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2023 Health Equity Summit: TURNING COMMITMENTS INTO ACTION

On Oct. 31-Nov. 1 invited guests will attend a conference featuring panel discussions and seven interactive workshops, with the goal of developing action plans for nurses to lead in building health equity.
Turning Commitments into Action
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EQUITY THROUGH NURSING

Are you looking for ideas on how to implement recommendations from the National Academy of Medicine’s May 2021 report, the Future of Nursing 2020 – 2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity?
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HEALTH EQUITY INNOVATIONS FUND AWARDS

The Campaign for Action and AARP have awarded more than $700,000 to fund 16 projects throughout the nation aimed at eliminating structural inequities, particularly structural racism, within nursing, health systems, or the community.
Recipients of Health Equity Innovations Fund Awards
Equity-Minded Nurse Awards

Apply for one of the five Equity-Minded Nurse award categories.
Equity-Minded Nurse Awards

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We’re Building Healthier Communities Through Nursing

America’s 4.4+ million registered nurses are key to improving health equity and creating communities in which everyone has access to high-quality care.

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Help Wanted: Nurse Mentors for a More Diverse Nurse Workforce

Apr 11, 2023

The AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM (A-CHEN) is seeking nurses, working or retired, to mentor nursing students from underrepresented communities. A mentor is defined as a wise and trusted counselor or teacher, a tutor, advisor, or coach. Mentors can also more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing
Maps Illustrate a Decade of Progress in Nursing Education

Mar 22, 2023

From its earliest days, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has worked to implement recommendations in the 2010 Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, more
Video: Medicare Savings Programs Could Be Helping More Older Adults

Mar 15, 2023

A new AARP Policy Now video explores why 1.4 million eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries are not enrolled in state level programs that can save them at least $1,900 a year in health care costs. Under Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs), state Medicaid agencies pay more

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Action Coalitions in every state work with health, education, business, and other leaders to promote better health through nursing.

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Updated our goals in 2024

Dashboard

Jan 04, 2024

In 2024, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action sharpened the focus of its dashboard to two main areas of work: improving consumer access to care and diversifying nursing at all levels so it reflects the U.S. population. The dashboard is a series of graphs and charts the Campaign uses to evaluate its efforts to implement recommendations from the more