The Future of Nursing West Virginia Action Coalition mission is to create a healthier WV through expanding and strengthening Nursing Practice, Education and Leadership. Our project teams, strategic advisors, members and funders all work together toward the goal of creating a culture of health for West Virginia.
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Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Aila Accad Center for Nurse Entrepreneurship. The Future of Nursing West Virginia Action Coalition held the grand opening of the Aila Accad Center for Nurse Entrepreneurship Saturday, September 24, ahead of the West Virginia 2022 more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership, Locations: West Virginia,
When nurses are empowered to create health equity in their communities, they bring together a network like nobody else can. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has more
Issues: Improving Health Equity, Locations: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), has announced that six nurse-led projects will receive Nursing Innovations Fund awards of up to $25,000 each. The projects submitted by more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Improving Health Equity, Locations: Delaware, Kentucky, Montana, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action creates a space where nurses and nursing organizations can partner with consumers, business leaders, educators and others in the community to drive change, with its state-based coalitions on the leading edge of that change. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Improving Health Equity, Promoting Nursing Leadership, Locations: West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing WV (FONWV) Action Coalition initiated its first fundraising campaign to highlight the Courage of Nurses to Care. Six profiles feature diverse FONWV nurses in a variety of roles from different areas of the state. The campaign is spread through more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing, Promoting Nursing Leadership, Locations: West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), is pleased to announce that 10 projects proposed by its state-based Action Coalitions, or in a few cases, organizations designated by an more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Improving Access to Care, Promoting Nursing Leadership, Locations: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is pleased to announce that 12 of its state-based Action Coalitions, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Increasing Diversity in Nursing, Locations: Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Montana, National, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia,
In a state hit hard by the opioid epidemic, West Virginia’s Gov. Jim Justice announced a pilot program in two counties that are among those more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Locations: West Virginia,
The Faces of WV Nursing Poster Project is a joint effort by the Future of Nursing WV Pipeline and Diversity Action Teams. The goal of the project is to attract more careers in nursing. WV nurses are invited to submit action photos of their practice along with their more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing, Locations: West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is excited to announce nine of its state-based Action Coalitions have each been selected to receive up to $25,000 for innovative ideas to advance nursing and build a Culture of Health. The winners were chosen based on their more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Collecting Workforce Data, Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration, Increasing Diversity in Nursing, Promoting Nursing Leadership, Transforming Nursing Education, Locations: Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, National, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing West Virginia Action Coalition launched a Nurse Entrepreneur Project with generous funding from the Campaign for Action Innovation Award and The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Economic Development Grant. The Team is developing a course to more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Locations: West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing West Virginia Gala Team announces the inaugural 40 over 40 Nightingale Award Winners. The awards will be presented at the annual Recognition Gala on September 29 in Charleston. This recognition is bestowed on 40 nurses dedicating over 40 years more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership, Locations: West Virginia,
Each year the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) recognizes supporters of nursing from across the country, in two categories: nurse practitioners who have made outstanding contributions; and advocates who have made significant contributions toward more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Improving Access to Care, Locations: District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, National, Nebraska, West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing WV (FONWV) Action Coalition announces publication of the Proceedings of the WV Nursing Workforce Summit. FONWV convened a full day Nursing Workforce Summit at the Hendrickson Conference Center in South Charleston, WV. This Summit brought together more
Locations: West Virginia,
A new video highlights the important role nurse practitioners are playing in delivering primary care in rural West Virginia. Bolstered by the passage of a 2016 law that was supported by AARP and others, the Mountain State now permits nurse practitioners to perform more
Issues: Improving Access to Care, Locations: National, West Virginia,
The FONWV Executive Team developed the Strategic Plan in November and December 2016. The Executive Team includes the Co-Lead representatives of the WV Hospital Association (Jim Kranz), WV Nurses Association (Cassy Taylor) and WV Organization of Nurse Executives (Lou Ann more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Locations: West Virginia,
Angie, Gray, our RWJF Public Health Nurse Leader and her project team are creating resources to support improving the culture of health in WV through Faith Community Nurses. Resources include a Toolkit and Network to expand opportunities for nurses to connect with more
Issues: Improving Access to Care, Locations: West Virginia,
We are pleased and honored to announce that the Non-Profit Association inaugural Excellence Award was received by Future of Nursing WV on October 27th at the Annual Conference held in Huntington. Three awards were given. FONWV AC was the recipient for an organization more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership, Locations: West Virginia,
It’s no secret that health care is hardest to come by in rural parts of the country. But, as it turned out in at least one rural community, building more clinics did not help; what helped was building relationships. More than a decade ago, the Centers for Disease more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Locations: Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
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, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Locations: Mississippi, National, West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing West Virginia is delighted to announce that after a nine year effort, HB 4334 passed both the WV House of Delegates (unanimously), WV Senate (one nay vote) and was signed into law by Governor Tomblin on March 27, 2016. This law removes the more
Issues: Improving Access to Care, Locations: West Virginia,
The Future of Nursing West Virginia Action Coalition is pleased to announce that Angela Gray, BSN, RN, nursing director of the Berkeley County Health Department in Martinsburg, West Virginia, is one of only 25 nurses from across the country selected as a Public Health more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Promoting Nursing Leadership, Locations: West Virginia,
Michelle Miller is always looking for those who can help Missouri’s largest health care foundation meet its mission—to improve the health of people and communities in the Show-Me State. As public policy liaison at the Missouri Foundation for Health, she struck gold more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities, Transforming Nursing Education, Locations: Missouri, National, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Vice President, Quality and Data Services
West Virginia Hospital Association
Family Nurse Practitioner
West Virginia Nurses Association
Co-Executive Director
Future of Nursing West Virginia
Co-Executive Director
Future of Nursing West Virginia
