WV Faith Community Nurse Project Launches

Feb 09, 2017

Angie, Gray, our RWJF Public Health Nurse Leader and her project team are creating resources to support improving the culture of health in WV through Faith Community Nurses. Resources include a Toolkit and Network to expand opportunities for nurses to connect with information and more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: West Virginia

FONWV Receives AC Excellence Award

Feb 09, 2017

We are pleased and honored to announce that the Non-Profit Association inaugural Excellence Award was received by Future of Nursing WV on October 27th at the Annual Conference held in Huntington. Three awards were given. FONWV AC was the recipient for an organization with a more

Issues: Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: West Virginia

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

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Read All About It: Culture of Health Success Stories

Jul 26, 2016

You know how grocery stores surround you with sweet temptations as you wait in line to pay? That idea has been turned on its sugary head in West Virginia, where select grocery stores offer healthy checkout lines that tempt customers with vegetables and granola bars, sunscreen and more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Mississippi National West Virginia

West Virginia APRN Bill Signed Into Law

Apr 04, 2016

The Future of Nursing West Virginia is delighted to announce that after a nine year effort, HB 4334 passed both the WV House of Delegates (unanimously), WV Senate (one nay vote) and was signed into law by Governor Tomblin on March 27, 2016. This law removes the restrictive more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: West Virginia

W. Virginia-RWJF Awards Public Health Nurse Leader Grant

Sep 09, 2015

The Future of Nursing West Virginia Action Coalition is pleased to announce that Angela Gray, BSN, RN, nursing director of the Berkeley County Health Department in Martinsburg, West Virginia, is one of only 25 nurses from across the country selected as a Public Health Nurse more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: West Virginia

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Plenty of Industries See the Larger Benefits of Supporting Nursing and State Coalitions

Jul 22, 2015

Michelle Miller is always looking for those who can help Missouri’s largest health care foundation meet its mission—to improve the health of people and communities in the Show-Me State. As public policy liaison at the Missouri Foundation for Health, she struck gold when she more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Transforming Nursing Education Location: Missouri National Pennsylvania West Virginia