Board Nominations for 2025 are now open! Learn more HERE!
Nominations due April 14, 2025
Strategies for Leading through a Crisis from the Center for Creative Leadership
AARP and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN Critical Care) have issued an RFP seeking innovative and replicable solutions to create and sustain healthy work environments and improve recruitment and retention rates of registered nurses. Awards of up to $20,000 each will be provided for selected projects that can be completed in one year. Proposals are due no later than 10 p.m. ET on Friday, April 4, 2025.
Here is a link to all the details, including the RFP, application and frequently asked questions.
NurseTRUST mourns the loss of one of the greatest health care leaders, Dr. Loretta Ford, who co-founded the nurse practitioner role in 1965. Dr. Ford was a nursing pioneer whose legacy will inspire the future generations of NPs. Read more about her incredible life and work: bit.ly/Dr-Ford.
The 2025 Summit agenda you’ve been anticipating is here—packed with powerful insights, transformative sessions, and inspiring moments. This is the experience you’ve been waiting for. Let’s make it unforgettable! Download a copy today and get registered!
Summit attendees will have the unique opportunity to view the SHIFT film “Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us All" which examines the hidden disease plaguing healthcare in the United States: structural racism. Through the lens of fearless nurses, this documentary not only exposes the biases that result in worse healthcare outcomes for people of color, but it captures the painful impact they have — both on patients and nurses.
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Nurses take #1 Spot on Gallup's Annual Poll for 23 Years Straight
Nurse Practitioner profession has been ranked again for the second year in a row as the “Best Job” according to
US News & World Report.
Congratulations to NurseTRUST member, Dr. Barbara Damron,PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, on becoming the first nurse to be elected chair of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), a consortium of colleges and universities that share resources to provide access to technical, professional and graduate education. Read more here.
Presidents panel speakers announced for 2025 NCEMNA Health Policy Summit
State Health and the Level of Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN, Jeffrey M. Rohan, PhD, MSIS
Nursing Outlook
Preparing the next generation of nurse leaders in education, science, and practice: Lessons from four Robert Wood Johnson Foundation programs
Maryjoan D. Ladden, PhD, RN, FAAN, Heather J. Kelley, MA, PC, Angela Barron McBride, PhD, RN, FAAN, Julie Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN
Nursing Outlook
Congratulations to June Chan, BSN, MSN, MSA, on being named the 2025 Shirley Chater Enduring Leadership Award Winner!
