2018 Michigan Nursing Summit: Taking Health Care Upstream

Sep 06, 2018

October 18-19, 2018|Lansing, MI OVERVIEW: The Michigan Center for Nursing’s annual Michigan Nursing Summit convenes nurses from all over the state of Michigan. This year’s Summit will equip nurses with knowledge to promote understanding of underlying health factors, and more

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

Don’t Let Myths About HIPAA Get in the Way of Good Care

Sep 06, 2018

Approximately 40 million family caregivers assume responsibility for the health of loved ones. They bring patients to hospital emergency rooms, drive patients between providers and pharmacies, and oversee at-home care. In many cases, they manage complex medication regimens, more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

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What Nurses Do

Aug 30, 2018

My work on Charting Nursing’s Future brings me into contact with nurses crunching workforce data, monitoring disease outbreaks, and saving lives in the aftermath of natural disasters—activities that all occur outside the walls of traditional health care settings. And in the more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

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Nurse Brings Big Picture Mindset to School Board

Aug 24, 2018

Tracey Smith, DNP, PHCNS-BC, MS, is associate professor of family and community medicine and director of population health and community outreach at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She is vice more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Illinois National

Speak Up and Speak Out, Says Nurse Leader

Aug 15, 2018

This is the 15th in a series of profiles of Campaign leaders talking about their connections to the nursing or health care profession and their interests in healthier communities. Frances (Fran) Keeler, MSN, RN, a 2014 Breakthrough Leader in Nursing, has more than 38 more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Vermont

Pennsylvania Convening Focuses on Achieving Excellence in Care for All

Aug 13, 2018

    “Pennsylvania’s Healthcare Mosaic 2018 is an opportunity to join forces with the Pennsylvania Action Coalition in any capacity to act, lead, and advance a more equitable world of health and health care for some of the most vulnerable and least likely more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Pennsylvania

The Nurse-Family Partnership: Health Equity for Mothers and Babies

Aug 08, 2018

On June 15, the Wisconsin Action Coalition hosted the eighth annual Wisconsin Center for Nursing Conference.  The Wisconsin Action Coalition’s “Dealing With Disparity: Making a Difference in Practice & Leadership” conference on June 15 featured a workshop that more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Wisconsin

Wisconsin Action Coalition Conference Focuses on Dealing With Disparity

Aug 08, 2018

Visualizing Health Equity: One Size Does Not Fit All Infographic by RWJF on RWJF.org On June 15, the Wisconsin Action Coalition, led by Wisconsin Center for Nursing Executive Director Barbara L. Nichols, MS, RN, FAAN, hosted the eighth annual Wisconsin Center for more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Wisconsin