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A newsletter of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.


June 15, 2021Send shout-outs, story ideas, and webinar information to Aidan McCallion at
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Shout-Out


Massachusetts Collaboration Creates Anti-Vaping Resource Guide
Congratulations to the Massachusetts Action Coalition—and youths who will benefit—for its newly produced anti-vaping curricula resource guide, designed for various grades. The guide, supported in part by the Campaign’s Nursing Innovations Fund, is a result of mighty collaboration with organizations throughout the state.

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Campaign News and Features


Read, and Act: New Future of Nursing Report Now Interactive
Following last month’s release of The Future of Nursing: 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Create Health Equity comes a toolkit that helps turn its findings into action. In an interactive website rich with resources, the National Academy of Medicine delves into the challenges the report lays out, and invites all to take steps to “unleash the power of the nurse to achieve health equity for all.”

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CMS Tool Guides Clinicians in Asking About Social Needs
From its Accountable Health Communities Model, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid now offers a questionnaire that helps clinicians learn about individuals’ unmet health-related social needs, such as food insecurity and unstable housing. The Health-Related Social Needs Screening Tool (HRSN) helps staff to take the next step of connecting beneficiaries with community resources.

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Vermont the Newest Nurse Licensure State
Vermont on June 7 became the 36th state to enact the Nurse Licensure Compact. That means that, come February 2022, when the law is implemented, Vermont nurses may practice in other NLC jurisdictions—and it means that more Americans will have improved access to more health care providers and better care.

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Vaccine Uptake and Concerns: Nurses Respond
Even as more Americans become fully vaccinated against COVID-19, some populations in the U.S. have lower rates of vaccination. Among Hispanic people, it’s lack of access as well as “hesitancy,” notes Adriana Perez, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Campaign adviser and a nurse expert featured in a series of informational videos from Elite Learning.

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Action Coalitions: What’s Up? Tell Us So That We Can Share
Fans of the 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

ANA Seeks Nominees for Committees
The American Nurses Association has issued its annual call for nominations for appointed positions, along with a list of the boards and committees with openings. Among the seven groups seeking people’s time and attention are the committees on the Minority Fellowship Program, on bylaws, and on nursing practice standards. Deadline: June 23.



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Lupus Program To Fund Clinical Trials


The National Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program seeks to increase minority participation in lupus-related clinical trials to help to reduce lupus-related health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations. The Office of Minority Health offers grants for projects of up to two years. Deadline: June 29, 6 p.m. ET.

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Funding Offered for Type 2 Diabetes Initiatives
Family members may be instrumental helping patients with Type 2 diabetes adopt, tailor, and sustain health behaviors that support effective self-management. That’s why the Office of Minority Health offers grant funding for Family-Centered Approaches to Improving Type 2 Diabetes Control and Prevention initiative. Deadline: July 13, 6 p.m. ET.

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Grant Encourages Use of Community Data To Close Health Disparities
The Office of Minority Health wants communities to use local data to develop tailored solutions that address health disparities. It invites nonprofit organizations, community and faith-based organizations, and foundations to apply for its Accessing Social Determinants of Health Data Through Local Data Intermediaries Initiative. Deadline: July 28, 6 p.m. ET.

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J&J Challenge Grant Focus: Improve Access to Care
Johnson & Johnson invites nurses and students to submit their nurse-led novel concepts, protocols, treatment approaches, and consumer product ideas with the potential to help improve access to care amid the pandemic environment and beyond. Winners receive up to $100,000 and mentoring from J&J. The Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge deadline is August 6.

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RWJF Funds Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
What can we do today to create a better, more equitable tomorrow? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invites scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders and others who have new ideas that could alter the trajectory of health to apply for the Pioneering Ideas grant. No deadline.

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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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2021 AANP National Conference (Online)

American Association of Nursing Practitioners. June 15-August 31.



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Shared measurement: Collaborating with communities toward equitable health outcomes

The National Center for Complex Health & Social Needs. June 17, 3-4 p.m. ET.

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NASN2021 Annual Conference

National Association of School Nurses. June 21-25.



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Strategies and Interventions to Reduce Suicide: A Virtual Workshop: Part 1

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. June 22, 1-3:30 p.m. ET



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Inverting the burden: A health equity strategy for delivering complex care

The National Center for Complex Health & Social Needs. June 22, 1-2 p.m. ET.



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Open meeting on the National Center's evaluation and next five years

The National Center for Complex Health & Social Needs. June 23, 1 p.m. ET



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The Future of Nursing II: Charting a Path to Health Equity

The New York Academy of Medicine. June 22, 5-6:30 p.m. ET



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Protecting The Mental Health of Frontline Healthcare Professionals: A Call to Action

The New York Academy of Medicine. June 23, noon -12:45 p.m. ET



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Strategies and Interventions to Reduce Suicide: A Virtual Workshop: Part 2

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. July 28, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ET



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It Only Took a Pandemic... NEUSHA 2021 Virtual Summer Academy

Northeastern University School of Nursing. August 9-10.

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6th National Summit on the Social Determinants of Health

The Root Cause Coalition. October 4-6, virtual.



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Putting Care at the Center 2021

National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. October 20-22.



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Achieving Health Equity Through Growth, Innovation, and Reflection

Michigan Center for Nursing. October 22.









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