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Men in Nursing and Family Caregivers
*Eventhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPLVHTJy4XI A growing number of men are caring for parents or spouses, and the majority of those millions are the primary family caregiver. Discussed were the unique needs of male family caregivers led by Jean Accius, PhD, vice president more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Kirch of AAMC to Co-Chair Campaign Strategic Advisory Committee
Oct 04, 2017
The Campaign’s Strategic Advisory Committee (StAC) is pleased to announced that Darrell Kirch, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges and longtime member of StAC, will become co-chair. Kirch will share duties with Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN. more
Location: National
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End of Public Health Program Is Just the Beginning, Says Leader
Sep 26, 2017
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Nurse Leaders gathered in Atlanta September 5–7 for the completion of our two-year leadership program. I’d like to share some thoughts from our days together. This is a group of 25 senior public health nurse leaders, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Nurses, Partners Help Kids Stay Safe on Wheels
Sep 12, 2017
Every August for the past five years, the West New York Health Department (WNYHD) and partner organizations hold Safe Kids Day—a community event to teach children in this New Jersey town of 51,000 that fun and safety can coincide. The event, part of a series of over 200 more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National New Jersey
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“Averting Nursing Shortfall” Requires Policy Change, Says Dean
Sep 07, 2017
“America’s looming nurse shortage”: These are well-known words to those aware of health and health care today. In an opinion piece in The Hill, the dean of the School of Health Professions at New York Institute of Technology writes that lawmakers can act to keep the more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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Action Coalitions Report on Education Work in Autumn Issue
Sep 05, 2017
Nursing Education Perspectives, the journal of the National League for Nursing (NLN), shines a spotlight on Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action in its September/October issue. To mark the 10 years since the Institute of Medicine published its report on the future of nursing, more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Clinical Nurse Specialists: A Force for Improving Safety, Outcomes, and Health Care Delivery
Sep 04, 2017
September 1–7 is National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of these highly skilled nurses to our nation’s health and draw attention to the need to remove barriers that prevent them from practicing to the full extent of more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: National
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Four Ways Nurses Can Help After Harvey
Aug 31, 2017
We have heard from many nurses interested in learning more about opportunities to help in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Here are four ways nurses—and others—can help: Volunteer Volunteers are needed now and in the foreseeable future as the area affected by Harvey more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National