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In the States: Making BSN Education Accessible to Minnesotans in Their Home Communities

Jul 16, 2014

In Minnesota, hundreds of rural nursing students will soon have a more streamlined pathway to the baccalaureate degree thanks to the persistence and foresight of nursing leaders in the state. This past year, 1,500 residents applied to a new dual-admission bachelor of science in more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Minnesota National

Massachusetts Nursing Education Transfer Compact

Jun 10, 2014

The goals of the Nursing Education Transfer Compact are to: – Create a seamless, cost effective, timely, and transparent pathway from the community college AD/N to the BS/N degree at a state university or the University of Massachusetts; – Make the process of transferring credits more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts

NJAC Long-Term Care Residency Program Featured on Advance Health

May 30, 2014

The New Jersey Action Coalition’s (NJAC) co-lead Edna Cadmus, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, and the co-chair of the education pillar for NJAC, Susan Salmond, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, recently wrote an article for Advance Healthcare Network about the development of the first long-term care (LTC) more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: New Jersey

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New RWJF Paper Summarizes 2013 Community College Presidents’ Meeting, Highlights Recent Examples of Progress

Apr 29, 2014

Last April, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) convened a diverse group of leaders from community colleges, the Tri-Council for Nursing, and RWJF’s Academic Progression in Nursing Initiative (APIN). The purpose of the meeting was to address concerns about one of the key more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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Nursing Residency Programs: Transition to Practice (Part I)

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Hosted March 20, 2014: Many Action Coalitions are advancing work in the development and implementation of transition to practice programs. The Future of Nursing:  Leading Change and Advancing Health described the importance of structured programs for new nurse graduates. more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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President’s 2015 Budget Seeks to Boost Primary Care

Mar 04, 2014

Today the Obama Administration released its 2015 fiscal budget.  In the budget, President Obama proposed fixing the glitch that left nurse practitioners (NPs) out of the Medicaid primary care bonus, and extending those increased payment rates for all Medicaid primary care more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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New Study Shows Nurse Education Level, Caseload Affect Patient Mortality

Mar 03, 2014

A new European study published in The Lancet sheds more light on the importance of nurses having a bachelor’s degree and manageable workload. According to the study, patients who underwent surgical procedures were more likely to die if they were treated in hospitals where more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

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Two New Studies Examine Impact of IOM Report

Dec 13, 2013

Researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services recently produced two new studies measuring how well hospitals and other health care facilities are responding to the changes of the nursing profession. The first study examined the more

Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National