Issue   Improving Access to Care

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    Maryland Increases Consumers’ Access to Care

    May 13, 2015

    The Future of Nursing:  Campaign for Action congratulates Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and the state legislatures for approving a bill that will allow nurse practitioners in the state to practice to the full extent of their education and training.  With that, Maryland joins 20 states and the District of Columbia in modernizing scope laws so consumers have more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Maryland National

  2. National

    Colorado Expands Patient Access to Care by Reducing Outdated Barriers to Nursing Care

    May 01, 2015

    Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation that will improve Coloradans’ access to quality health care by updating the state’s rules governing nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).   The new law which enjoyed broad support from consumer, nursing and health care groups would allow APRNs to prescribe more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Colorado National

  3. National

    Using Data Driven Communication to Support Top of License Practice

    Event

    Workforce data are being collected and analyzed in healthcare organizations across the country. Yet, the dilemma continues to be how to use it to drive change and improvement. This webinar will feature the Center for Advancing Provider Practices (CAP2) and how the CAP2 data can increase patient access, decrease organization costs and increase APRN more

    Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Improving Access to Care Location: National

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    Nebraska Joins 19 States and D.C. in Modernizing Nurse Practitioner Law

    Mar 06, 2015

    The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action applauds Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and the state legislature for approving legislation that will allow nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their training and education. It’s a change that will mean more access to health care for the Cornhusker State. “With a shortage of primary care more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National Nebraska

  5. National

    Your Action Coalition: Multiply Through Messaging

    Event

    Hosted on February 18, 2015: Jumpstart 2015 with a recruitment drive that’s powered by tried and tested messages in this webinar, “Your Action Coalition: Multiply Through Messaging.” Learn how to reach and engage diverse nursing audiences-(1) young nurses, (2) experienced nurses with ADNs, (3) African-American and/or Latino nurses, and (4) new Action 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

  6. National

    President’s 2016 Budget Calls for Investments in Nursing, Removing Barriers to Full Practice

    Feb 03, 2015

    On Feb. 2, the Obama Administration released its 2016 fiscal budget, which contained some good news for consumers and nursing. If enacted by Congress, the budget would expand consumers’ access to care by increasing funds for training more advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), which is particularly important given the rising shortage of primary more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

  7. National

    The Top Five Issues for Nursing in 2015

    Dec 02, 2014

    In 2013, the Institute of Medicine released a report, U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health, that compared the United States with 16 other affluent nations. The United States ranked last or near last on nine key indicators: infant mortality and low birth weight; injuries and homicides; teenage pregnancies and sexually more

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

  8. National

    Nurses Are Key to Meeting America’s Health Care Needs

    Oct 06, 2014

    Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, is senior vice president and director of the AARP Public Policy Institute and chief strategist at the Center to Champion Nursing in America, which coordinates the Future of Nursing:Campaign for Action. In this post, she reflects on the fourth anniversary of the Institute of Medicine’s landmark report, The Future of Nursing: more

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

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