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“Nurse Leaders Will Deliver in the Boardroom”
Oct 05, 2016
Two nurses who have sat on many a board write for the Governance Institute about why others—many others—must do the same. Meanwhile, speaking up in Becker’s Hospital Review are two others also leading the push to increase the number of nurses on boards. The piece in more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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By Assisting Nurses, Can Robots Ease the Shortage?
Oct 04, 2016
It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel—robots humming around hospitals supporting nurses by delivering medication, retrieving medical records, helping patients out of bed and keeping them company. But it’s already happening in Japan, says a report in The more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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U.S. Rep. Lois Capps Bids Farewell to Congress, Not to Nursing
Sep 22, 2016
After 18 years, U.S. Rep. Lois Capps of California uses the recent renewal by Congress of legislation that improves people’s access to high-quality care by nurses as a springboard to say goodbye. (Capps announced her plan to retire early last year.) In a column on The more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: California National
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The Four Forces That Will Reshape Nursing
Sep 20, 2016
Right now, America has a knowledge shortage, not a nursing shortage, says nursing expert and health care economist Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN. In an interview with Hospitals & Health Networks, Buerhaus, a health care economist and professor of nursing, offers insights on what it more
Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: Montana National
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Campaign Allies Among Modern Healthcare’s Top 100
Sep 01, 2016
Modern Healthcare has named its 100 most influential people in health care in 2016, and among the leaders are many whom the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is proud to call allies. For starters, the Campaign is closely linked to these two luminaries on the more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Leadership Webinar Features NOBC Head, 2 Emerging Leaders
Aug 30, 2016
Laurie Benson, BSN, RN, executive director of the Nurses on Boards Coalition, is headline speaker in a free webinar September 15 at 1 p.m. ET. The Illinois Healthcare Action Coalition hosts Benson as she explains NOBC’s goal of increasing community health by boosting the more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Illinois National
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Research Paper Lists Strategies Behind Nebraska’s Success in Changing Laws
Aug 25, 2016
In Nebraska between 2011 and 2013, legislators considered a staggering 1,795 bills related to scope of practice for all health professions. Of those, 349 were enacted. Now three researchers who are friends and allies of the Nebraska Action Coalition have produced a paper that more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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FCC Mapping Tool Shows Links Between Internet Access, Health
Aug 22, 2016
In the United States, there is a high correlation between good access to the Internet and good health. We know this more precisely now thanks to a tool produced by the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health task force. The Mapping Broadband Health in America more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National