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Campaign Names 2019 Innovations Fund Winners
Apr 18, 2019
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action is pleased to announce that 12 of its state-based Action Coalitions, more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Florida Indiana Massachusetts Montana National Nebraska Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Washington West Virginia
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AARP, National Black Nurses Association Team Up to Promote Brain Health
Jul 18, 2018
AARP is proud to team with the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) in an innovative pilot project to educate consumers about how they can maintain and improve their brain health as they get older. Brain health is defined as “making the most of your brain and helping reduce more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National Virginia
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Nursing Journeys: Being An Advocate for Change
Jul 27, 2017
David DeBiasi, RN, BSN, poses in 1988 with a colleague at Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Vermont. The picture appeared in a local newspaper with an article introducing the public to the new patient-controlled more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National Virginia
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Columnist: “One Small Step” Would Be Big Leap for Health Care
Feb 09, 2017
A. Barton Hinkle, senior editorial writer and a columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, lives in a state in which, as he writes, nurses “are forbidden to practice medicine independently.” His column headlined “One Small Step to Improve Health Care” is heavy on facts more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Virginia
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Petition Aims to Put a Nurse in Every Public School in Va.
Sep 14, 2016
Children who aren’t healthy can’t learn. That’s the premise behind a campaign to require every public school in Virginia to have at least one full-time registered nurse. The campaign is led by Dana Holladay-Hollifield, BSN, RN, NCSN, a school more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Virginia
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Virginia Nurses Foundation 40 Under 40 Award Winners
Apr 04, 2016
The Virginia Nurses Foundation 2015 40 Under 40 award winners are outstanding young registered nurse leaders nominated by their peers and were recognized at the 2015 Virginia Nurses Foundation Gala. They have significant achievements in professional practice and leadership, and their impact on patients and communities reaches far beyond the practice more
Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Virginia
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SYNC—An Interprofessional Leadership Program
Apr 04, 2016
The Virginia Action Coalition (through its parent organization, the Virginia Nurses Foundation) has partnered with the Medical Society of Virginia and the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association to develop and launch SYNC, a new learning institute designed to teach healthcare teams strategies to better serve their communities, lead their more
Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Location: Virginia
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BeyondRN.com – an RN to BSN website and video
Apr 04, 2016
The Virginia Action Coalition launched beyondRN.com, a website designed to enable nurses who wish to obtain their BSN (or other nursing) degree to easily find information in one place. The site asks users to select their current level of education and the level they wish to achieve, and they receive immediate options for completing their degree more
Issues: Transforming Nursing Education Location: Virginia