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Nurse Pursues the Quiet, Urgent Needs of Rural Veterans

Nov 11, 2016

Nearly a quarter of the nation’s veterans have a hard time getting health care because they live far from providers, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—a problem of particular concern because often veterans have health needs related to military service. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership
National

Gauging the Ups and Downs in Number, Education of Nurses

Nov 11, 2016

The 2010 report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health warned of an impending shortage of nurses and a mismatch between nurses’ education and the population’s needs—factors that could threaten the quality of care in the United States. In its report, more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
Campaign Adviser Awarded 2016 Political Nurse Award in Wisconsin

Nov 08, 2016

The Wisconsin Nurses Association (WNA) this year awarded its Political Nurse Award to Barbara Nichols, DnSc.(Hon), MS, RN. But that wasn’t enough to fully recognize Nichols’ many actions over the years: That’s why WNA changed the very name of the 27-year-old award to the more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Wisconsin
Men Tell Their Stories About Their Moves to Nursing

Nov 07, 2016

Male students represented approximately 12 percent of baccalaureate and graduate nursing students in 2015, up from 9.5 percent in 2005, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. In a piece headlined “Why I Became a Nurse,” four men tell MinorityNurse.com more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing
National

Journal Celebrates Education Program’s Successes

Nov 04, 2016

Accelerated nursing programs are designed to expand the nursing workforce by providing professionals with skills in other fields and students with non-nursing degrees a faster route to becoming registered nurses. A special issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing provides more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
Military Nursing Officers and the Nursing Faculty Shortage

Nov 02, 2016

Donna Lake, PhD, RN, NEA-BC and colleagues, Patricia Allen, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN and Myrna Armstrong, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, propose a striking call to action to address the ever prominent nursing faculty shortage: Military Nursing Officers. With such an incredibly rich and diverse population of nurses, Lake, Allen, and Armstrong highlight how military more

Location: North Carolina
“There is no Culture of Health, without Mental Health”

Nov 02, 2016

North Carolina Action Coalition member and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Nurse Leader, Connie Mele, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, NE-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN, is leading an exemplary project on how mental health plays a significant role in our culture of health. The project, Identifying Post-Partum Depression in Public Health Immunization and WIC Patients, more

Location: North Carolina
Montana State University: Nursing Students Match State’s Diversity

Nov 01, 2016

More than 6 percent of those living in Montana are Native American, and thanks to a program that just received a federal boost, Montana State University’s College of Nursing has a student body that matches that population. Since 1999, the Caring for Our Own Program more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Montana