Flexible Roles for Retiring Nurses Helps Patients—and Turnover Rate
In Fort Wayne, Indiana, many nurses who have retired in the last few years jumped at the opportunity to come back as emeritus nurses with flexible schedules and less physically demanding roles. Novice nurses appreciate the emeritus RNs, too, and the program has helped reduce the first-year turnover rate at Parkview Health.
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Ebola Outbreak Lessons Can Apply for Coronavirus
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people, and one part of the problem is a shortage of mental health professionals. That’s why Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, designed Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment—COPE—a mental health intervention for children, teens, and young adults.
Podcast Episode Shines Light on Care for Migrant Farmworkers
The latest “At the Core of Care” podcast reports on how nurses address the unique challenges of delivering care to the men and women who are migrant farmworkers in Pennsylvania. Featured are José Maciel and Antonio Renteria, both 2019 graduates of Penn Nursing and founders of Cultivando Juntos (“cultivating together”).
Ten new short stories make for good reading — and raise provocative questions about what it takes to create a healthier future. Take Us To a Better Place, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, includes a guide to prompt conversations. As a New York Times reporter writes, the stories “urge us to not just think, but to do.”
Participate in Testing the Board Engagement Survey
Calling all registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs): have you served for at least one year on a board of directors with fiduciary responsibilities? You may be eligible to participate in a study, approved by the University of Massachusetts Boston Institutional Review Board, to test an instrument aimed at measuring the engagement of nurses on boards. Take the survey and share this message with your RN and APRN colleagues.
Action Coalitions: What’s Up? Tell Us So That We Can Share
Fans of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action like to learn what’s happening in other states. But we might not know your stories. Help us celebrate your efforts and share details of progress by dropping a note to Aidan McCallion at
[email protected]. We’ll spread the news through news posts, social media, and the Campaign Update.
Funding, Tools, and Other Opportunities
New - Putting Together a Complex Care Toolkit: Can You Help?
If you are part of a complex care program, the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs wants to hear from you. The center is collecting information about the tools and resources others use, as it creates a toolkit for those starting programs that support individuals with complex health and social needs. Deadline: March 31.
Hosts Sought for Regional Meetings on Complex Care
After it wrote its blueprint to help those with complex needs, the National Center for Complex Health & Social Needs was asked to guide others in creating coordinated systems of care at the local level. That is why it will hold six regional meetings in 2020, and invites organizations to apply to host. DEADLINE EXTENDED: March 6.
The doors are open to applications for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s four leadership programs: Clinical Scholars, Health Policy Research Scholars, and Interdisciplinary Research Leaders. Deadline: March 11.
Nurses are underrepresented as expert sources in the media. The Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at the George Washington University School of Nursing hopes to change that with its GW Nursing Journalism Award, recognizing excellence in reporting by journalists using nurses as key sources. Deadline: March 15.
RWJF Diversity Program Funds Postdoctoral Research
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program seeks applicants from the medical, nursing, and dentistry field who are from historically disadvantaged backgrounds (defined as individuals who face challenges because of their race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status). The program is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Deadline: March 18, 3 p.m. ET.
Pursue Research Focused on Hispanic Children, Families
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families invites advanced doctoral students and early career scholars to apply for its 2020 Research Scholars Program. The program supports those who are pursuing research that promotes the well-being of Hispanic children and families. Deadline: March 18, 5 p.m. ET.
Honor Your Contributions: Apply for AARP Purpose Prize
Did you see a problem and create it a solution? Consider applying for AARP’s Purpose Prize, which celebrates the creativity, innovation, and inspiration that life experience brings. It is awarded to those 50 and older who are creating significant impact at the local, regional, national or global level. Deadline: March 31.
Organizations are invited to apply for the 2020 AARP Community Challenge, proposing Ideas that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. Projects are sought—none is too small!—for ways to improve housing, transportation, public spaces, technology, and more. Deadline: April 1, 11:59 p.m. ET.
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program aims to create a cadre of leaders who will serve as change agents in health and aging policy to ultimately improve the health care of older adults. If you have a strong commitment to health and aging issues and in policy work, apply to fellow. Deadline: April 15.
Students Invited to Apply for Complex Care Training
Knowing how to better care for people with complex health and social needs takes training. Now is the chance to join some 600 students from 40 schools across the U.S who have been trained through the Interprofessional Student Hotspotting Learning Collaborative. The six-month program takes place at four regional hubs. Deadline: May 1. Learn more and apply
Meetings and Webinars
Meetings open to all unless otherwise noted. Follow links for details about fees and registration.
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