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Two AARP Programs to Fund Ideas Large and Small

Feb 22, 2021

AARP applauds and supports innovators and entrepreneurs who aim to improve others’ lives with two funding opportunities: The 2022 Purpose Prize, and the 2021 Community Challenge. Applications for both are now being accepted. “The AARP Purpose Prize,” said AARP CEO Jo more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities
New Tennessee 40 Under 40 Nurse Leader on Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association's Patients Come First Podcast

Feb 19, 2021

A nurse leader recently named to Tennessee 40 Under 40 list, spoke recently on Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s (VHHA) Patients Come First Podcast. The episode of features an interview with Claire Marr, a registered nurse and System Clinical Value Improvement Coordinator at Ballad Health, who has channeled personal loss into her work to more

Location: Tennessee
Congratulations to Tennessee’s 2021 Rising Star Nurse Leaders!

Feb 19, 2021

Together with the Tennessee Nurses Association and the Tennessee Hospital Association, the Tennessee Action Coalition acknowledges these young nurse leaders: Jasmin Ajanovic, Johnson City Medical Center Kari Bowen, Johnson City Medical Center Oseana Bratton, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Marissa Lemley Brown, Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Tennessee
Report: Racial Equity Benefits Society Economically Too

Feb 08, 2021

Racial equity is an integral part of social justice—and, as an updated report makes clear, it is also fundamentally important to the country’s economic growth. In “The Business Case for Racial Equity: A Strategy for Growth,” the W.K. Kellogg Foundation finds that more

Issues: Improving Health Equity
Courage to Care Campaign

Jan 27, 2021

The Future of Nursing WV (FONWV) Action Coalition initiated its first fundraising campaign to highlight the Courage of Nurses to Care. Six profiles feature diverse FONWV nurses in a variety of roles from different areas of the state. The campaign is spread through social media more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: West Virginia
Push for New Nurses Seeks to Reduce Wealth & Health Disparities

Jan 26, 2021

While the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action has from its start sought to increase diversity in the nursing workforce and continues to emphasize inclusivity, it will introduce a new aspect of its efforts to improve America’s health on Feb. 3. That’s when the Campaign more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing
How to put people first in the new year

Jan 25, 2021

If 2020 was a calamity, 2021 has the makings of a year of hope. The most visible signs of that hope are the vaccines currently being received by nurses, physicians, and other frontline workers across the country. For our overtaxed care providers, this is a much-needed more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Health Equity
Co-chairs Bring Complementary Strengths to Equity Initiative

Jan 19, 2021

From opposite sides of the country, Carmen Alvarez, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, and Eric J. Williams, DNP, RN, FAAN, bring more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Health Equity Increasing Diversity in Nursing