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  1. Mass. Health Care Employers Surveyed on Activities to Promote Advanced Education, Diversity in Nursing Workforce

    Dec 10, 2014

    According to a survey of Massachusetts health care employers, 90 percent of acute care hospitals have a formal goal to increase the proportion of nurses with bachelor’s degrees (BSN) in their workforce, but fewer than half require new hires or current nursing staff to achieve that level. The 2013 survey of Massachusetts health care employers — more

    Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts

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    The Top Five Issues for Nursing in 2015

    Dec 02, 2014

    In 2013, the Institute of Medicine released a report, U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health, that compared the United States with 16 other affluent nations. The United States ranked last or near last on nine key indicators: infant mortality and low birth weight; injuries and homicides; teenage pregnancies and sexually more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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    New Award Recognizes Nurses for Leading Changes in Health Care

    Nov 17, 2014

    The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Announces  Winners of the Breakthrough Leaders in Nursing Award Ten nurses who have made extraordinary efforts to improve the health and lives of people in their communities will be recognized as the recipients of the new Breakthrough Leaders in Nursing award created by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for more

    Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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    Arizona Nurse and Action Coalition Leader Named to New Infectious Disease Response Panel

    Oct 28, 2014

    Robin Schaeffer, co-leader of the Arizona Action Coalition and executive director of the Arizona Nurses Association, was appointed to Gov. Jan Brewer’s new Council on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response. Robin represents the Arizona Nurses Association on that Council, and is joined by representatives of 20 other organizations. Gov. Brewer more

    Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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    Champions of Nursing: Target

    Oct 22, 2014

    Back in 2006, retail giant Target tried something that was unusual at the time. Facing growing health care costs, a short supply of primary health care providers, and an aging population, America’s second largest general merchandise retailer opened a few health clinics in some of its stores and staffed them with nurse practitioners, who treat routine more

    Location: National

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    Building Momentum Nationwide To Get Nurses on Boards

    Oct 22, 2014

    At more than 3 million strong, nurses make up the largest segment of the U.S. health care workforce, but relatively few nurses serve on hospital and health system governing boards of directors. A 2011 American Hospital Association survey of U.S. hospitals found that nurses accounted for only 6 percent of hospital board members, and anecdotal evidence more

    Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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    Nurses Are Key to Meeting America’s Health Care Needs

    Oct 06, 2014

    Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, is senior vice president and director of the AARP Public Policy Institute and chief strategist at the Center to Champion Nursing in America, which coordinates the Future of Nursing:Campaign for Action. In this post, she reflects on the fourth anniversary of the Institute of Medicine’s landmark report, The Future of Nursing: more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

  8. First Nurse Ever Appointed to the Board of Trustees of Baystate Health

    Aug 19, 2014

    Kathleen Scoble, ED, RN, dean of the Elms College School of Nursing, has been named to the Board of Trustees of Baystate Health, a western Massachusetts-based non-profit health care provider. She is the first nurse ever appointed to the board. Baystate Health is one of the largest health systems in New England. “Nurses are the largest part of our more

    Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Massachusetts

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