Canadian wildfires are a current public health emergency that is causing unhealthy air quality in parts of the US. including Wisconsin. Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the...
Think About This: “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...
As nurses take steps to integrate health equity strategies into practice, being able to distinguish the difference between equity and equality when addressing health disparities becomes important. Having a visual tool to illustrate the difference between equality and...
Public health emergencies, like COVID-19, magnify the negative health consequences experienced by disparate and vulnerable populations resulting in greater health risk, poorer health outcomes and higher death rates. The Wisconsin Center for Nursing (WCN) has led the...
The COVID-19 public health emergency and national emergency are expected to end on May 11, 2023. This means that nurses can expect that there will be changes to patient health insurance coverage. According to the U.S. Dept of Labor, which is working to prepare...
A MESSAGE FROMKELLY KRUSE NELLES Executive Director Kelly Kruse Nelles, MS RN APRN-BC, is pleased to announce the opening of the new National RN Practice Development Center Inspired by the release of the 2020–30 Future of Nursing Consensus Report: Charting a Path to...
