Newly Released Survey Data Show Nurses More Diverse, Better Educated

Jan 24, 2020

Newly released data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), the longest running survey of registered nurses in the U.S., shows nursing is more diverse more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data

2020: Celebrating the Year of the Nurse and Midwife

Jan 22, 2020

Nurses make up the largest health care profession, not only in the United States but in the entire world. For this reason in part, the World Health Organization more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership

Hospital Bridges the Gap by Going Into the Community—Strategically

Jan 17, 2020

It is well known that nurses offer diagnoses, treatments, compassion, and care where they work and where they live. What is less known is that, increasingly, nurses are creating and participating in large-scale, systemic efforts to take on health equity by addressing needs before they become illnesses. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Illinois

Join a RWJF Leadership Program in 2020

Jan 14, 2020

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has long trained tomorrow’s leaders through its four leadership development programs: Clinical Scholars; Culture of Health Leaders; Health Policy Research Scholars; and Interdisciplinary Research Leaders. It is now accepting applications more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

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A Gestational Diabetes Risk Reduction and Preconception Counseling Program for American Indian and Alaska Native Girls – Stopping GDM

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American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women are disproportionally affected by adolescent obesity, adolescent pregnancy, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). GDM in turn increases the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes in mothers and their offspring. There is a great more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: National

Eyes on 2020

Jan 06, 2020

Wondering what to expect on the health policy front in 2020? We were, too, so we reached out to someone in the know. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Well-Being Champion = Purpose Prize Winner

Dec 16, 2019

Recently I was pleased to see a familiar name on the list of AARP Purpose Prize winners for 2019-2020. That name was Paul Leon, who has developed innovative solutions to more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership

Nurse Delivers Mouth Care with Just the Right Touch

Dec 12, 2019

The care of older adults with dementia has come a long way since 1982. That’s when Rita Jablonski, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, professor and director of research and scholarly development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, began studying nursing. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Alabama