Study: Nurses’ Models of Care Match Culture of Health

Oct 14, 2016

Nurses are the health care professionals best positioned to contribute to a Culture of Health in their communities, says a study published in Nursing Outlook (there is a fee to download the study). “Innovative Nursing Care Models and Culture of Health: Early Evidence” more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Pennsylvania

Breakthrough Leader in Nursing to Speak at White House-Hosted Conference

Oct 11, 2016

Monica R. McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, assistant professor at the Family Health Care Nursing Department at the University of California, San Francisco, will speak—fast—in a lightning talk at the White House Frontiers Conference Thursday, October 13, in Pittsburgh. As a 2015 more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: California Pennsylvania

Treating People Not the Same As Treating Illness

Sep 08, 2016

It’s no secret that health care is hardest to come by in rural parts of the country. But, as it turned out in at least one rural community, building more clinics did not help; what helped was building relationships. More than a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Pennsylvania West Virginia

Pennsylvania’s Villarruel Speaks Out on Greater Access to Care

Aug 31, 2016

Months after the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill allowing nurses to provide health care to the full extent of their education and training, Antonia Villarruel, PhD, FAAN, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, explained in a column on philly.com what the more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Pennsylvania

Philadelphia: Brotherly Love, Culture of Health

Jul 12, 2016

To hear the name—the Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Pennsylvania

Inaugural Pennsylvania Action Coalition Stakeholder Summit

Jul 01, 2016

The Pennsylvania Action Coalition hosted a Stakeholder Summit on July 23, 2016 that began with remarks from Sue Hassmiller, Senior Adviser for Nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Director of the Future for Nursing: Campaign for Action, about how nurses are more

Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Senate to Hear Bill to Ease Scope Restrictions; Research Backs It Up

May 27, 2016

Pennsylvanians are a step closer to being able to receive primary care with fewer hurdles, thanks to a bill that went to the state Senate earlier this month that would end the requirement that nurse practitioners maintain written contracts with physicians to practice and more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National Pennsylvania

PA-AC Diversity in Nursing Video Series Released

Mar 31, 2016

The Pennsylvania Action Coalition’s Nurse Diversity Council is thrilled to debut a video series focused on diversity in nursing. The short video clips were created to be like commercials and used for promoting diversity in nursing by coalition members and community more

Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Pennsylvania