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Get on Board: Leap Into Leadership
Feb 26, 2015
Boards are better when nurses weigh in; their perspectives and experiences add distinctive viewpoints that improve the decisions that are made to achieve the goals of improved health, and efficient and effective health care systems at the local, state, and national levels. That’s why the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action encourages nurses to join more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Your Action Coalition: Multiply Through Messaging
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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
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Health Care Executives, Other Stakeholders Join Effort to Put Nurses on Governing Boards
Feb 05, 2015
The governing boards of most health-related organizations are like some bread recipes that don’t include yeast: they fail to rise to their full potential because they’re missing a key ingredient. The missing ingredient, in this case, is nurses. That is the view of a wide range of experts from sectors representing health care consumers, more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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A New Future for Nursing Takes Shape
Feb 05, 2015
The new kind of nursing workforce envisioned by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in its groundbreaking 2010 report was on display at more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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Champion of Nursing: Johnson & Johnson
Feb 05, 2015
In 1943, Robert Wood Johnson, the renowned former chair of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, wrote a corporate Credo that opened with a statement that said the company’s “first responsibility” is to the people who use its products and services. That responsibility, he wrote, extends to nurses—a commitment to the profession that is more
Location: National
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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
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The Campaign’s Top Accomplishments for 2014
Dec 23, 2014
1. Advancing Nursing Education The number of students enrolled in RN-to-BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) programs increased 57 percent from 2010 to 2014, according to preliminary data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is promoting four promising education models to help nurses obtain more
Location: National
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Nurse Leaders Bring Knowledge of Clinical Care and Other Skills to Board Rooms
Dec 22, 2014
Kristy Reuss, PhD, RN, a board member at a community hospital in Colorado, immediately thought of how patient care could be adversely affected if a proposal put forth by senior management to close the rapid response team was implemented. The first and only nurse on the 16-member board, Reuss explained to her colleagues how rapid response teams quickly bring more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Colorado Idaho National Nebraska