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What 10 Days in the ICU Taught Me About Caregiving
May 06, 2017
During 10 brutal days last fall, I learned anew how nurses comfort families who have experienced unexpected trauma. My husband and soul mate, Bob, became paralyzed after a bike fall on the morning of September 25, 2016. He lingered between life and death for the next 10 days more
Location: National
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A Time to Talk: Palliative Care Groups Gather
May 04, 2017
“The nursing community has a wonderful opportunity to create a collaborative agenda to focus on how nurses lead in transforming care for individuals and their families who have one or more chronic serious illnesses.” The nurse who spoke those words is in a position to more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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The CAPABLE Program: Improving Patient Outcomes for Seniors With Low Incomes
Apr 28, 2017
AARP’s Public Policy Institute, home to the Center to Champion Nursing in America, hosted an inspiring nurse leader Tuesday whose work on helping people with low incomes age in place is making life better for many. Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN, is program director of Johns more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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AARP Praises Bills to Ease Path to Home Health Services
Apr 17, 2017
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is pleased that AARP is publicly endorsing the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act, proposed bills that would help Medicare beneficiaries get care more quickly by allowing advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to do their more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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“Fundraising Is a Skill”: 10 Essentials in Supporting Your Cause
Apr 12, 2017
You became a nurse for any number of reasons: You want to help people. You’re hands-on. You like the intensity of working with others to make things right, and the gratifying feeling that comes from responding to a need. As you rise through the ranks, though, you might more
Location: National
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“I Knew I Wanted to Be ‘That Nurse'”
Apr 05, 2017
This is the second 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. Danielle Howa Pendergrass, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, is a board-certified more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National Utah
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Changing the System for Complex Patients: Nursing Innovation in Action
*EventBending the cost curve and improving quality for patients who need complex care is a focus of national attention. Join Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior vice president and director of the AARP Public Policy Institute and chief strategist for the Center to Champion Nursing in more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Complex Care Model Leads to Answers for America’s Vulnerable
Mar 23, 2017
Lauran Hardin’s calling became clear as she listened to a 30-year-old man read his essay, “Why I Went to the Emergency Room.” He was in the presence of 20 people from three hospital systems and many community agencies who, separately, had responded to his health care more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: National