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Beyond the Food and Tchotchkes: A Challenge for Nurses Week

Apr 09, 2019

The 2010 Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report on The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health called for nursing to be front and center in transforming the profession and health care. We’ve already seen significant progress since its release and the launch of the more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

Nurse-led Program Is Game-Changer for People with MS

Mar 28, 2019

Unless an event grabs your attention during Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in March, you may give little thought to multiple sclerosis (MS). But Kathleen Healey, PhD, APRN, thinks about this unpredictable disease all year long. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

New Future of Nursing Study to Look to 2030: Watch Opening Session

Mar 05, 2019

After months of preparation, the National Academy of Medicine on March 20 will formally begin a new study, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030, and Action Coalitions are encouraged to watch 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

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RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leader Kathi Elliott Fosters Resilience in Black Girls

Feb 22, 2019

Black girls in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are 11 times more likely to be referred to juvenile justice court than white girls—a figure that Kathi Elliott, DNP, MSW, CRNP, is determined to change. Elliott is an RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leader (IRL) and the more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National Pennsylvania

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We’re Making Headway on the IOM Nursing Goals

Feb 20, 2019

For nearly a decade now, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, our state-based Action Coalitions, and supporters and allies across the nation have worked tirelessly to implement the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing report recommendations. To help mark our more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

Nurse Partners with Farmers to Protect Their Hearing and Health

Feb 04, 2019

Marjorie McCullagh, PhD, RN, FAAOHN has partnered with the American Farm Bureau Federation and Progressive Agriculture Foundation to create effective interventions to protect farmers’ hearing and health. Credit: more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership

RWJF State Implementation Program Resources Available on Campaign Website

Jan 31, 2019

Credit:Bill Oxford More than 100 resources created as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing: State Implementation Program (SIP) are now available on the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action website. For four years, SIP helped bolster more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education

Advice for New Nurses? Try Kindness, Patience, and Lifelong Learning

Jan 25, 2019

Last year, we asked on Facebook, “If you could share one thing with the next generation of nurses, what would it be?” The answers, in short: Be kind and careful, and more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education