Nigerian Nurse Helps African Immigrants Battle Breast Cancer
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Ifeanyi Anne Nwabukwu, RN, BSN, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
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South Carolina Nurse Works to Stop Cancer Before It Starts
October 17, 2012 | News Release
RWJF honors Debbie Chatman Bryant, DNP, RN, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.
An RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Becomes a Bald Hero
April 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
"I told him never to underestimate the power of nurses. Just think of what we can do when we come together for the greater good." So I revised my goal to $1,500 and let everyone know that…and I passed that new goal within one hour. Then I revised my ...
Community Service: Reaching Out to Others to Learn More About Yourself
April 6, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Some volunteer activities such as arts and crafts at Bright Side Manor challenged us to be innovative in creating our own arts and crafts activities that were fun, useful and easy for the elderly residents to construct on their own. Another example, ...
March is Red Cross Month
March 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Thousands of Red Cross nurses are trained disaster responders. Our ranks include volunteers like Mary Steece, RN, of Scottsboro, Ala., who dropped everything to travel to Louisville, Ky., where she is helping people who lost so much in the tornados ...
California Action Coalition Shares Secrets of Success
March 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Mary Foley, RN, PhD, the nursing co-lead for our Action Coalition, welcomed the enthusiastic crowd and introduced Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, FN, FAAN, a trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and vice president of nursing at Cedars Sin ...
Sharing Nursing's Knowledge: What's in the January Issue
February 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Are you signed up to receive Sharing Nursing’s Knowledge? The monthly Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) e-newsletter will keep you up to date on the latest nursing news, research and trends. Here’s a review of what’s in the January issue: Nurse ...
In the Media: Controversial "Street Nurse" Program Draws Media Coverage
February 27, 2011 | Story
In Canada nurses are taking a nontraditional approach to helping patients who often go without care.
RWJF's Hassmiller Aids Tornado Victims in Alabama
May 12, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Times of Trenton is reporting on the extraordinary work of Susan Hassmiller, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s senior adviser for nursing, who is in Alabama helping victims of the recent tornadoes. An American Red Cross ...
Focus Group is First Phase in Coalition's Promotion of Breastfeeding in Black Communities
January 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition conducted eight focus groups to assess community health workers' knowledge of breastfeeding and lactation management and to learn how they perceived the value of using technology in their work.