Social Determinants at the Heart of Chicago NAM Town Hall

Jun 17, 2019

Chicagoans who live within a few short miles of one another can have dramatically different life expectancies, and that is unlikely to change until we pay a lot more attention to the social, economic, and physical environments in which people live, learn, work, and play—a more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education

Volunteering, Advocating, Caring: How Nurses Build Health, In Their Words

Jun 14, 2019

Ask people on the street how nurses are building a healthier America, and you’ll get dozens of responses. You’ll hear of the nurse who gave someone their annual physical, or cared for them in a hospital, or helped a child at school when she got sick. All good answers. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Collective Impact in Sussex County, Delaware

Jun 06, 2019

Collective Impact is working in Sussex County, Delaware according to Megan Williams, DNP, APRN, FAANP, Board President, Sussex County Health Coalition and Vice President of the Delaware Healthcare Association and Peg Geisler, Executive Director,  Sussex County Health Coalition more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Delaware

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Helping Vulnerable People Before Disasters Strike

Jun 03, 2019

Floods, tornadoes, heat waves, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

Participate in the Future of Nursing 2030 Twitter Chats

May 23, 2019

To reach more nurses in the field and to prepare for the upcoming Future of Nursing 2020-2030 summer meetings, the National Academy of Medicine will host three Future of Nursing more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education

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Positive Work Environments: Good for Nurses, Patients, and Hospitals

May 21, 2019

Clinician burnout—emotional exhaustion, difficulty relating to others, and a lack of feelings of accomplishment—is well documented, and it has serious more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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Red Tape Delays Nurse Practitioner-Ordered Home Care

May 13, 2019

Could an outdated Medicare regulation be creating care delays that put patients at risk? Ron Ordona, DNP, FNP-BC, provides primary and urgent care to older adult patients, most of whom are too sick to leave their homes for routine medical care. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Nurses a Big Part of AARP? Yes, Because Nurses Are a Big Part of Health

Apr 26, 2019

It has been awhile since I’ve been asked why AARP has a center devoted to nursing. Maybe that is because it’s been a part of AARP long enough that by now people know. After all, it has been 12 years since the Center to Champion Nursing in America began its mission to see more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National