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RWJF Announces $20 Million Grant to Support Nurse PhD Scientists

RWJF Announces $20 Million Grant to Support Nurse PhD Scientists

Future of Nursing Scholars program will help more nurses get PhDs.

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Treating Depression in Single Black Mothers

Treating Depression in Single Black Mothers

RWJF Scholar Rahshida Atkins seeks to improve mental health care for a population at risk.

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Diversity is a Window

Diversity is a Window

"We often see the benefits of diversity as being for minorities," RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Angela Amar writes. "We seldom see that the majority benefits as well."

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Community Colleges, Universities Collaborate to Support a Stronger Nursing Workforce

Community Colleges, Universities Collaborate to Support a Stronger Nursing Workforce

Leading nurse educators are working together to provide nurses and nursing students with more and better options to advance their education.

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Nursing Student Aspires to Life Outside his 'Comfort Zone'

Nursing Student Aspires to Life Outside his 'Comfort Zone'

RWJF Scholar Luis Sanchez overcomes poverty and other hurdles to break barriers as a Latino nurse.

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Nurse and Government Leaders Team Up to Transform Nursing in Massachusetts

Nurse and Government Leaders Team Up to Transform Nursing in Massachusetts

State Action Coalition takes multi-pronged approach to strengthening nursing education programs.

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In Their Own Words: Action Coalitions

Action Coalition leaders across the country are working to transform nursing by identifying state-specific priorities and forging partnerships with allies from diverse sectors.
Watch leaders from some of the states discuss their work.

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Toward a More Highly Educated Nursing Workforce

The nation will need a larger, more diverse, and more highly educated nursing workforce in coming years.

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RWJF Nursing Initiatives

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RWJF Nursing Programs

Learn more about RWJF's efforts to promote nurses and nursing.

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The Future of Nursing

The landmark 2010 report from the Institute of Medicine, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, provided a blueprint for transforming nursing.

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Campaign for Action

51 state Action Coalitions around the country are working to improve health and health care by strengthening the nursing profession.

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Progress on the Nation’s Nursing Workforce

New government report finds that the nursing workforce is larger, better educated, and more diverse than it was a decade ago.

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Modern-Day Crystal Ball Could Revolutionize Neonatal Care

Searing experience led RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar to use ‘glass orb’ technology to create a tool to detect premature infant pain.

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RWJF Scholar Pioneers Innovative Program to Help Low-Income Elderly Age at Home

Nurse Faculty Scholar puts ‘handymen’ to work turning older people’s homes into safe, healthy environments.

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More Nurses Climbing Education Ladder

A more highly educated nursing workforce will help meet future health care demands.

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Nurse Leaders Mount Campaign in Large State with Small-Town Feel

Nurses and nursing champions in Montana tap personal networks to improve health and health care by transforming the profession.

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Strengthening Rural Nursing

RWJF scholars and grantees spearhead projects to improve access to high quality nursing care in remote areas.

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Transforming Nursing to Create a "Culture of Health"

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, RWJF president and CEO, kicked off the annual summit of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action by joining a con...

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RWJF Nurse Scientist Discovers New Health Benefits of Tai Chi

RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar finds that stroke survivors who practice Tai Chi may be less likely to fall.

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Watch the Video, Earn the Credits

Learn how to improve care transitions and prevent avoidable hospital readmissions, and pick up nursing and medical education con-ed credits.

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“It’s a Lil’ Colored Girl to See You.”

"We often see the benefits of diversity as being for minorities," Angela Amar writes. "We seldom see that the majority benefits as well."

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Care About Your Care

A national conversation highlighting efforts to improve care transitions, reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, and lift overall quality o...

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RWJF Scholar Alum Discusses Accountable Care Organizations

RWJF Clinical Scholars alumnus Elliot Fisher discusses the origins of ACOs and the effort to develop them in the nation’s health care system...

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