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AARP: Veterans Win When VA Approves Proposal

Oct 12, 2016

“Getting health care when and where it is needed has been our country’s main problem in giving veterans the excellent care they deserve,” writes Catherine A. Georges, PhD, in an opinion piece in today’s STAT. Georges, an AARP board member, addresses the Veterans Affairs more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Nurse Leaders in Action: Supporting Family Caregivers through the CARE Act

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Join AARP thought leaders and nursing leaders from around the country to talk about nurses supporting family caregivers. Learn how the Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable (CARE) Act is designed to ensure that family caregivers are well equipped to take care of their loved more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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Charting Nursing’s Future: A Valuable Resource

Oct 06, 2016

Charting Nursing’s Future has been providing information on key policy issues for the past 10 years, and highlights the important role nurses play in building a Culture of Health. In its September 2016 issue, the American Journal of Nursing praised Charting Nursing’s 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: National

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By Assisting Nurses, Can Robots Ease the Shortage?

Oct 04, 2016

It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel—robots humming around hospitals supporting nurses by delivering medication, retrieving medical records, helping patients out of bed and keeping them company. But it’s already happening in Japan, says a report in The more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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The Four Forces That Will Reshape Nursing

Sep 20, 2016

Right now, America has a knowledge shortage, not a nursing shortage, says nursing expert and health care economist Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN. In an interview with Hospitals & Health Networks, Buerhaus, a health care economist and professor of nursing, offers insights on what it more

Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: Montana National

Alaska’s Summer Triumph

Sep 07, 2016

Members of the state’s APRN Alliance gather around Alaska Gov. Bill Walker just after the signing of SB 53, which brings Alaska into full alignment with the APRN Consensus Model, a key recommendation for state legislatures in the Institute of Medicine report. This more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Alaska

Pennsylvania’s Villarruel Speaks Out on Greater Access to Care

Aug 31, 2016

Months after the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill allowing nurses to provide health care to the full extent of their education and training, Antonia Villarruel, PhD, FAAN, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, explained in a column on philly.com what the more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Pennsylvania

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Research Paper Lists Strategies Behind Nebraska’s Success in Changing Laws

Aug 25, 2016

In Nebraska between 2011 and 2013, legislators considered a staggering 1,795 bills related to scope of practice for all health professions. Of those, 349 were enacted. Now three researchers who are friends and allies of the Nebraska Action Coalition have produced a paper that more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National