Shelly Buck-Turner BSN, MBA, CCRN Bio Mrs. Buck Turner currently serves as Vice-President Patient Care Services/Chief Nurse Executive, Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center (SFMC).
By Wanda Montalvo, MSN, ANP, RN, Chair, National Diabetes Education Program Operating Committee, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program alumna (2004-2007), and Partners Investing in Nursing's Future National Advisory Committee member
Several alumni of the esteemed nursing leadership program are supporting innovative Partners Investing in Nursing's Future projects in their home states.
Meet six inspiring men and women who are helping to transform health and health care in America. They are doing so by leveraging the valuable experience, insights and mentoring they received as participants in three Robert Wood Johnson Foundation programs.
Debra Toney, Ph.D., R.N., president and founder of TLC Health CareServices of Las Vegas and the immediate past president of the National Black Nurses' Association, will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr.Lecture at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 16.
Dennis Sherrod and Jodi Joyce weigh in on what they think should be the priorities for action in the New Year.
Social network analysis (SNA) is a tool used to measure the structure, scope, and interaction of individuals or organizations in a network, often to evaluate the strength of relationships.
Thirty minutes. That’s the roughly time it took for conservatives to jump all over Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his leadership team after the GOP’s game plan for dealing with President Barack Obama’s health care law leaked to the media.
Talking about being overweight is always an uncomfortable topic, no matter what color you are.
The misalignment between the expansive goal of “health” and a cramped definition of “care” has cost the United States untold lives and treasure. Yet realignment is in reach: Through expanding the scope of health care, the place where it is delivered, and the workforce that provides it, the US health care system could significantly improve health outcomes and reduce inefficiencies.
Babies who are breastfed gain less weight over their first year of life compared to babies fed either breast milk or formula from a bottle, according to a U.S. study.
