The Campaign
mourns the death of Aila Accad, MSN, RN, executive director of the West Virginia Action Coalition. Aila was long devoted to the cause of better health for all. She was an integral part of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. Her legacy will live on through her tireless efforts over the years, contributions that have helped improve the lives of many in West Virginia and throughout the region.
Campaign News and Features
Quinn Named AAN Honorary Fellow
The American Academy of Nursing has named AARP Center to Champion Nursing in America's Director of Advocacy and Consumer Affairs, Winifred Quinn, PhD, FAANP(H), as an honorary fellow, one of four “individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary and lasting contributions to nursing and health care throughout their career.”
Congratulations to Win, and to Harriet Udin Aronow, PhD; David Auerbach, PhD; and Felicia Marie Knaul, PhD, MA. As we reported in our last Campaign Update, Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director of the Campaign for Action, will also be inducted as an AAN Living Legend.
Sigma Bestows 2021 Awards on Those Advancing Global Health
“Exceptional” and “distinctive pioneers” are the words applied to Campaign allies whom the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing has honored in its 2021 awards. Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN; Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN; and Mary Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN, are recognized as pioneering a number of practices that have improved the lives of many.
Hear All About It: Future of Nursing Report Now a Podcast
The National Academy of Medicine takes to the airwaves to brings its findings to more people. An eight-part podcast based on The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity gives voice to nurses and other experts who are confronting health disparities, and shines light on effective strategies that reflect nurses’ unique skills, knowledge, and dedication.
Complex Care Conference Focuses on Trauma, Healing
On the Campaign's
blog, Lauran J. Hardin, MSN, RN-BC, CNL, describes what participants can learn at the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs’ October 20–22 conference. “Putting Care at the Center 2021,” writes Hardin—senior adviser at the Coalition and the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers—helps attendees turn the wisdom gained from the pandemic into healing.
ANA\California Assessment Offers Reflections on Racism
From American Nurses Association\California comes an assessment that helps nurses at all levels ask questions of themselves and where they work that they might not ask otherwise. The Racism in Nursing Assessments and Action Plans™ is in three parts: a self-assessment, an individual's assessment of the organization they work for, and demographics.
AANP Podcast: Hassmiller on Life, Nursing, the Future
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners podcast this month interviews one of the architects of The Future of Nursing
report, Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN. In NP Pulse, AANP president April N. Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, talks to Hassmiller about her start in nursing, what drives her as the senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the meaning of both National Academy of Medicine reports.
In its latest podcast, SHIFT gives the mic to nurse researcher Jasmine Travers, AGPCNP-BC, CCRN, PhD, to talk about ways to “bring light to inequities that are inherent within our system”—without putting people on the defensive. Understanding conversations about the social determinants of health, says Travers, is the first step to creating change.
Michigan Daylong Summit Focuses on Growth, Health Equity
How can nurses use personal growth to make systemic change in the area of health equity? Six speakers will pursue that question at the Michigan Center for Nursing’s summit on October 22. Among the six will be Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, reviewing the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report.
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.
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
[email protected]. We’ll spread the news through news posts, social media, and the Campaign Update.
Funding, Tools, and Other Opportunities
New - AARP Foundation Seeks Applications for Two Grants
AARP Foundation seeks to support projects that advance economic opportunity among low-income older adults and offers two funding opportunities for eligible organizations. One initiative is for direct service projects; the other for field-building. Pre-application Deadline: September 17, 5 p.m. ET.
The American Red Cross has put out a call for volunteers, listing its “most-needed volunteer opportunities” in shelters, disaster health services, blood collection support, and disaster action teams. Other opportunities are available, too, even virtual posts. Nurses, nursing students, and those not in the health field are encouraged to apply.
New - American Nurses Foundation Takes Pulse of Nation’s Nurses
Numb, or confident? Empowered, or overworked? Those are possible responses to various questions on the COVID-19 Survey Series, part of the American Nurses Foundation's questionnaire measuring nurses’ mental health and wellness. Nurses are asked to take a few minutes to answer questions in this third Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses survey.
New - Focus Group Members Sought for Diversity Effort
Are you a Black or Latinx nursing student or professional? Have you ever been a participant, administrator, mentor, staff, or volunteer in a program to boost diversity in the nursing workforce? The Urban Institute will hold paid focus groups for nursing professionals to understand how to increase the number of Black and Latinx nursing and medical professionals.
AONL Seeks Exemplary Nurses for Its Fellow Designation
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership encourages AONL members at all levels of leadership and in the diversity of settings to apply to be an AONL Fellow. Leaders who attain this honor are committed to shaping the future of nursing leadership through expert leadership practice, mentoring, and contributing to AONL at the regional and national levels. Deadline: Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. CT.
Submit your one-of-a-kind innovations to the American Nurses Foundation for the opportunity to bring them to life with funds from its Reimagining Nursing Initiative. Your ideas can bring transformative change to our health care system by supporting nurses, the backbone of the health system. Grants are $500,000 to $1.5 million. Deadline: October 25.
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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