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Indiana Nurses on Boards Coalition–Part of the National Effort
Jun 02, 2016
The Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) is a national initiative created to help recruit and engage nurses to step into leadership roles. To assist the Nurses on Boards initiative, state affiliates of the national organizations forming NOBC are working at the local level to drive nurses to be counted, prepare nurses to be effective board members, and find more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Indiana
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The Dashboard, Campaign’s Measure(s) of Success, Gets Upgraded
Jun 02, 2016
Since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) set the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action on its course with its recommendations in 2010, the Campaign and its Action Coalitions have used a dashboard to keep track of progress. That gauge has just been updated, in an effort to better 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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Key Partnerships Align to Improve Health Through Nursing Workforce Data
May 19, 2016
The Connecticut Nursing Collaborative-Action Coalition (CNC-AC) is partnering with the state’s Department of Labor and Department of Public Health to manage and analyze Connecticut’s nursing workforce data. The analysis will provide critical information for ongoing planning for the health of Connecticut residents, development of the nursing more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Connecticut
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Bienemy Is Elected to National Post
May 10, 2016
Cynthia Bienemy, PhD, RN, Louisiana Center for Nursing (LCN) director and co-lead for the Louisiana Action Coalition (LAC), was elected to the national post as president-elect of the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers on April 27 during the organization’s annual more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Louisiana
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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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As Leaders, Nurses Can (and Do, and Should) Take the Initiative
May 05, 2016
Good leaders listen. Good leaders stay calm. They have empathy, take in small details while considering big goals, and figure out needs and how to solve problems. They have experience gleaned from handling the unpredictable. This is what nurses do, every day. That’s why more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership 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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Nurses Are the Essence of a Culture of Health
May 05, 2016
Everyone deserves to live the healthiest life possible. How do we improve health for all, and who do we need to do this? National Nurses Week was established to recognize all that nurses do in the workplace, in schools, in hospitals and homes, and to thank them—at 3.4 more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National