Nursing's bond to patients and link to quality of care are pivotal, as nurses make up more that half of the health care workforce. To improve the quality of hospital care, we must also transform the quality of nursing care at the patient's bedside.
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June 29, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
As chair of the task force charged with preparing nurses to serve on boards of directors, I have worked with my colleagues to target hospitals to increase the percentage of nurses in positions of influence. Currently, fewer than 20 percent of hospit ...
June 19, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Dr. Sue Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN, director of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, described the scope of health care challenges, such as aging, chronic disease, faculty shortages, and poor access to care in rural areas, that our nurses will ...
June 19, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Question: Can you explain some of the major goals of your organization, what the group dynamic is like, and some of the roles within the group? Lena Gayraud: The main goal of the Penn Nursing Medical Student Alliance (PNMSA) is to foster interdiscip ...
June 5, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Satcher spoke exquisitely about the report and how important its recommendations are and how vitally important their implementation is to the health of our nation. Satcher has agreed to help our Georgia Action Coalition and will be my guest for dinn ...
May 29, 2012 | Story
State's Action Coalition takes big steps to advance nurse education.
May 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
What advice would you give to others looking at leadership development? Sullivan: Find the right partner. The Community Foundation knew that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Northwest Health Foundation had this funding opportunity through ...
April 30, 2012 | Story
Spring meeting featured Collaborative Learning Community sessions led by experts from RWJF nursing programs.
March 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Decision Critical, a health care technology company that is nurse-owned, joined the Coalition early on and was also one of our founding sponsors. We were also successful in recruiting the Texas Association of Business, one of the most powerful advoc ...
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.
February 26, 2012 | Story
Texas nurse and non-nurse leaders planted the seeds of the Texas Action Coalition years ago.