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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
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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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A Dashboard of One’s Own: Four States Track Their Successes
Dec 18, 2018
Since the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action began, it has measured the progress that nursing has made across the more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: Hawaii Nebraska Texas Wisconsin
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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
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“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