“A nation cannot fully thrive until everyone — no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they make — can live the healthiest possible life. And helping people live their healthiest life is and has always been the essential role of nurses…. Nurses, then have a critical role to play in achieving the goal of health equity.” — Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Health Equity
Getting Ready for the Next Public Health Emergency
A Wisconsin Center for Nursing Health Equity Through Nursing Initiative*
Wisconsin Nurses: Join Us for the Upcoming Forum
Continuing to Build on Wisconsin’s Statewide Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative — A Wisconsin Center for Nursing Forum
Please join the Wisconsin Center for Nursing Innovation Team to discuss next steps in nursing practice emergency preparedness for vulnerable populations
- WHEN: Thursday, September 12, 2024 12:00 – 4:00 PM (Doors open at 11:30am)
- WHO: Nurses Respond Now Scholarship Graduates, Public Health Nurses, HERC Coordinators, All Interested Nurses
- WHERE: The Ingleside Hotel & Conference Center, Pewaukee, WI
- COST: There is no cost to participants and lunch will be provided thanks to the Wisconsin Center for Nursing and the AARP Health Equity Through Nursing Grant!
Scholarships for Wisconsin Nurses
Continuing to Accept Scholarship Applications for the Nurses Respond Now Priority Training
Past Information Sessions
Virtual Nurses Respond Now Priority Training Information Sessions for Wisconsin Nurse Leaders & Decision Makers
The Wisconsin Center for Nursing (WCN) Nurses Respond Now Priority Training* provides individual nurses and healthcare organizations an effective way to meet the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 recommendation of preparing nurses to respond to public health emergencies.
The National RN Practice Development Center is proud to be the education provider for the Wisconsin Center for Nursing Nurses Respond Now Priority Training preparing nurses to better addresses the needs of vulnerable populations during a public health emergency.
*WCN is a recipient of the 2023 AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingTM and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Projects selected offer promising solutions aimed at eliminating structural inequities, particularly structural racism, within the nursing profession, health systems, or community, and to help improve access to care and services for those most disproportionately impacted by health disparities.
Develop Your Practice to Include these Needed Roles
National RN Case Manager
Certificate Program
Prepare for emerging RN Case Manager, Care Manager, Care Coordinator roles. Emphasis on patient centered care and RNCM role development to improve health outcomes for high need populations.
National RN Population Health Nurse
Certificate Program
Prepare for new responsibilities and emerging Population Health Nurse roles focused on improving the health of populations in primary, ambulatory and community-based settings.
Practice Development Resources Nurses Can Use Now
Future of Nursing Report
Health Equity Toolkit
Nursing Workforce & Emergency Preparedness
Race, Racism & Nursing
Health Literacy Resources
National RN Practice Development Center News
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