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Federal Report Urges Restrictions Be Lifted to Improve Health Care

Dec 06, 2018

A new federal report recommends ways to increase Americans’ access to care, suggesting improvements to public policy in four areas where federal and state rules “inhibit choice and competition”—including the need for states to expand scope of practice laws for more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

Alaska Nurse Leader’s Time in D.C. Taught Her to Dream Big

Nov 28, 2018

Pat DeLeon, PhD, knows a thing or two about health and public service: The honorary fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and member of the National Academy of Medicine has been, among other things, chief of staff to the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, and past more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Alaska

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Family Caregivers Need Nurses’ Support

Nov 20, 2018

November is National Family Caregivers month at AARP, which along with AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, sponsor both the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. AARP is pleased to recognize and more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

National

Not in our Neighborhood: Emergency Nurses Respond to Human Trafficking

Nov 15, 2018

Can a blanket question about personal safety be effective in identifying cases of human trafficking or domestic violence? Renea Wilson, MSN, RN, CEN, director of the emergency department (ED) at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kan., didn’t think so. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

Building a Culture of Health

Nov 08, 2018

“Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to building a national Culture of Health that enables all in our diverse society to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. A Culture of Health is broadly defined as one in which good health and well-being flourish more

Location: North Carolina

National

Nurses (and a Nurse Champion) Win Congressional Seats in Mid-Term Election

Nov 08, 2018

At least one nurse and a well-known champion of the nursing profession won congressional seats in Tuesday’s election, while two additional nurse House members were re-elected, and one nurse left office. Here’s the run-down on nurses in the 116th Congress: U.S. Rep. more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

Center to Champion Nursing in America, RWJF to Honor Colleagues

Oct 29, 2018

The Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will join RWJF on Friday to co-host a reception at the American Academy of Nursing’s annual policy conference, in Washington D.C. This year’s meeting more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership