Nurses Rise to the Challenge Every Day
Johnson & Johnson Nursing: Our Commitment to Nurses
Nurses rise to the challenge every day. Johnson & Johnson sees you and stands with you. For our healthcare systems to work, it takes NURSES. And for 125 years we have championed your innovation, compassion, and grit. And, like you, we will never stop.
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Share a Nurse Impact Story with The Drew Barrymore Show
This holiday season, Johnson & Johnson is partnering with The Drew Barrymore Show for a special episode celebrating the amazing impact of nurses in healthcare. If you are a nurse or know a nurse who would like to be a part of the show, head to thedrewbarrymoreshow.com/nurses to learn more.
Johnson & Johnson has supported the nursing profession for over 125 years because we believe nurses are the backbone of health systems and critical in transforming healthcare.
Nurses are on the front line, leading and innovating to improve healthcare every day. They are the largest and most trusted segment of the health workforce.
With invaluable hands-on patient experience and insights, resourcefulness and an innate innovative mindset, nurses are uniquely positioned to move healthcare forward.
We believe that if we can help support and empower nurses and other frontline health workers to solve for the healthcare challenges they face day, we will improve healthcare for everyone.
As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation committed $50 million to support frontline health workers. This commitment expanded upon a $250 million multi-year commitment made earlier in 2020, guided by the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation. Learn more, here.
Strengthening Innovation Skills
Providing unique, immersive experiences that strengthen the skills of all nurses as innovative leaders, and elevate the profession.
Providing Skill Development and Leadership Training
Equipping nurses with the educational resources, clinical skill development and leadership training to help them provide quality care and lead as agents of change.
Supporting Mental Health and Well-Being
Providing mental health and well-being resources to help nurses better care for themselves so they can care for others.
Fostering Health Equity through Diversity
Fostering health equity through supporting greater diversity in the nursing workforce.
Championing and Advocating for the Profession
Championing and advocating for professional development, advancement, recognition, and respect for the nursing profession.
The History of Our Commitment to Supporting Nurses
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1897In 1897, a Johnson & Johnson nurse, Elizabeth Washam, helped lead the first-ever large scale manufacturing of sterile surgical dressings
Throughout history, nurses have played an outsized role in interacting with patients, with critical roles in prevention, education, treatment, and recovery. Learn more here
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1908J&J Scientific Director Fred Kilmer supports the establishment of the new St. Peter’s Hospital Nursing School in New Brunswick, NJ
Fred Kilmer, Johnson & Johnson Scientific Director from 1889-1934, helped support the nursing school at St. Peter’s Hospital in the company’s hometown of New Brunswick, funding the purchase of books, classroom materials, and more after the school was founded in 1908. Learn more here
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1943In 1943, we included nurses in the first line of Our Credo
Our responsibility to nurses at Johnson & Johnson is called out in the first paragraph of Our Credo, the 1943 document that sets out the values that guide our Company. Learn more here
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1953J&J created an annual nursing scholarship to address a shortage of nurses in the U.S.
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Late 20th CenturyJohnson & Johnson Wharton School Fellows Program for Nurse Executives at the University of Pennsylvania
Nursing executives learn the skills for effective management and implementation of strategic and tactical plans with this program offered through the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Learn more here
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2002In 2002, a shortage of 500,000 nurses in the US loomed, so we launched the Campaign for Nursing’s Future to help turn things around.
Launched in 2002, the Campaign for Nursing’s Future sought to inspire more people to enter and stay in the profession. Learn more here
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2014Launched Tomodachi J&J Disaster Nurse Training Program
The lifesaving Tomodachi J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program was inspired following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011. Learn more here
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2018In 2018, we launched a QuickFire Challenge Series to support nurse-led innovation
Launched in 2002, the Campaign for Nursing’s Future sought to inspire more people to enter and stay in the profession. Learn more here
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2020In 2020, we hosted our first-ever virtual hackathon to help nurses develop technological solutions to COVID-19 healthcare challenges and multiple initiatives to elevate the nursing profession.
Our NurseHack4Health hackathons continue today and provide a unique experience for nurses to flex their innovation muscles. Learn more here
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TODAYJ&J Nursing: Proudly Advocating for, Elevating and Empowering All Nurses to Drive Transformative Health Change
Johnson & Johnson is committed to elevating and empowering all nurses to drive transformative healthcare change. Learn more
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Innovation 101
Down to their core, nurses carry a fundamental respect for human dignity and an intuition for patient needs. That's why they're natural innovators. If you'd like to learn more about nurse-led innovation, here's where you can get started.
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