Taking action: top 10 priorities to promote health equity and well-being in nursing

1. Health equity

This is a journey: dismantling structural racism

Building social capital in nursing: doing with intention

Health equity and Black maternal mortality

Redistribute power over data, definitions, and decision-making

Nurses as champions for bridging the health equity gap

Our hope for the future

2. Education reform

The who, what, how, and when of nursing workforce diversity

Demographics, diversity, education, and health outcomes

Achieving health equity through academic progression

Progressing beyond holistic admissions: promoting student success to transform the nursing workforce

A tool to promote cultural humility to advance academic success for American Indian/Alaska Native nursing students

3. Diversity and mentorship

Students who look like me

Diversity in mentorship and sponsorship for nursing leadership development

Mentoring to diversify

One strategy to increase nursing workforce diversity

Academia and practice: partnering for diversity

Mentoring minoritized nursing students in an anti-racist era

Now, more than ever, diversity matters

4. Care delivery: quality, safety, access

Health-related social needs: acknowledging and impacting national inequalities

A personal journey to improving maternal health

Addressing the crack in the healthcare foundation

Improving healthcare by meeting people where they are

Harnessing the power of nursing to improve care delivery for marginalized populations

5. Multi-sector collaboration

The unexpected power (and joy) of cross-sector collaborations

Going together

Commitment to advancing health equity with Hispanic/Latinx communities through multi-sector collaboration

The school nurses' collaborative role in health equity for students

Taking advantage of a crisis to forge new multi-sector collaborations

Addressing health equity together

6. Preparing for disasters and public health emergencies

The American Red Cross: volunteering in times of disasters

Leveraging disaster recovery for community preparedness

Disaster response: helping those who help others

Preparing for disasters and public health emergencies

Learning lessons from COVID-19: upstream fishing to mend downstream implications

7. Innovation and entrepreneurship

Technology as a health equity lever

Empowering nurses to own our pivotal role in advancing technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship for health equity and healthcare transformation

The benefits of nurse-led innovation and the barriers to overcome

Technology improvements to promote digital health equity

Innovation approaches to increasing equity and decreasing harm

8. Nurse well-being: compassion for self and others

Restoring respect, compassion, and equity by fostering nurse well-being

Resiliency, a double-edged sword: improving the culture and climate of nursing

Crossing the cultural chasm between mental health stigma and care-seeking behaviors in nursing

Self-care is not selfish

9. Global stewardship

Nurses as champions for global health equity

Nurses caring for their communities around the world

Region of the Americas: health systems and nursing

Addressing the worldwide nursing workforce shortage: "there's no justice... just us"

Global stewardship: reimagining the adage "think global, act local" in the post-pandemic world - every nurse's business

10. Nursing's voice in leading change

Unmute us: the power of diverse voices in nursing and leadership

Finding our voice of advocacy

Voice of nursing from the front lines

Pandemic school nursing - another front line

Nurses you should know: inclusive storytelling designed to expand the nursing narrative

The voice of advocacy: if not you, then who?

Afterword: History as a guide to envision a more equitable and just future.

1. Health equity

This is a journey: dismantling structural racism

Building social capital in nursing: doing with intention

Health equity and Black maternal mortality

Redistribute power over data, definitions, and decision-making

Nurses as champions for bridging the health equity gap

Our hope for the future

2. Education reform

The who, what, how, and when of nursing workforce diversity

Demographics, diversity, education, and health outcomes

Achieving health equity through academic progression

Progressing beyond holistic admissions: promoting student success to transform the nursing workforce

A tool to promote cultural humility to advance academic success for American Indian/Alaska Native nursing students

3. Diversity and mentorship

Students who look like me

Diversity in mentorship and sponsorship for nursing leadership development

Mentoring to diversify

One strategy to increase nursing workforce diversity

Academia and practice: partnering for diversity

Mentoring minoritized nursing students in an anti-racist era

Now, more than ever, diversity matters

4. Care delivery: quality, safety, access

Health-related social needs: acknowledging and impacting national inequalities

A personal journey to improving maternal health

Addressing the crack in the healthcare foundation

Improving healthcare by meeting people where they are

Harnessing the power of nursing to improve care delivery for marginalized populations

5. Multi-sector collaboration

The unexpected power (and joy) of cross-sector collaborations

Going together

Commitment to advancing health equity with Hispanic/Latinx communities through multi-sector collaboration

The school nurses' collaborative role in health equity for students

Taking advantage of a crisis to forge new multi-sector collaborations

Addressing health equity together

6. Preparing for disasters and public health emergencies

The American Red Cross: volunteering in times of disasters

Leveraging disaster recovery for community preparedness

Disaster response: helping those who help others

Preparing for disasters and public health emergencies

Learning lessons from COVID-19: upstream fishing to mend downstream implications

7. Innovation and entrepreneurship

Technology as a health equity lever

Empowering nurses to own our pivotal role in advancing technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship for health equity and healthcare transformation

The benefits of nurse-led innovation and the barriers to overcome

Technology improvements to promote digital health equity

Innovation approaches to increasing equity and decreasing harm

8. Nurse well-being: compassion for self and others

Restoring respect, compassion, and equity by fostering nurse well-being

Resiliency, a double-edged sword: improving the culture and climate of nursing

Crossing the cultural chasm between mental health stigma and care-seeking behaviors in nursing

Self-care is not selfish

9. Global stewardship

Nurses as champions for global health equity

Nurses caring for their communities around the world

Region of the Americas: health systems and nursing

Addressing the worldwide nursing workforce shortage: "there's no justice... just us"

Global stewardship: reimagining the adage "think global, act local" in the post-pandemic world - every nurse's business

10. Nursing's voice in leading change

Unmute us: the power of diverse voices in nursing and leadership

Finding our voice of advocacy

Voice of nursing from the front lines

Pandemic school nursing - another front line

Nurses you should know: inclusive storytelling designed to expand the nursing narrative

The voice of advocacy: if not you, then who?

Afterword: History as a guide to envision a more equitable and just future.