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    Remembering Pioneers: Women Nurses Who Transformed Care

    Mar 28, 2014

    I usually focus on the future of nursing, but Women’s History Month offers an opportunity to remember some of the women pioneers who paved the way for us. They faced some of the same obstacles to transforming care that we do, and their methods to overcome adversity and persevere can serve as lessons and inspiration to us as we strive to strengthen nursing more

    Location: National

  2. National

    Nurse Residency Programs: Transition to Practice (Part II)

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    Hosted March 27, 2014: This webinar features an innovative residency program developed in California, with funding support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.  The California program is academically based, rather than employer based, and has applicability across a broad range of settings. Presenters:  Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, more

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

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    More States Removing Barriers to Nursing Practice and Care

    Mar 20, 2014

    Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), such as nurse practitioners, can help meet the primary health care needs of consumers, including the millions of new people enrolled under the Affordable Care Act and those living in rural areas. But outdated state scope of practice laws are keeping nurses from practicing to the full extent of their more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Hawaii National Nevada North Dakota

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    Nurse Leaders in Utah Increase Patients’ Access to Care

    Mar 20, 2014

    The Utah Action Coalition for Health scored a major regulatory victory last fall that removed a barrier to advanced nursing practice. A coalition of nurses and other health care professionals in Utah eliminated a key regulatory barrier to nursing last fall in a move that proponents said will significantly increase access to health care. In more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National Utah

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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. Evidence shows these programs enhance safety and quality of care, as well as more

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

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    Champions of Nursing: The Leapfrog Group

    Mar 20, 2014

    The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is proud to have the support of The Leapfrog Group and its president and chief executive officer, Leah Binder. Based in Washington, D.C., The Leapfrog Group is a national organization representing employer purchasers of health care more

    Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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    FTC: Expanded APRN Scope of Practice Good for Competition and Consumers

    Mar 11, 2014

    On March 7, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a staff paper urging state legislators and policy makers to be mindful when evaluating proposals that limit access to care provided by advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). In the paper, Policy Perspectives: Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses, the FTC concludes that more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care 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 providers for one year. This provision was specifically mentioned in the Institute of more

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

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