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Equity the Underlying Factor in Tennessee Webinars

Aug 09, 2016

Standards of Practice for Culturally Competent Nursing Care—there are 12 standards in all—were developed five years ago with an eye on global health, but many of its concepts match those embraced by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. For example, like these more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: Tennessee
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Measures of Success Are Updated

Aug 09, 2016

Things are looking up for education and diversity in the nursing workforce. Those are among other upticks reflected in a recent update to the Dashboard, which is the tracking tool used by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. The primary indicators on the Dashboard, more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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A Culture of Health Summer, in Photos

Aug 03, 2016

More than 100 nurse leaders met in Omaha in June and Knoxville in July to talk about a Culture of Health, and we will tell their stories over the coming months. Meanwhile, the Campaign offers a look at what went on at the two workshops. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Nebraska Tennessee
The Tennessee Action Coalition is Committed to Advancing Nurse Leaders

Aug 01, 2016

Way to go Rebecca Freeman, PhD, RN, PMP! Dr. Freeman, a nurse in Tennessee, held the position of Assistant Vice President and Epic National Nurse Champion for the Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) in Nashville, TN. In September 2015 she became the Chief Nursing Officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Tennessee
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Action Coalitions Benefit From Connecticut’s Search for Answers

Aug 01, 2016

Last fall, leaders of numerous schools and health and medical centers in Connecticut started working on creating more elegant systems to teach and train nurses. Sponsored by the Connecticut Nursing Collaborative-Action Coalition, the meetings produced more than was expected: Not only did the leaders in academics and clinical practice forge strong working more

Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Transforming Nursing Education Location: Connecticut National
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School: Where Health and Education Can Meet

Jul 27, 2016

A new paper from Brookings celebrates collaboration in the name of better health, and offers lessons for others trying to work together. School-based health centers, writes Olga more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
Michigan Nursing Summit Convenes Hundreds to Discuss Creating a Culture of Health

Jul 27, 2016

The Michigan Center for Nursing, a program of the Michigan Health Council (MHC), will be hosting the annual Michigan Nursing Summit on September 29-30 at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Last year, about 200 nurses, nursing educators, nursing students, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: Michigan
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Read All About It: Culture of Health Success Stories

Jul 26, 2016

You know how grocery stores surround you with sweet temptations as you wait in line to pay? That idea has been turned on its sugary head in West Virginia, where select grocery stores offer healthy checkout lines that tempt customers with vegetables and granola bars, sunscreen and jump ropes. That Culture of Health story is one of many offered online at the more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Mississippi National West Virginia