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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From One Coast to Another, Nurse Brings Health to Neighborhoods In Need

Feb 06, 2018

When asked where she grew up, Gloria McNeal responds with a mere ZIP code. But don’t expect to hear 90210, or any other such posh digits. “One-nine-one-two-three,” she says, “and that is a ZIP code you didn’t want to come from.” It may not have been her (or more

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

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“Vote and Participate”: Monica McLemore on Nursing

Jul 10, 2017

This is the fifth in a series of profiles of leaders who are part of the Campaign talking about their connections to the nursing or health care profession and their interests in healthier communities. At the University of California, San Francisco, Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: California National

Telehealth Expands Care for Those in Vulnerable Communities

Oct 19, 2016

It may be the wave of the future: A nurse-managed clinic in Los Angeles that uses telehealth to increase consumers’ access to care is expanding its services to connect people who don’t live nearby with nurse practitioners who can provide the care they need. Thanks to a more

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