National

Lights, Camera, Action! The Inside Scoop Highlights Work of AARP’s Nursing Center

Feb 10, 2017

The Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) and a couple of its staff members were highlighted this week on Inside Scoop, a cable program on Fairfax (VA) Public Access that will also air on 500 stations nationwide. CCNA is an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

National

Take a Gander at Five Facts About Men in Nursing

Feb 10, 2017

MidAmerica Nazarene University wants people to know five things about men in nursing. For starters, Becker’s Hospital Review reports, in the 1800s nursing was considered a masculine profession. The publication lists a few other facts unearthed by the researchers at the more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National

FONWV Strategic Plan 2017-2020

Feb 09, 2017

The FONWV Executive Team developed the Strategic Plan in November and December 2016. The Executive Team includes the Co-Lead representatives of the WV Hospital Association (Jim Kranz), WV Nurses Association (Cassy Taylor) and WV Organization of Nurse Executives (Lou Ann Hartley). more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: West Virginia

WV Faith Community Nurse Project Launches

Feb 09, 2017

Angie, Gray, our RWJF Public Health Nurse Leader and her project team are creating resources to support improving the culture of health in WV through Faith Community Nurses. Resources include a Toolkit and Network to expand opportunities for nurses to connect with information and more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: West Virginia

FONWV Receives AC Excellence Award

Feb 09, 2017

We are pleased and honored to announce that the Non-Profit Association inaugural Excellence Award was received by Future of Nursing WV on October 27th at the Annual Conference held in Huntington. Three awards were given. FONWV AC was the recipient for an organization with a more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: West Virginia

Columnist: “One Small Step” Would Be Big Leap for Health Care

Feb 09, 2017

A. Barton Hinkle, senior editorial writer and a columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, lives in a state in which, as he writes, nurses “are forbidden to practice medicine independently.” His column headlined “One Small Step to Improve Health Care” is heavy on facts more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Virginia

Oregon Offers Online Toolkit to Help Nurses Pursue Board Positions

Feb 07, 2017

By Jana Bitton, MPA, executive director, Oregon Center for Nursing There’s no question about it: Nurses need to lead. With the changing health care delivery environment, nurses are needed more than ever to be leaders not just in their profession, but also in their more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Oregon

National

Nurse Practitioners Make Most of Nation’s House Calls

Feb 06, 2017

A growing number of nurse practitioners is answering the growing need for house calls. The number of nurse practitioners making house calls to older adults topped the number of physicians providing such care, says a study that also notes that state regulations make it more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National