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AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins on ‘Why We Celebrate Nurses’
May 06, 2016
For a smooth-functioning, equitable health care system, “we’re going to need every nurse,” says AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins in her essay celebrating National Nurses Week. For everyone’s good, the nation needs more nurses and needs to make sure that they are partners in making decisions. Writes Jenkins, “This National Nurses Week, all of us at AARP 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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National Nurses Week: A Time to Say Thank You
May 05, 2016
At 3.4 million strong, nurses are the largest group of health care providers in the U.S. Year after year, Gallup’s annual poll finds nurses rank as having the highest honesty and ethical standards of any profession. We interact with nurses every day—in our hospitals, 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: National
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Wisconsin Action Coalition Updates Statewide Diversity Efforts
Mar 31, 2016
The Wisconsin Center for Nursing (WCN), co-lead for the Action Coalition completed its update of state efforts to increase nursing diversity. The recent publication, Diversity in Wisconsin Nursing: Exemplars of Progress, highlights thirty programs & activities going on in schools and health systems across the state to increase diversity in the nursing more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Wisconsin
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PA-AC Diversity in Nursing Video Series Released
Mar 31, 2016
The Pennsylvania Action Coalition’s Nurse Diversity Council is thrilled to debut a video series focused on diversity in nursing. The short video clips were created to be like commercials and used for promoting diversity in nursing by coalition members and community stakeholders. Please visit the Action Coalition’s YouTube channel to view the entire more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Pennsylvania
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Sustaining Diversity: Learning From Great Examples
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America needs a nursing workforce that is as diverse as the country itself. That’s why the Campaign for Action supports efforts to recruit and prepare a nursing workforce that reflects the country’s many populations and so can better understand people’s needs. What can Action Coalitions do to build on their progress in this area and make sure that this more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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University of Maryland School of Nursing Awarded State Implementation Program Grant
Mar 30, 2016
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has been awarded a $150,000 State Implementation Program (SIP) grant through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. UMSON’s grant is in effect from November 2015 through January 2017. SIP grants were created to support the implementation othe Institute of Medicines recommendations outlined in its 2010 more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: Maryland National
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Latest IOM Report Urges Greater Collaboration, Diversity
Feb 25, 2016
In a new report, the Institute of Medicine cites “significant progress” made over the last five years in implementing its 2010 recommendations about the future of nursing, while highlighting new and remaining challenges. Woven throughout the updated recommendations is a common thread: the need for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action to expand its more
Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Highlights of President’s FY2017 Budget Proposal for Nursing
Feb 18, 2016
The administration’s budget for fiscal year 2017 touched on a lot of Culture of Health themes: In announcing it early this month, President Obama spoke of the need to work to deliver to all a fair shot at opportunity, tackle poverty, boost education, help families move to safer neighborhoods, and revitalize distressed communities. Here are the proposed more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education