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National Academy of Medicine Honors Shalala for Leading Nursing Report

Oct 17, 2016

Donna Shalala, PhD, has been honored with an award “for particularly distinguished leadership” for her role as chair of the committee that produced The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report of 2010. The National Academy of Medicine awarded the David more

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Examples of Innovations to Build Healthy Communities

Oct 15, 2016

At the 3rd Annual Health Care Workforce Summit in September, representatives of a range of organizations across Massachusetts shared their innovative, expansive, and collaborative approaches to improve the health of their communities. Common themes were the importance of partnerships beyond healthcare, community engagement, addressing the social more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Massachusetts
Building Healthy Communities Is Focus of Massachusetts Healthcare Workforce Summit

Oct 14, 2016

“Building healthy communities as a team sport” was the overarching message of the 3rd Annual Massachusetts Healthcare Workforce Summit. Nurses from all practice settings are partnering with “teammates” in mental and behavior health, social services, and business to improve health and healthcare across the Commonwealth. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Massachusetts
Study: Nurses’ Models of Care Match Culture of Health

Oct 14, 2016

Nurses are the health care professionals best positioned to contribute to a Culture of Health in their communities, says a study published in Nursing Outlook (there is a fee to download the study). “Innovative Nursing Care Models and Culture of Health: Early Evidence” more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Pennsylvania
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AARP: Veterans Win When VA Approves Proposal

Oct 12, 2016

“Getting health care when and where it is needed has been our country’s main problem in giving veterans the excellent care they deserve,” writes Catherine A. Georges, PhD, in an opinion piece in today’s STAT. Georges, an AARP board member, addresses the Veterans Affairs more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
Breakthrough Leader in Nursing to Speak at White House-Hosted Conference

Oct 11, 2016

Monica R. McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, assistant professor at the Family Health Care Nursing Department at the University of California, San Francisco, will speak—fast—in a lightning talk at the White House Frontiers Conference Thursday, October 13, in Pittsburgh. As a 2015 more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: California Pennsylvania
Nebraska hosts 3rd Biennial Leadership Conference and 40 Under 40 Induction

Oct 10, 2016

The Nebraska Action Coalition (NAC) held its 3rd Biennieal Leadership Conference and 40 Under 40 awards’ ceremony on September 16, 2016 at Union College in Lincoln. The day started with Sue Hassmiller PhD, RN presenting: Leading the Way: Building a Culture of Health Together. Sue’s presentation was followed by a panel of previous 40 Under 40 honorees who more

Location: Nebraska
(Updated) Post-Hurricane, Red Cross Calls for Volunteers

Oct 10, 2016

Update: As of October 15, the American Red Cross is no longer recruiting for volunteers in the hurricane-hit region. Hurricane Matthew, which flooded coastal communities in the Southeast and inland areas of North Carolina as well, has left thousands stranded and multiple more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: North Carolina