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When Disaster Calls, Nurses Respond

Aug 25, 2016

At least one nurse reading the call from the Red Cross for nurses to help in Louisiana answered immediately: For Cindy Holle, RN, DNP, Tuesday, August 23, was Day Two volunteering for those desperately in need after the flooding that started August 12. Holle was busy even more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: Connecticut Louisiana
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FCC Mapping Tool Shows Links Between Internet Access, Health

Aug 22, 2016

In the United States, there is a high correlation between good access to the Internet and good health. We know this more precisely now thanks to a tool produced by the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health task force. The Mapping Broadband Health in America more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
North Carolina Nurses on Boards

Aug 19, 2016

North Carolina’s own, Connie Mullinix, PhD, MBA, MPH, RN and AnnMarie Walton, PhD, RN, OCN, CHES, are doing great work in the state to contribute to the Nurses on Boards Coalition and Action Coalitions’ national goal of achieving 10,000 nurses on boards by 2020. In their work, they have found how essential nurses are to hospital boards in efforts to, not more

Location: North Carolina
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Nurses Needed to Give Aid to Flood Victims in Louisiana

Aug 19, 2016

The American Red Cross Disaster Health Services has stepped in to help the thousands who are without food and shelter since the flooding hit southern Louisiana, and seeks especially nurses and other health care professionals. Exact duties and demands change daily, but there are two broad requirements: You can make a nine-day commitment (seven days of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Louisiana National
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What You Can Do While VA Considers the APRN Proposal

Aug 17, 2016

Back in June, David Shulkin, MD, the top Veterans Health Administration official, told a reporter, “I’m not aware that we’ve received anything like this before.” He was referring to the 10,000 comments that arrived very soon after the Department of Veterans Affairs more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
East Carolina University Expanding Nursing Workforce

Aug 17, 2016

Learn about how one of our state’s universities has become one of the top producers of new nurses with baccalaureate degrees in North Carolina. East Carolina University, along with participating community colleges in the state, is successfully contributing to the health and workforce of North Carolina. Follow the link below to read more

Location: North Carolina
“It’s Telling My Story”: Community-Engaged Research

Aug 15, 2016

The Pre-Term Birth initiative in California (PTBi-California) gives new meaning to community partnership in its effort to address a problem that disproportionately affects women of color and those who are poor. Working hand in hand with these women to both get and give help is more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: California
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Burnes Bolton Among Five Honored As 2016 Living Legends

Aug 11, 2016

The American Academy of Nursing has awarded its highest honor to five nurse leaders this year, among them Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, vice president for nursing and chief nursing officer at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Burnes Bolton was the vice chair of the committee that developed the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing: Leading Change, more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National