For her distinguished service to nursing, health care, and in the shaping of health care policy, Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been awarded the Civitas Award from the American Academy of Nursing president. Sue, as many as you know her, is the director of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
Nurses Among National Academy of Medicine New Members
Election as a member of the National Academy of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. It’s no surprise that among the inspiring newly named health experts this year are two nurses: Betty R. Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, and Jacquelyn Taylor, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN.
The Center to Champion Nursing in America and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation co-hosted a reception to honor colleagues inducted as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), and those named 2019 AAN Living Legends. Honorees were named in June; inductions and reception took place at AAN’s Transforming Health, Driving Policy conference last week.
Nurses, Habitat for Humanity Make Aging in Place Easier
The Colorado Visiting Nurse Association partnered with Habitat for Humanity in Denver to help modify houses as needed so those 65 and older could live safely at homes. Now the partnership’s success has won funding so that the Community Aging in Place–Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program can take off in other states too.
Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Health Care Industry to Weigh In
The National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing 2020-2030 committee has invited health care industry leaders to discuss how they prioritize efforts to promote health equity, and invites the public to listen in. The November 20 webcast runs 9 to 11 a.m. ET, followed by a presentation by Lori Melichar, PhD, MA, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
In 2016, very unexpectedly, Campaign director Sue Hassmiller lost her husband. To cope, she wrote, over the course of a year. Now the essays on her blog that helped her and others will be published as a book in 2020. Resetting: An Unplanned Journey of Love, Loss, and Living Again can be pre-ordered on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Join the October Population Health and Education Call
Hear what’s going on during this month’s teleconference about ways population health can and is becoming part of nursing curricula. The Campaign for Action hosts these calls every other month for educators, nurses, and others. Listen in and contribute: The next call is Wednesday, October 30.
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
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.
RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program Accepting Applications
Midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists are encouraged to apply for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program, a yearlong learning experience in Washington, D.C. that seeks to build and maintain strong and diverse leadership and a workforce skilled in health policy. Deadline: November 6 at 3 p.m. ET.
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.
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.
Statistical information plays an important role in informing actions to improve health. Guided by that idea, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth developed a fellowship program, geared toward senior researchers, to encourage the use of NCHS data systems and programs. Deadline: January 1.
AcademyHealth’s Delivery System Science Fellowship provides hands-on training and professional opportunities for highly qualified researchers with a background in health services research or related fields to enhance analytic skills. Deadline: January 1.
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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