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NCEMNA celebrates 25 years

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The need continues for an organization that promotes healthcare equity. Our members believe our organization is more important than ever and that we’re critical as nursing moves toward achieving health equity and improving the health outcomes of diverse and marginalized racial and ethnic groups.

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Nurses With Disabilities: Still a Lot to Give

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Our disability and our nursing care matters.” Marks and Sisirak add: “ Nurses with a disability can offer patient-provider concordance, supporting a shared experience, valuing disability, and modeling positive expectations.”

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How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

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DEI has been a recent focus for businesses and organizations across the world, but perhaps none stand to make a greater impact than the healthcare industry, as it directly affects patient health outcomes and quality of life in a profound way. Strategies to Promote DEI in Your Healthcare Organization.

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Title V and Maternal Mortality: Federal Funding to Save Lives

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Many of these causes are worsened by social determinants of health such as poverty, lack of access to quality health care, racism, and discrimination. Title V funding can play a vital role for states and territories in addressing maternal mortality and improving maternal health outcomes.

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Why Nurses Need Systemic Change to Overcome Job Burnout

Daily Nurse

A buckling healthcare system puts millions of vulnerable patients at greater risk of negative health outcomes. The mental well-being of all our nurses is paramount to us, and we work hard to ensure that commitment is evident in our policies and best practices that we share with our traveling nurses.

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Cultural Competency in Neonatal Nursing: Strategies and Resources

Every Nurse

This can lead to better adherence to treatment plans, improved health outcomes, and increased satisfaction with care. It is essential to understand the values, beliefs, and practices of different cultures to provide optimal care to patients and their families.

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Nursing’s role in lifestyle medicine

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LM addresses the root causes of disease with the clinical outcome goal of health restoration, according to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), the organization that educates, equips, and supports the certification of nurses, physicians, and other clinicians in the specialty. Am J Health Promot.

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