Learn more about the Innovations Fund, Campaign Outreach Advocates for a Culture of Health, or COACHes, Public Health Nurse Leaders, Breakthrough Leaders in Nursing, RWJF’s State Implementation Program (SIP) and Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN) Program, the Nurses on Boards Coalition, and Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI).
Projects offer promising solutions aimed at eliminating structural inequities, particularly structural racism, within the nursing profession, health systems, or community, and for projects that help improve access to care and services for those most disproportionately impacted by health disparities.
Learn MoreThe training for the newly revised NCLEX, “Next Generation NCLEX,” was developed to help participants prepare nursing schools for the new test.
Learn MoreThe Campaign provides awards to select Action Coalitions for new or ongoing work that addresses nursing’s role in improving health equity and building a Culture of Health.
Learn MoreThis two-phase project is already exploring promising models of nursing education and practice related to improving population health.
Learn MoreCOACHes are Breakthrough Leaders in Nursing who have received training to deliver effective and action-oriented presentations about nursing’s role in building a Culture of Health. They strengthen Action Coalitions by representing them as they build healthier communities through public speaking, networking, fundraising, and advocating.
Learn MoreThe Culture of Health: Breakthrough Leaders in Nursing program honors innovators who are forging a path to better health in their communities. These nurse leaders work with their Action Coalitions and are ambassadors for the Campaign and its ideals of creating a healthier America through nursing.
Learn MoreThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing: State Implementation Program (SIP) provided funds to various states to help build a healthier America through nursing.
Learn MoreThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Academic Progression in Nursing program (APIN) develops innovative strategies with community colleges, universities, and practice partners to prepare nurses to deliver high-quality care in all settings.
Learn MoreNurses are uniquely qualified with a distinctive perspective and special set of skills that can help community groups and organizations make better decisions. That is why the Nurses on Boards Coalition aims to get 10,000 nurses on boards by 2020.
Learn MorePublic health nurses take their work to the people, providing care and education in homes, workplaces, and community centers. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Nurse Leaders program provided these community health nurses a two-year leadership development program designed to contribute to a Culture of Health.
Learn MoreThe Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative program (INQRI) is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program supporting research to help the public understand how nurses contribute to the quality of patient care. Interdisciplinary teams of researchers have produced almost 100 research and evidence briefs.
Learn MoreThe RN Work Project was a national 10-year study of new nurses, focusing on career changes and work attitudes. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it launched in 2006 and concluded in 2016. It is the only multi-state, longitudinal panel study of new nurses’ turnover rates, their intentions, and attitudes such as intent, satisfaction, organizational commitment, and preferences about work.
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