Thanks to those who promote the health and well-being of women and infants within their families and communities: the nation’s midwives. October 2–8 is National Midwifery Week, and the American College of Nurse-Midwives celebrates with the theme Midwives for Justice, to recognize that midwives are committed to equitable care for all. Spread the word using #MidwiferyWeek2022.
Change the script, urges Kupiri Ackerman-Barger, PhD, RN, FAAN, as many nurses have: Be an equity-minded nurse. In an essay, the Campaign health equity fellow explains what that means, noting that in the coming months, the Campaign will explore this topic and highlight examples of it across practice settings. Ackerman-Barger is associate dean of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of California Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.
One is an acute care hospitalist. One is a family nurse practitioner. They are also mother and daughter, and together have opened the clinic that serves a community in need. Marcella Garner, DNP, CCRN, RN, and Maleka Robinson, MSN, BSN, RN, are behind the first Black-owned, mother-daughter nurse-led clinic in New Jersey.
Awards, many in the $50,000 range, will soon be available for creative, replicable projects from Action Coalitions working with their communities to address inequities in health care. Keep your eyes out for a request for proposals this month, October, from AARP and the Center to Champion Nursing in America, which runs the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
West Virginia fittingly honors the late Aila Accad, MSN, RN—who for years served as executive director at Future of Nursing West Virginia—by creating a center in her name that supports nurses interested in starting health-related businesses. The Aila Accad Center for Nurse Entrepreneurship, opened on September 24, has roots in the 2018 Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Nursing Innovations Fund.
“You never know the impact you have,” writes a school nurse who also publishes a blog, noting that even before COVID-19, these “chief wellness officers” spent up to 34% of their time on children’s mental health needs. The pandemic has shed more light on the good school nurses do, adds Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, just as it has highlighted why they are needed more than ever.
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This Penn Nursing edition features Kupiri Ackerman-Barger, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and professor at the University of California Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Ackerman-Barger is also health equity fellow at the Campaign for Action.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing seeks to fill the position of associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and invites candidates at the associate or full professor level to apply. The role has an equal focus on leadership, curricular work, and community engagement. Applications are due November 15.
The Health Resources & Services Administration's loan repayment program opens its doors to 2023 applicants. The National Health Service Corps, which helps nurses pay off education debt, is accepting applications for full-time students who will, in exchange, work in one of the thousands of critical shortage facilities across the country. Informational webinar: October 11. Deadline: December 1.
The Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program is a tuition-free initiative at Penn Nursing dedicated to building a nurse workforce committed to working in and with underserved communities. Its fall information sessions to welcome would-be fellows from all nursing primary care programs at Penn. Learn more about this fellowship for full-time students at one of three sessions.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program invites those interested in working at the intersection of health, science, and policy to attend one of its upcoming introductory sessions, and apply. The program, which seeks to build and maintain strong and diverse leadership and a workforce skilled in health policy, is accepting applications. Deadline: November 7 at 3 p.m. ET.
What are examples of federal policies that create racial and ethnic health disparities? A newly formed committee at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine wants to hear from the public on that and other questions. The aim: to analyze the social, economic, and environmental policies that contribute to preventable differences in health outcomes among Americans, and come up with effective solutions. Deadline: September 30.
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