Three Legislative Obstacles to Care States Seek to Topple in 2018

Mar 27, 2018

Restrictions on nurses are restrictions on consumers. Consider the Florida family whose beloved relative died at home after a long struggle with cardiac disease. The grieving family soon found out that the trusted nurse practitioner who had provided care for the man more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care

8th Annual Summit to Address Finding Joy in Home and Work

Mar 22, 2018

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Center for Nursing and Missouri Action Coalition will hold its Eighth Annual Summit on Thursday, May 31 and Friday, June 1, 2018. Nursing executives, nursing students, point of care nurses, nursing educators and other stakeholders from more

Location: Missouri

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From Struggling Against Hunger to Fighting It: One Doctor’s Story

Mar 20, 2018

This is a guest blog by Robin Dickinson, M.D. Dr. Dickinson is a family physician at Community Supported Family Medicine, a safety-net clinic in Englewood, Colo. Having experienced poverty as a child, one of my goals in becoming a physician was to help other families in more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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Nursing Journeys: She Wanted to Become a Rancher

Mar 16, 2018

“Nursing Journeys” is a profile series featuring Action Coalition leaders discussing their career paths and reflecting on the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Mary Burman, PhD, FAANP, FAAN, is dean and professor at the University of Wyoming’s Fay W. Whitney more

Location: National Wyoming

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Nurses, Here’s Your Chance to Be Heard!

Mar 07, 2018

Come March, approximately 100,000 registered nurses (RNs) across the United States will receive a surprise in their mailboxes: the return of the National Sample Survey of more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Location: National