The Campaign for Action: An Update
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nurses’ ability to provide primary care is “hampered by the constraints of outdated policies, particularly those involving nurses’ scopes of practice.”
Advance Practice Nurses (APNs)
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Unprecedented Federal Investment in Training Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
July 31, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a four-year, $200 million investment to support the training of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). The move was lauded by leaders of the Robert Wo ...
Missouri Nurse Leaders Stand Up for APRNs, Health Care Consumers
April 30, 2012 | Story
Freeing up advanced practice registered nurses to provide unrestricted care is just one of the many priorities on the Missouri Action Coalition's agenda.
Expanded Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Scope of Practice Laws: Can We Ignore Economic Motives and Effects?
February 24, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A simple economic model that suggests an impact of SOP laws on physician incomes is one that assumes that primary care physicians and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) potentially provide substitute sources of supply for primary care. The ...
Nurses for the Future
January 20, 2011 | Commentary
The historical pattern of nursing education needs to be altered in order to have enough nursing faculty, advanced practice registered nurses and nurse leaders for tomorrow.
Obama’s Budget Proposal and Nursing
April 23, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal recommends a $20 million increase over previous budget proposals for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, the primary source of federal funding for nursing education.
Teamwork and Collaborative Decision-Making Crucial to Health Care of the Future
November 28, 2011 | Story
New Charting Nursing's Future brief focuses on implementing the IOM Future of Nursing report's recommendations on interprofessional collaboration.
Georgia Action Coalition Sows Nursing Campaign Seeds in Rocky Terrain
March 23, 2012 | Story
Georgia nurse leaders work to overcome obstacles in campaign to transform nursing and improve health and health care in their state.
In the Media: What's in a Name?
October 28, 2011 | Story
“What we call ourselves isn’t the most important issue. Improving patient care is,” says Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) senior adviser for nursing and director of the Future of Nursing.
New Jersey Nursing Initiative Brings Together New Scholars
November 24, 2009 | Story
NJNI is a joint project of RWJF and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Its goal is to increase the number of nurse faculty in the state.