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Study: Postpartum Nurses Need More Education on Risks New Mothers Face
Aug 21, 2017
A new study recently published in MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing finds that many postpartum nurses are not well informed about the risks new mothers face after delivery, and many need more education to help reduce the high U.S. maternal mortality more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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WA Nurse Leaders Launch Initiative to Solve State Nursing Education Challenges
Aug 15, 2017
Several complex issues facing nursing are getting in the way of Washington State’s ability to produce a nursing workforce needed by our growing communities: a nursing faculty shortage, nursing education funding that fails to keep pace, and a lack of quality practice more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Transforming Nursing Education Location: Washington
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Life-Saving Innovation Can Be as Simple as an Orange Vest
Aug 15, 2017
At a trauma unit in a Toronto hospital, it’s easy to see who’s in charge: the person wearing the orange vest. A recent column in the New York Times credits a nurse with coming up with this “simple yet effective innovation,” an idea inspired by the confusion among 20 more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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2017 Michigan Nursing Summit Convenes Nurses Statewide
Aug 07, 2017
The 2017 Michigan Nursing Summit will be held October 11-13, 2017 at Crystal Mountain in Thompsonville, MI. The Michigan Center for Nursing’s Michigan Nursing Summit is an annual event that convenes nurses from all over the state of Michigan. This year’s Summit will equip nurses with a broader lens; to widen their view of current events in Michigan more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Michigan
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Campaign Launches COACH Program To Support Action Coalitions
Jul 03, 2017
What do a family nurse practitioner, a nurse scientist, and a school nurse overseeing the health of 12,000 students have in common? They’re all newly trained Campaign for Action COACHes, which stands for Campaign Outreach Advocates for a Culture of Health. This group of 17 more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Welcome to Boise
Jun 23, 2017
Welcome to Boise, Idaho, and to Boise State University, for one of three Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action 2017 workshops focusing on continued work to implement the Institute of Medicine recommendations, and to build a Culture of Health in communities across the nation. The 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 Location: Idaho
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Welcome to Wisconsin
Jun 08, 2017
We are excited to welcome you to Madison, Wisconsin on June 14-15, as the Wisconsin Action Coalition co-hosts the second of three Building on the Campaign for Action Pillars to Create a Healthier America meetings. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is our co-host. A more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Wisconsin
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Five Reasons Our Video Series Can Support Family Caregivers — and the Nurses Who Work With Them
Jun 08, 2017
Since AARP started partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs beginning last year to produce a series of 10 videos (five in English, five in Spanish) through the Home Alone Alliance, which I first wrote about here, we’ve only gotten more excited about the more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership