Preparing Teens and Young Adults for Health Care Careers

Jul 20, 2023

AARP and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, proudly support the Summer Health Institute for Nurse Exploration and Success or SHINES program. SHINES is helping create a stable and diverse more

Location: California

Hassmiller Receives HealthImpact DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award For Policy

Sep 14, 2022

Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN For her decades of policy work that have advanced compassionate care, Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Policy by HealthImpact and the DAISY Foundation on Monday, September more

Location: California

50 Questions About Racism in Nursing

Aug 31, 2021

The American Nurses Association\California (ANA California) has created an important tool to assess the extent to which racism permeates nursing in California’s health care system. But it goes further than that. The tool, which is a self-assessment for both nursing staff more

Issues: Improving Health Equity Location: California

Modernization of California Nurse Practitioner Practice is Overdue: Implications for Nurse-Led Clinics

Nov 18, 2020

The Need The need for the expansion and growth of nurse-led clinics, to deliver primary and behavioral health services, is well supported by health data from national, state, and local sources. These data document the extent of primary care physician shortages in underserved more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: California

New Law to Improve Californians Access to Care
Consumers to Benefit from Improved Health Equity

Sep 30, 2020

California’s 39 million residents will have significantly improved access to care from advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), thanks to legislation more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: California

The Fight for Accessible Health Care Belongs to Us All

Jul 11, 2019

Patients—not nurses—are the story when it comes to state legislative battles to modernize advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) scope of practice laws. Explain to someone more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: California

Nurse Leaders Inspired Her to Be a Nurse Champion

Apr 16, 2019

Nursing Journeys is a profile series featuring Action Coalition leaders discussing their career paths and reflecting on the lessons more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: California

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Nursing Professor Aims to Improve Lives of Teens, Young Adults with Mood Disorders

Jul 13, 2018

This is the 13th in a series of profiles of Campaign leaders talking about their connections to the nursing or health care profession and their interests in healthier communities. Melissa Pinto, PhD, RN, FAAN, is associate professor of nursing at the University of more

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