Minn. Public Health Nurse Leader Recognized for Leadership
Congratulations to Renee S. Frauendienst, RN, PHN, BSN, for receiving the 2019 Barbara O’Grady Excellence in Public Health Nursing Leadership Award for her outstanding contributions to public health. The Local Public Health Association of Minnesota isn’t the only one to recognize her: Frauendienst is also a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Nurse Leader.
5 Culture of Health Prize Winners Span U.S., Coast to Coast
Honored for a shared commitment to health, opportunity, and equity, five communities have been named by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as 2019 Culture of Prize winners: Broward County, Fla.; Greenville County, S.C.; Gonzales, Calif.; Lake County, Colo.; and Sitka, Alaska.
NAM Committee Hears About Care Delivery Innovations
To create better health, nurses and other health care providers increasingly try to meet the needs that consumers have that begin with conditions outside of the clinic or hospital. On November 20, a panel of industry leaders offered examples of such innovations to the National Academy of Medicine Future of Nursing 2020-2030 study committee.
Mutual goals and complementary resources brought together the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP years ago to create better health for all. Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action leaders Susan C. Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, explain in Nurse Leader how the partnership began in 2007.
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Teaching Health Policy Fueled Her Interest
In 2013, Sharron Crowder, PhD, RN, was asked to teach a health policy course for graduate nursing students. Teaching pulled everything together for her, she says—and led to her becoming a 2019 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy fellow. In only two months, she has started to gain the real-world experience she sought.
Useful data and useful actions combined can help support greater health equity. That’s why the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
has put on its website a how-to-take-action toolkit and a research paper showing the ways nurses are addressing the social determinants of health. These resources can help nurses and their partners create healthier communities.
Nurse Leads Research on Native American Palliative Care
Mary Isaacson, PhD, MA, an associate professor at the South Dakota State University College of Nursing, has studied palliative care for a decade. Now she will collaborate with caregivers, tribal leaders, spiritual leaders, and healers to design and deliver such programs in culturally appropriate ways to Native Americans.
Join the December Population Health and Education Call
Hear how population health can, and is, becoming part of nursing curricula, during the Campaign for Action teleconference that takes place every other month. Join educators, nurses, and others to listen in and contribute: The final call of 2019 is Wednesday, December 18.
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
New - Funds to Nursing Schools Support Would-Be Faculty
To increase the number of qualified nurse faculty, the Health Resources and Services Administration offers its Nurse Faculty Loan Program. Funds help nursing schools give loans to students who aim to become faculty members. Deadline: February 3. See meetings and webinars section below for details about the related December 3 webinar.
All Invited to Monthly Calls About Food, Housing Initiatives
What are the best ways to address food and housing insecurity, which are often the root causes of other health problems? The Root Cause Coalition offers two learning cohorts, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johsnon, so those interested in health equity can, through webinars and teleconference calls, understand how to design, implement, and evaluate social determinant interventions.
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.
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.
Innovative midcareer nursing faculty members who are committed to a career in health professional education should consider applying for the 2020 Macy Faculty Scholars Program. Applications are due by February 5 at 3 p.m. ET.
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