Telehealth has long been important, but the pandemic has increased its use greatly. Among 30 health care high-tech influencers leading the way in talking, tweeting, and broadcasting information about digital-first methods of care, writes HealthTech, is Marion Leary, RN, MSN, MPH, director of innovation at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and a Campaign supporter.
ANA Scholar-in-Residence Addresses Racism in Nursing
“I’m not telling them what to think, I’m telling them what to think about,” says G. Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN, in a profile on the Campaign blog. Among titles she holds: scholar-in-residence at the American Nurses Association supporting ongoing work on racism in nursing. What does Alexander say to think about? “Health equity is first and foremost about the patient.”
“Nurses are commonly the most vaccine-hesitant members of the health care workforce,” writes Linda Vuong, MS, RN, CCRN, on the Campaign blog. Prepandemic research also shows that nurses have some of the lowest rates for receiving flu vaccines. Vuong refers to the risks this poses to health, staffing, and more.
New Episode of Race to Value Podcast Discusses Future of Nursing
It is the responsibility of all nurses to be aware of systemic racism and its issues--all educators, all students--not just specifically people of color. It’s all of us together that need to make a difference. In a new episode of the health care podcast Race to Value, Campaign director Sue Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN discusses the path to health equity and her personal reflection on the Future of Nursing report.
Podcast Gives Glimpse of Effects of Non-Inclusive Care
In a two-part series, the Pennsylvania Action Coalition’s “At the Core of Care” podcast reports on the ordeals many people face in trying to stay healthy. LGBTQ+ Inclusive Care focuses on equitable access to health care, starting with interviews with panelists explaining what they’ve encountered, then delving into disparities in the system.
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
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Funding, Tools, and Other Opportunities
New - Public Health AmeriCorps To Start “New Generation” of Leaders
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and AmeriCorps are partnering on an initiative that aims to develop “a new generation of public health leaders who will be ready to respond to the nation’s public health needs.” Public Health AmeriCorps will recruit and build a new workforce that provide public health service in people’s own communities. Deadline: November 8.
New - HHS Announces New COVID-19 Relief Funds for Providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will offer $25.5 billion in new funding, starting September 29, for health care providers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement of monies for both the American Rescue Plan and the Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 includes ways that providers can apply.
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.
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.
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.
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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