May 22, 2015 | Nursing News, RWJF News
Foundation Focus
Call for Proposals for RWJF National Leadership Program Centers
Herminia Palacio, RWJF Director
To create a Culture of Health in America, we need innovative leaders who have skills to collaborate effectively together across disciplines, professions, sectors, and traditional boundaries. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is developing four new boundary-spanning leadership programs that reflect that vision: RWJF Diversity in Health Policy Research, RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, RWJF Multisector Leaders for Health, and RWJF New Clinical Scholars. We just released a Call for Proposals for National Leadership Program Centers—the organizations that will manage these four new programs. We are seeking potential applicants from a large variety of sectors and organization types to step up to the challenge.
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May 7, 2015 | NJNI in the News, Nursing News
The spirit of collaboration always has been a hallmark of nursing and in New Jersey, the profession is benefiting from a new alliance between three leading organizations: the New Jersey Action Coalition (NJAC), the New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) and New Jersey Health Initiatives. The groups are working together on pressing issues, including redesigning nursing curricula, diversifying the state’s health care workforce, and preparing health care professionals to provide community-based care throughout the state.
Read the full NJ.Com feature here.
Apr 21, 2015 | Nursing News
The year 2015 marks an important half-way point for the ambitious goals set forth in 2010 in the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing Report, which included eight recommendations to transform the nursing profession.
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Apr 14, 2015 | Nursing News
BE COUNTED AS A LEADER
Leadership is one of the key pillars for the New Jersey Action Coalition. A survey is being distributed asking you to identify if you are currently on a board of any kind. We want to get a count of NJ nurses engagement. A link for the survey can be found on our website. The goal nationally is 10,000 nurses by 2020. Join in and be counted!!!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPT9QYH
Apr 3, 2015 | Nursing News
Associations, Foundations and Corporations are solving the nursing shortage problem in multiple ways as described by Halldale’s US News Editor, Lori Ponoroff. Full article in MedSim Volume 4 • Issue 2.2015.
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Mar 31, 2015 | Nursing News
As dean of Seton Hall University College of Nursing, Marie C. Foley, PhD, RN, CNL, is focusing on changes in healthcare to prepare nursing students for the future.
“What we teach today becomes outdated tomorrow,” said Foley, who was appointed in February. “We really need to teach our students to think, and where to access the most up-to-date information so that they can make critical judgments and clinical decisions.”
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