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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 nurses were caring for more patients and fewer nurses held bachelor’s more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Texas Nurses Celebrate Accomplishments, Plan for the Future of Nursing
Feb 25, 2014
Great things are happening for nursing in Texas and much of the progress is thanks to the “Texas Team,” the state’s Action Coalition. This month, the Texas Team held a day-long meeting to evaluate its progress, identify priorities for action, allow regional teams to learn from one another, and celebrate nurses. The Texas Team Annual Summit and Gala were more
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Kentucky Governor Signs Bill to Increase Consumer Access to Care
Feb 17, 2014
On February 13, 2014, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed Senate Bill (SB) 7 into law, expanding access to health care for Kentuckians, many of whom live in areas with a shortage of primary care providers. The passage of SB 7 means that Kentuckians will have improved access to high quality primary care and medications, such as antibiotics, more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Kentucky National
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Veterans Administration Considers Designating APRNs as Independent Practitioners
Jan 24, 2014
The Veterans Administration (VA) is considering a proposal that would require that all Advanced Practice Registered Nurses(APRNs) be designated as independent practitioners, regardless of the regulations set up by each state, according to an article in the January 2014 issue of U.S. Medicine. Currently, VA APRNs often have to change the way they practice more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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“My Leadership Journey”
Jan 03, 2014
Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, the vice-chair of the IOM Committee on the Future of Nursing and vice president for nursing and chief nursing officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, shared her leadership journey at the Center to Champion Nursing in America’s Leadership Meeting in Seattle on December 5. The following is an excerpt of more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership 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 degree to which health care employers are implementing the IOM recommendation of more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Nurses Take Leadership Roles on New Insurance Exchanges
Oct 19, 2013
Nurses are playing key leadership roles in some states as consumers explore the new health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act. In Idaho, Margaret Wainwright Henbest, RN, MSN, CPNP, executive director of the Idaho Alliance for Leaders in Nursing, is one of 19 officials—and the only nurse—on the board of Your Health Idaho, the health more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Hawaii Idaho National Texas
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Champions of Nursing: Kaiser Permanente
Oct 09, 2013
Kaiser Permanente, one of the country’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans, is a true “Champion of Nursing.” It has a deep commitment to improving the health of people and communities, and it supports the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s efforts to transform health care in several important ways. Marilyn Chow, PhD, more
Location: National