health equity

Addressing social determinants of health

SDOH have a major impact on people’s health, well-being, and quality of life. In recent years, nurses and key policymakers have recognized that improving health requires attention to…
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Agendas for change

Nursing’s path for growth, diversity, and health equity. Even as nurses worldwide confront one of the gravest crises in modern times, the nursing profession keeps looking forward and…

Back to the future

I recently spoke with some colleagues about the impact of the Federal Public Health Emergency declaration ending and how to face the challenge of figuring out where to…

Delivering health equity at the bedside

Ensuring that nurses deliver equitable care is more than satisfying a mandatory education requirement. Rather, it requires understanding and connecting with patients, whose backgrounds, families, environments, and experiences…
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Staying in the fight

Paula M. Neira wants health equity for all.  Paula M. Neira Combat veteran Paula M. Neira, JD, MSN, RN, CEN, FAAN, worked as an emergency department nurse before…

Turning the tide

The unacceptably high level of maternal mortality in the United States reflects a failing of our entire healthcare system and calls nurses, as the largest group of providers…

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