University of Oregon Honors Quinn for Public Service
Receiving an honorary degree for her public service is nursing advocate Winifred Quinn, PhD, FAANP(H), FAAN (H), director of advocacy and consumer affairs for the Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that runs the Campaign. The University of Portland in Oregon conferred the degree on May 1.
Now showing online: “Who Cares: A Nurse’s Fight for Equity,” a documentary about Whitney Fear, MSN, PMHNP-BC, and her holistic approach to treating behavioral health. Growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota led Fear to her passion and lifework. The producer, Shift, a community of and for nurses, makes it easy to watch and share the film.
The 2022 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps report is out. This year, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute focuses on “the importance of pursuing economic security for everyone” as the nation recovers from the pandemic and “layered crises of racism and economic exclusion.” The searchable database includes ways to take action.
Camden Coalition’s National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs will hold its annual conference in person for the first time in two years, with a theme of values and value in complex care. Consumers, providers, administrators, researchers, policymakers, caregivers, students, and others are invited to attend the interprofessional meeting September 21-23 in Sacramento.
May 20: Tune In to Review Plan for Health Workers’ Well-Being
Burnout among health care workers did not start with the pandemic. That’s why for nearly six years the National Academy of Medicine has been working with 200 organizations on a national plan designed to reverse trends in health worker burnout. A draft of the plan will be released May 20 and the public is invited to provide observations and ideas.
National Nurses Signing Day At Last! Celebrate the Commitment
Signing day is big in sports, and now it’s big in nursing—or should be. The first ever Nurses Signing Day, May 6, is designed to celebrate graduating seniors who have committed to a college or university to become nurses. The Center for Education and Opportunity urges schools to register to help spur excitement for those who choose to direct their lives to improving health through nursing.
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
Teams: Apply for Interdisciplinary Program to Fight Racism
The Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, a three-year leadership development program, aims to support action-oriented research collaborations with the goal of dismantling structural racism and advancing health equity. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation opens its 2022 application process to teams (two researchers and one community partner) from a diversity of disciplines. Deadline May 4.
The Health Resources and Services Administration invites nurses to apply to the Nurse Corps Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to nursing students in exchange for a minimum two-year full-time service commitment (or part-time equivalent), at an eligible health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses. Deadline: May 5.
UPenn Community Program Seeks Faculty Director, Executive Director
The newly created Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program, a result of the $125 million gift from Lauder, an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania, seeks both a faculty director and an executive director. The tuition-free program will prepare a diverse cadre of expert nurse practitioners to support underserved communities across the U.S.
Putting Care at the Center 2022
Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, The National Center for Complex Health & Social Needs, and Adventist Health. September 21-23. Sacramento, CA.
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