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Nurses Leading Change to Advance Mental Health
Jun 24, 2016
The Wisconsin Center for Nursing, co-lead for the Wisconsin Action Coalition, hosted its sixth annual statewide conference related to the IOM Future of more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Wisconsin
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Nurses Serve Wisdom at Food Banks, Farmers Markets
Jun 22, 2016
A New York Times story about food banks—and diabetes—touches on a theme similar to one in the recently released video about interprofessional collaboration at health care facilities. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation video, which points out that all such efforts rest on a Culture of Health, reports that health care providers at one featured site, the more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: Connecticut National Texas
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A Note From Our Host, the Nebraska Action Coalition
Jun 17, 2016
As director of the Nebraska Action Coalition, I’m thrilled to welcome colleagues from across the country to put plans into action to build a Culture of Health in communities across the nation. “Building on the Campaign for Action to Create a Healthier America” more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Nebraska
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Registration Open for the 2016 Michigan Nursing Summit
Jun 16, 2016
The Michigan Center for Nursing’s 2016 nursing summit will be held September 29-30, 2016 at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant, MI. The purpose of this years summit, themed A Culture of Health, is to increase nurses’ understanding of factors that impact more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: Michigan
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Lessons From the Field: Promising Interprofessional Practices
Jun 14, 2016
“We’ve been able to improve outcomes by implementing programs. …That takes pharmacy, physicians, nursing, all at the table to figure out exactly how to get that done.” “We work together and really rally around themes that we come to by consensus.” Those are just a few of the comments from health care professionals across the country more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: National
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What Do Climate Change and Health Have to Do With Nursing?
Jun 09, 2016
The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments organized the recent Climate and Health Roundtable at the White House. Lisa Campbell, DNP, RN, APHN-BC, attended to advocate for a Culture of Health. Campbell, who is also part of the Texas Team, that state’s Action more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Texas
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Proposed VA Regulation Draws 10,000 Comments and Counting
Jun 03, 2016
“We are looking to add to our ability to deliver health care,” the top Veterans Health Administration official told The Washington Post about the proposal that would allow advanced practice registered nurses at Veterans Affairs facilities to provide health care services to the full extent of their education and training. The response to the idea: More more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: National
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New Mexico Action Coalition Partnering With Public Health Nurse Leader on Project to Bring More Nurses to the Table
Jun 02, 2016
Our Public Health Nurse Leader, Amy Wilson, MPH, BSN RN, APHN-BC, is working toward an objective of increasing the capacity of nurses to work with community partners, coalitions and boards in order to have an impact on health at the community/population level. The New Mexico Action Coalition (NMAC), in its capacity as facilitator/convener/collaborator, is more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: New Mexico