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In the States: Making BSN Education Accessible to Minnesotans in Their Home Communities
Jul 16, 2014
In Minnesota, hundreds of rural nursing students will soon have a more streamlined pathway to the baccalaureate degree thanks to the persistence and foresight of nursing leaders in the state. This past year, 1,500 residents applied to a new dual-admission bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program, a collaboration between seven community colleges and more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Minnesota National
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Massachusetts Nursing Education Transfer Compact
Jun 10, 2014
The goals of the Nursing Education Transfer Compact are to: – Create a seamless, cost effective, timely, and transparent pathway from the community college AD/N to the BS/N degree at a state university or the University of Massachusetts; – Make the process of transferring credits from the Associate Degree in Nursing to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts
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NJAC Long-Term Care Residency Program Featured on Advance Health
May 30, 2014
The New Jersey Action Coalition’s (NJAC) co-lead Edna Cadmus, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, and the co-chair of the education pillar for NJAC, Susan Salmond, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, recently wrote an article for Advance Healthcare Network about the development of the first long-term care (LTC) residency program of its kind. NJAC received permission by the Centers for more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: New Jersey
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New RWJF Paper Summarizes 2013 Community College Presidents’ Meeting, Highlights Recent Examples of Progress
Apr 29, 2014
Last April, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) convened a diverse group of leaders from community colleges, the Tri-Council for Nursing, and RWJF’s Academic Progression in Nursing Initiative (APIN). The purpose of the meeting was to address concerns about one of the key recommendations in the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) landmark report, The more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Nursing Residency Programs: Transition to Practice (Part I)
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Hosted March 20, 2014: Many Action Coalitions are advancing work in the development and implementation of transition to practice programs. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change and Advancing Health described the importance of structured programs for new nurse graduates. Evidence shows these programs enhance safety and quality of care, as well as more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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President’s 2015 Budget Seeks to Boost Primary Care
Mar 04, 2014
Today the Obama Administration released its 2015 fiscal budget. In the budget, President Obama proposed fixing the glitch that left nurse practitioners (NPs) out of the Medicaid primary care bonus, and extending those increased payment rates for all Medicaid primary care providers for one year. This provision was specifically mentioned in the Institute of more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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New Study Shows Nurse Education Level, Caseload Affect Patient Mortality
Mar 03, 2014
A new European study published in The Lancet sheds more light on the importance of nurses having a bachelor’s degree and manageable workload. According to the study, patients who underwent surgical procedures were more likely to die if they were treated in hospitals where nurses were caring for more patients and fewer nurses held bachelor’s more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Two New Studies Examine Impact of IOM Report
Dec 13, 2013
Researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services recently produced two new studies measuring how well hospitals and other health care facilities are responding to the changes of the nursing profession. The first study examined the degree to which health care employers are implementing the IOM recommendation of more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National