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September 3, 2019Send shout-outs, story ideas, and webinar information to Aidan McCallion at
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Campaign News and Features
“I Have Not Forgotten My Roots”: Philippine Nurses President
“Nursing gives you the avenue to fulfill your dreams, to be someone who can make a difference,” says Madelyn D. Yu, MSN, RN, president of the Philippine Nurses Association of America. Yu tells the Campaign how her desire as a child in the Philippines to be a nurse led her to where she is now.
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Nurse Practitioner Helped Design Holistic Dementia Care Program
The UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program, developed in part by a nurse practitioner, aims to help the patient and reduce stress for both patient and caregiver by taking into account “the medical, behavioral, and social aspects of the patient’s situation.” Early results show a drop in the need for patients to enter long-term care.
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Mentor Program Helps Students Graduate, Succeed
In it's publication, the National Black Nurses Association spotlights a workshop designed to support nursing students, particularly at historically black colleges and universities. The training program is the result of a collaborative effort including the Campaign and the Office of Minority Health, and guides mentors whose partnerships with students lead to increased retention and graduation rates.
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Online Resources Point to Data on Strength of Nursing
Data—lots of data—show that advanced practice registered nurses can and do play a huge role in giving Americans easier access to high-quality care. Making good use of that evidence was the subject of a recent webinar now posted online. Watch it, and find other resources to help lay out the facts about how and why to modernize regulations.
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Nurses' Health Study Needs You! And Other Nurses
Over decades, the information provided by the Nurses' Health Study has led to much of what we know today about health and disease. The third such study, NHS3, now seeks 100,000 nurses and nursing students to get involved and so contribute much-needed data, including information to assist in addressing health disparities.
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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
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Funding, Tools, and Other Opportunities
Culture of Health Prize Open for Community Applications
Communities are invited to apply for the 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize. Applicants should be able to show how organizations are working together to transform neighborhoods, schools, businesses, and more. Informational webinar: September 24. Application deadline: November 4, 3 p.m. ET.
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Sigma Foundation, Jonas Philanthropies Launch Research Grant
A new fund, the Sigma Foundation for Nursing/Jonas Philanthropies collaborative research grant, is designed to support nursing research that will help improve health care for the most vulnerable citizens of the U.S. Grants are available in three categories: mental health, rural health, and veterans health care. Application deadline: December 1.
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Journal Seeks Abstracts for Future of Nursing Issue
Nursing Education Perspectives will devote its fall 2020 issue to The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report, 10 years after its publication. Action Coalitions and others are encouraged to submit manuscripts about nursing education research studies relevant to the report by January 1, 2020.
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Meetings and Webinars
Meetings open to all unless otherwise noted. Follow links for details about fees and registration.
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The Compassion in Action Healthcare Conference
Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare. September 8–10. The Westin Boston Waterfront.
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2020 Culture of Health Prize Informational Webinar
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. September 24, 3 p.m. ET.
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Designing the Future of Healthcare
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium. October 1-3. Nashville.
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2019 Michigan Nursing Summit: Widening the Lens. Broadening Perspectives. Thinking Differently.
Michigan Center for Nursing. October 17-18, Detroit.
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Culture of Health and Nursing Education Learning Collaborative (teleconference)
Center to Champion Nursing in America. October 30, 2:30–3:30 p.m. ET.
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Putting Care at the Center 2019
Camden Coalition and the National Center for Complex Health & Social Need
s. Memphis, Tenn. November 13-15.
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Culture of Health and Nursing Education Learning Collaborative (teleconference)
Center to Champion Nursing in America. December 18, 2:30–3:30 p.m. ET.
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