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  • Reckoning with racism promo graphic
    A racial reckoning brought the reality of systemic discrimination to the forefront of nursing. Now, leaders across healthcare and society are working together to drive change.
    2023-09-12T15:49:31.624Z
  • CompassRN meeting
    For many underrepresented students, nursing pipeline programs don’t start early enough or reach them at all. Meet the nurse who is working to change that, as a nonprofit founder raising awareness of nursing as a vital career choice and developing experiential education and long-term mentors for underrepresented students in Houston’s middle and high schools.
    2023-08-16T20:03:38.595Z
  • nurse with patient at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New York
    Anthony Fortenberry, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is the Deputy Executive Director of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, which provides comprehensive health services to the LGBTQIA+ community. In honor of Pride Month, learn how nurse-led models are poised to strengthen community care, advance health equity, and improve outcomes.
    2023-06-16T15:40:38.712Z
  • See You Now Podcast icon
    A common stereotype of aging is an era of decline and shrinking horizons. The reality is far more nuanced. The process of aging isn’t uniform and many will find their health and functional trajectories widening as they get older. In fact some, like President Joe Biden or pioneering nurse-midwife Ruth Lubic, won’t make their greatest contributions until their later years. A key to healthy aging is maintaining or improving your health, which for our oldest adults, largely falls outside of healthcare facilities. For many, health allows us to feel safe wherever we are.
    2023-05-19T18:07:43.175Z
  • Timiya Nolan spearheads the Uplift Her wellness event in Columbus, Ohio
    Timiya S. Nolan, PhD, APRN-CNP, ANP-BC, is a nurse scientist at The Ohio State University focused on working in and with her community to reduce healthcare disparities. In honor of Minority Health Month, learn how she’s helping Black patients improve quality of life after breast cancer, boosting heart health in Black men, and bringing more nurses of color into community-based research.
    2023-04-14T18:43:34.391Z
  • Roxana Chicas
    In honor of Earth Day & Minority Health Month, meet a nurse scientist working at the intersection of climate change, health equity, and innovative nursing research. Roxana Chicas, PhD, RN, represents the power of nurses to solve urgent public health challenges and improve human health for entire populations.
    2023-04-14T18:43:27.621Z
  • See You Now Podcast icon
    In celebration of International Women’s Day, and Women’s History Month, enjoy this episode, where we meet nurse innovators Ravenne Aponte, BA, BSN and Joanna Seltzer Uribe, RN, MSN, EdD (c) and their quest to introduce you to, in fun and sticky ways, NursesYouShouldKnow – and more importantly – WHY we should know them.
    2023-03-08T13:47:26.123Z
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    Despite decades of growing interest in improving Black men’s health and the health disparities affecting them, the health of Black men consistently ranks lowest across nearly all groups in the United States. As part of a Stories from Heart of Health event held in New York City in the middle of the U.N. General Assembly, Julius Johnson, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, a Nurse Practitioner, educator, and football coach, shared his stories and approaches supporting Black men’s health.
    2023-03-01T00:11:52.294Z
  • The Future of Nursing is Me: Rashell T.
    Meet the PA nursing student whose immigration experience inspired her to become a nurse to give back and help her community.
    2022-11-18T16:38:46.814Z
  • The Future of Nursing is Me: Virginia L.
    Meet the nontraditional nursing student inspired to join her daughter and son-in-law in the nursing profession.
    2022-11-18T16:37:16.762Z
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Group of smiling nurses in scrubs holding folders
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