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For more than 125 years, Johnson & Johnson has been proud to advocate for, elevate, and empower the nursing profession, as we know that nurses are the backbone of health care.

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A career in nursing is one of the most exciting and rewarding occupations. Nurses provide vital hands-on patient care, but that’s not all they do. They are leaders, innovators, educators, change makers helping improve access to care.

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When new ideas can save lives, nurse innovators need support to move from bedside to boardroom. Their firsthand experience helps them identify patient needs and shape the future of healthcare, as seen in stories from leaders inspiring the next generation.

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    4. Nursing Workforce Solutions: 2025-2026 Cohort

    Nursing Workforce Solutions: 2025-2026 Cohort

    Meet the 26 health system teams that form the new 2025-2026 program. These teams of 240 nurses represent geographically diverse areas across the U.S., large and small health systems, and standalone hospitals in urban and rural locations.

    • Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center - Advocate Health, Charlotte, NC
    • Atrium Health Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
    • Baystate Wing Hospital, Palmer, MA
    • Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Cape Cod Hospital, Barnstable, MA
    • Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, MA
    • Mass General Brigham - Spaulding Rehabilitation, Boston, MA
    • Methodist Fremont Health, Fremont, NE
    • Methodist Hospital/Women’s Hospital, Omaha, NE
    • Methodist Jennie Edmundson, Council Bluffs, IA
    • Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA
    • Ochsner Health Center - Hancock, Bay St. Louis, MS
    • Ochsner Health Center - St. Bernard, Chalmette, LA
    • Ochsner Health Center - Luling, Luling, LA
    • Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner, Kenner, LA
    • Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, Jefferson, LA
    • Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Shreveport, LA
    • Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank Campus, Gretna, LA
    • Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
    • Prisma Health, Columbia, SC
    • Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA
    • Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL

    Nursing Workforce Solutions

    The AACN CSI Academy helps direct care nurses become clinician leaders and change agents, driving positive outcomes for patients and healthcare teams.

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    How nurses at Tufts turned patient mobility into a workforce solution

    When nurses at Tufts Medical Center saw that patient mobility was clinically essential but operationally difficult, they didn’t accept the gap — they redesigned the work. Through the Nursing Workforce Solutions program, a team of direct care nurses created a dedicated Mobility Tech role that improves patient outcomes while easing nursing workload burden. Here’s how structured nurse-led innovation is transforming care from the bedside up.

    Why investing in nurses is essential to the future of healthcare

    Nurses are the backbone of healthcare delivery. Yet philanthropic investment in nursing lags far behind the need to transform complex health systems. Below, learn why sustained investment in nurses is essential to sustained access to care.