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10 Strategic Steps to Eradicating Racism in Nursing Education

Daily Nurse

According to the Campaign for College Opportunity , 50% of California RN faculty were white in 2020-21 (down from 65% in 2011-12), while diversity among newly enrolled nursing students is increasingly diverse, with white nursing students representing only 30% of all students.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Nurses Lead the Way, Opposing RFK Jr’s Nomination for HHS Secretary 

The Relentless School Nurse

Teri was in attendance during the Kennedy hearings and she sent in the following report: Teri Mills with Michelle Berkley Brown DNP, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC and Hawaii Governor Josh Green Do No Harm-Vote No to Confirm RFK JR I had the privilege of sitting inside both the Finance and HELP Committee confirmation hearings last week for Robert F.

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Why Nurse Practitioners are a Solution to Rural Healthcare Challenges

Health Leaders | Nursing

"There are many people who don't see a doctor or get healthcare on a regular basis, and when they are really sick, they go to the emergency room for their care," says April Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN , immediate past president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). "It from 2008 to 2016.

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How does policy function as a domestic violence intervention?

American Nurse

Supreme Court case is just one of the latest examples of nurses’ critical role in promoting healing policy. Assistant Professor Michelle Patch, PhD, APRN-CNS, DF-AFN, FAAN, has focused significant effort on understanding intimate partner strangulation.

APRN 119
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Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act: Legislators Want to Hear from Nurses 

Daily Nurse

Daily Nurse spoke with former AANP President April Kapu, DNP , APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, and FAAN, about this critical legislation and how it will remove outdated barriers to practice that delay access to care for patients and move healthcare delivery forward for patients, providers, and our nation. APRNs are healthcare providers.

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APRNs Can Provide Quality and Access to Care and Congress Needs to Let Them

Capitol Beat

State and federal waivers that have been active for almost three years have allowed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to practice to the full extent of their education and clinical training. The bill represents huge progress for APRNs to continue to practice at the top of their license. With the recent introduction of H.R.

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Emerge Stronger: Program Helps Nurses Heal, Navigate Loss

Consult QD

They develop relationships with our patients and advocate tirelessly on their behalf, but things don’t always go as planned,” says Dianna Copley , DNP, APRN-CNS, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Cleveland Clinic. “It According to a 2020 survey, 75% of Cleveland Clinic caregivers reported experiencing an adverse event at work. “By