Film Festivals Feature Documentary of American Indian Nurses

Feb 02, 2017

The North Dakota State University School of Nursing has pursued its goal of recruiting more American Indians into the field in a new way: film. “Essence of Healing: Journey of American Indian Nurses,” a documentary that follows 14 American Indian nurses from the Northern more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: North Dakota

“Give Texas Nurses Full Authority to Heal”

Jan 31, 2017

“Texas is overwhelmingly rural,” writes the director of AARP Texas; it ranks 41st in the nation for the number of physicians per 100,000 people. So why aren’t nurses allowed to provide all the care they’ve been trained to provide? In the online paid piece on TribTalk, more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Texas

Young Tennessee Nurse Follows Mentors in Learning to Lead

Jan 24, 2017

“An amazing woman with a compelling story,” is what the Tennessee Action Coalition ’s nursing leader Carole R. Myers, PhD, RN, says about Chisa Huffman, who last month received her master’s in nursing. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville graduate is also a shining more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Tennessee

National

Take It From a Nurse, Nurse Tells Congress

Jan 19, 2017

In an opinion piece, a nurse begins his advice to the new Congress by citing his own credentials: Once again, Americans in 2016 ranked nurses as the country’s most trusted professionals. Writing on the Oxford University Press blog, Mark Lazenby, PhD, APRN, FAAN, associate more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

Two Midwest States Now Have More Access to Care

Jan 12, 2017

Michigan and Ohio residents will have more options for finding healthcare in 2017 and beyond after  both states recently modernized practice laws for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). On Monday, January 9, Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan signed the bill allowing more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: Michigan Ohio

Ohioans To Gain More Access to Healthcare

Jan 10, 2017

Ohioans will soon have more options when it comes to finding healthcare. Gov. John Kasich on Jan. 4 signed a bill that brings Ohio into closer alignment with the APRN Consensus Model, which defines the practice of advanced practice registered nurses. As a result, APRNs in Ohio more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Ohio