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Champions of Nursing

Feb 12, 2016

The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Summit 2015, the national conference that took place in Washington, D.C., December 9–10, could not have happened were it not for the generosity of five sponsors who understand how important a strong nursing field is to America’s 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

Louisiana Action Coalition releases diversity report

Jan 25, 2016

A new report details the current demographic makeup of Louisiana’s nursing workforce, challenges faced in increasing minority representation and actions that can be taken to recruit and retain minorities. Embracing the Challenge: Enhancing Diversity in Louisiana’s Nursing more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Louisiana

National

CVS Health Partners With Two Leading Multicultural Nursing Associations

Jan 19, 2016

CVS Health announced plans to partner with the National Black Nurses Association and the National Association of Hispanic Nurses—two organizations whose missions are to improve the quality of health care for more Americans by increasing the number of nurses with ethnically more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National

National

Promoting a Culture of Health: Examples from the National Association of Hispanic Nurses

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“Strengthening Integration of Health Services and Systems”: That is one of the four “action areas” in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Framework, and nurses can lead the way. Hear how two chapters of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National

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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

Holistic Admission Criteria: Promising Approaches

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The purpose of this webinar is to discuss promising admissions practices that can broaden the diversity of a school’s student body. Guest speakers who will talk about their initiatives and perspectives include leaders in higher education and the Campaign for more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National Ohio Pennsylvania Wisconsin

National

The Numbers Are There: Using Data to Pave the Way to Increased Diversity

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The changing face of America means that its nurses must be equally diverse. That’s one reason the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing report set as a goal greater diversity in the nursing workforce. Good news: Data are available to guide Action Coalitions more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Increasing Diversity in Nursing 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