review reports, in the 1800s nursing was considered a masculine profession. The publication lists a few other facts unearthed by the researchers at the more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Film Festivals Feature Documentary of American Indian Nurses
Feb 02, 2017
The North Dakota State University School of Nursing has pursued its goal of recruiting more American Indians into the field in a new way: film. “Essence of Healing: Journey of American Indian Nurses,” a documentary that follows 14 American Indian nurses from the Northern more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: North Dakota
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Increasing Diversity in the Nursing Workforce is a Challenge. Could Licensed Practical Nurses be Part of the Solution?
Jan 06, 2017
There are more than 21,000 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in Massachusetts alone. Beginning as an LPN affords those with low income, single parents, career changers, and new immigrants a relatively quick admission to the workforce. This brings a more diverse population into nursing that otherwise may not have the opportunity to enter the profession. There more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts
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Diversity Made the List of New “Power of Ten”
Nov 23, 2016
This is the second in a series of posts about the top issues facing nursing today as covered in The Power of Ten: A Conversational Approach to Tackling the Top Ten Priorities in Nursing. As a contributor in the second edition of The Power of Ten, I was excited and honored more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National