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Advancing Health in Rural America Maximizing Nursing s Impact

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Advancing Health in Rural America Maximizing Nursing s Impact June 13, 2011 This forum explored the contribution nurses make to improving health care in rural America, where a shortage of providers limits access to primary and preventive services, reduces consumer choice and can raise costs. Held in collaboration with the National Rural Health Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the forum focused on the recommendations of the recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, . Policy experts, thought leaders and key stakeholders discussed problems facing rural health care, highlighted cutting-edge rural health models making a difference, explored state and national nursing-based solutions, and discussed policy implications for state and federal policymakers. The Honorable Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services delivered the keynote speech.
Speakers: Catherine Rick, RN NEA-BC FACHE
Chief Nursing Services Officer, Veterans Health Administration

Barbara J. Safriet, JD, LLM (invited)
Visiting Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School

Sandra L. Haldane, BSN, MS, RN
Chief Nurse, Director, Division of Nursing, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Alexia Green RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor and Dean Emeritus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing

Mary J. Guyot, RN, BS, CRRN
Principal, Stroudwater Associates

Claudia J. Beverly, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director, Arkansas Aging Initiative, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Susan B. Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN
Senior Advisor for Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Alan Morgan
Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Health Association

Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN
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