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“We Don’t Have the Power to Build a Culture of Health Without You”
Jul 14, 2015
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action convened some 60 representatives of education, nursing, and business on Capitol Hill Thursday to learn about a Culture of Health and how it fits together with efforts to improve health and health care through nursing. Michelle Larkin, who oversees programs for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, described the more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Wisconsin Center for Nursing Diversity Toolkit for Recruitment and Retention of Minority Nursing Students
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With the dramatic increase of the diverse population of the United States, strategies are needed to critically address the landscape of the nursing profession in the delivery of healthcare. The ongoing insufficient number of minorities in the workforce to address the change in demographic of patients requires focus and intentional recruitment and more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Legal Training: Winning Policy Campaigns with Non-Lobbying Funds
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Action Coalitions face limits on their “lobbying,” but those limits likely aren’t as restrictive as you think. This training aims to help Action Coalitions maximize their ability to influence public policy. On this webinar, participants will learn exactly what is meant by “lobbying” – and what isn’t covered by the definition. Too few people more
Location: National
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Graduate Nurse Education Pilot Improving Access to Quality Care
Jun 10, 2015
Health care consumers are more likely to find highly qualified clinicians because of a little-known provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that authorized Medicare to pay for graduate-level nursing education, according to a new report by AARP’s Public Policy Institute. The report, “Improving Access to High-Quality Care: more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Rapid Growth in Nurses with Baccalaureate Degrees
Jun 10, 2015
At the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, we really like data, and we couldn’t let this number slip by without highlighting it for you. For the first time, the number of nurses graduating with a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN), including RN-to-BSN graduates, is higher than the number of nurses graduating with an entry-level associate’s more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Mentorship and Diversity in Nursing Education, Practice and Leadership
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Hosted on May 27, 2015: Mentorship has been identified as a key strategy to promoting diversity in education, practice and leadership. The webinar will describe two Mentorship models, including their content areas, currently being implemented by the Colorado Action Coalition and the Arizona Action Coalition. Presenters Adriana Perez, more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Study: APRN Scope-of-Practice Restrictions Are Costly to the Economy
May 15, 2015
A new study from a Duke University research center finds that the North Carolina economy takes an annual $430 million hit because of scope-of-practice restrictions on advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). Christopher Conover, PhD, of the Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, writes that, in general, “North Carolina has more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National North Carolina
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Maryland Increases Consumers’ Access to Care
May 13, 2015
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action congratulates Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and the state legislatures for approving a bill that will allow nurse practitioners in the state to practice to the full extent of their education and training. With that, Maryland joins 20 states and the District of Columbia in modernizing scope laws so consumers have more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Maryland National