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VA One Step Closer to Allowing APRNs Full Practice Authority
May 27, 2016
Why can’t nurses be allowed to provide more care to veterans? That is what the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has asked for a while now. Back in January, the VA sent its proposal to the Office of Management and Budget. The VA’s big idea: to change regulations so more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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Pennsylvania Senate to Hear Bill to Ease Scope Restrictions; Research Backs It Up
May 27, 2016
Pennsylvanians are a step closer to being able to receive primary care with fewer hurdles, thanks to a bill that went to the state Senate earlier this month that would end the requirement that nurse practitioners maintain written contracts with physicians to practice and more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National Pennsylvania
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Perspectives on the Evidence: Workforce Planning
*EventHow many nurses will be needed in a year? In two, or five? What exactly will their roles be, and where? Data are critical to answering these questions and others, and shaping the future of the nation’s health care. In this webinar, led by Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP, director of more
Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Location: National
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Fundraising and Coalition Building
*EventHealthy finances are key to the long-term success of your Action Coalition, and this webinar will provide guidance toward that end. Campbell & Company, a fundraising adviser for the Campaign , will help you build a persuasive story about your Action Coalition’s work, more
Location: National
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Hassmiller Takes the Campaign on a Military Visit
May 19, 2016
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action had two opportunities recently to address members of the armed forces about Campaign efforts to build more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Meeting Sets the Stage for Improved Collection of Workforce Data
May 19, 2016
“In God we trust. All others bring data.” That’s how one speaker, quoting the late statistician William Edwards Deming, reflected on the point of the historic meeting held in Washington, D.C., May 9-10. For the first time, national nursing organizations and federal more
Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Location: National
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AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins on ‘Why We Celebrate Nurses’
May 06, 2016
For a smooth-functioning, equitable health care system, “we’re going to need every nurse,” says AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins in her essay celebrating National Nurses Week. For everyone’s good, the nation needs more nurses and needs to make sure that they are partners in making more
Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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A Note of Appreciation From Campaign Headquarters
May 05, 2016
While National Nurses Week, May 6-12, is an invitation to the public to thank a nurse, it also gives us nurses a chance to understand what we as a force, all 3.4 million of us, mean to the nation’s health. As many of you know, the two of us who proudly lead the Future of more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National