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FCC Mapping Tool Shows Links Between Internet Access, Health
Aug 22, 2016
In the United States, there is a high correlation between good access to the Internet and good health. We know this more precisely now thanks to a tool produced by the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health task force. The Mapping Broadband Health in America more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National
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Nurses Needed to Give Aid to Flood Victims in Louisiana
Aug 19, 2016
The American Red Cross Disaster Health Services has stepped in to help the thousands who are without food and shelter since the flooding hit southern Louisiana, and seeks especially nurses and other health care professionals. Exact duties and demands change daily, but there are more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Louisiana National
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What You Can Do While VA Considers the APRN Proposal
Aug 17, 2016
Back in June, David Shulkin, MD, the top Veterans Health Administration official, told a reporter, “I’m not aware that we’ve received anything like this before.” He was referring to the 10,000 comments that arrived very soon after the Department of Veterans Affairs more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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Burnes Bolton Among Five Honored As 2016 Living Legends
Aug 11, 2016
The American Academy of Nursing has awarded its highest honor to five nurse leaders this year, among them Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, vice president for nursing and chief nursing officer at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Burnes Bolton was the vice chair of the committee more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Measures of Success Are Updated
Aug 09, 2016
Things are looking up for education and diversity in the nursing workforce. Those are among other upticks reflected in a recent update to the Dashboard, which is the tracking tool used by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. The primary indicators on the Dashboard, more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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A Culture of Health Summer, in Photos
Aug 03, 2016
More than 100 nurse leaders met in Omaha in June and Knoxville in July to talk about a Culture of Health, and we will tell their stories over the coming months. Meanwhile, the Campaign offers a look at what went on at the two workshops. more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Nebraska Tennessee
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Action Coalitions Benefit From Connecticut’s Search for Answers
Aug 01, 2016
Last fall, leaders of numerous schools and health and medical centers in Connecticut started working on creating more elegant systems to teach and train nurses. Sponsored by the Connecticut Nursing Collaborative-Action Coalition, the meetings produced more than was expected: Not more
Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Transforming Nursing Education Location: Connecticut National
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School: Where Health and Education Can Meet
Jul 27, 2016
A new paper from Brookings celebrates collaboration in the name of better health, and offers lessons for others trying to work together. School-based health centers, writes Olga more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National