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  1. Reckoning with the History of Nursing to Improve Maternal-Infant Health Outcomes

    May 28, 2024

    My health equity journey can be summed-up in the expression, “I am my sister’s (brother’s) keeper.” This phrase characterizes both the privileges and responsibilities that I hold, which are foundational to my leadership style and role as a nurse. As a Black woman, more

    Location: Texas

  2. Texas Eases Restriction on Nurse Practitioners

    May 20, 2019

    Texas has signed into law legislation that removes some red tape that will help people have better access to care provided by advanced practice registered nurses more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Texas

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    Hurricane-Battered Hospital Offers Lessons in Disaster Preparedness

    Jan 19, 2018

    When Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast in late August 2017, nearly 100 nurses and other licensed professionals who work for CHRISTUS Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas, were stranded at home. Yet St. Elizabeth remained open, having strengthened its disaster preparedness after years of practice and planning. more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Texas

  4. “Give Texas Nurses Full Authority to Heal”

    Jan 31, 2017

    “Texas is overwhelmingly rural,” writes the director of AARP Texas; it ranks 41st in the nation for the number of physicians per 100,000 people. So why aren’t nurses allowed to provide all the care they’ve been trained to provide? In the online paid piece on TribTalk, more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Texas

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    Nurses Serve Wisdom at Food Banks, Farmers Markets

    Jun 22, 2016

    A New York Times story about food banks—and diabetes—touches on a theme similar to one in the recently released video about interprofessional collaboration at health care facilities. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation video, which points out that all such efforts rest on a more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: Connecticut National Texas

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    What Do Climate Change and Health Have to Do With Nursing?

    Jun 09, 2016

    The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments organized the recent  Climate and Health Roundtable  at the White House. Lisa Campbell, DNP, RN, APHN-BC, attended to advocate for a Culture more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Texas

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    Texas Department of State Health Services Celebrates National Public Health Week 2016

    Mar 28, 2016

    In honor of National Public Health Week 2016, RWJF Public Health Nurse Leader Monica Hughes, RN, BSN, Director of Public Health Nursing at the Texas Department of State Health Services shares how the Texas Department of State Health Services will be celebrating.  The more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Texas

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