Leadership Grantees
Current Grantees
AACN Nursing Student Policy Summit (2012)
Once again, the Jonas Center will co-sponsor AACN’s annual Student Policy Summit, a three-day immersion program in Washington, DC developed exclusively for baccalaureate and graduate nursing students from across the country looking to experience and learn about the policy process at the national level. The conference will be held in March 2012.
Past Grantees
AACN Nursing Student Policy Summit (2011)
The second annual AACN Student Policy Summit was held in March 2011 in Washington, DC. The conference was attended by 113 students from 37 schools of nursing in 21 states.
American Academy of Nursing Raise the Voice: Critical Conversation (2011)
A public forum on end-of-life care, entitled Critical Conversations, Advanced Care Planning and Decision Making: Models that Work was hosted by AAN in October 2011 in Washington DC. The event, which targeted journalists, policy makers and other key stakeholders, was attended by 160 people both in-person and via live webcast. The event was co-sponsored by the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation, the California Healthcare Foundation, the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Archstone Foundation.
Sigma Theta Tau (2011)
This grant to Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Foundation for Nursing supports the planning and presentation of People and Knowledge: Improving Health Care through Disseminating Nursing Research preconference at the 41st STTI Biennial Convention in October 2011 in Texas. The conference, which will be open to 100 students, will focus on how professional nurses should—and can—take a leadership role in the development, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of evidence-based nursing practice in their health care setting.
Hunter/Dean Gebbie (2011)
The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence awarded this grant to the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing in honor of Dean Kristine M. Gebbie to equip work/study rooms with smart technology in order to enhance Hunter nursing students’ learning experiences.
AACN Nursing Student Policy Summit (2010)
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) hosted its inaugural Nursing Student Policy Summit in Washington, DC for the next generation of health policy leaders. Sponsored by the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence and the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future, the summit coincided with AACN’s 2010 Spring Annual Meeting and featured a variety of presentations by policy experts, interactive discussions with Washington insiders, lobbying visits to U.S. members of Congress, and strategic networking opportunities.
Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Conference (2010)
This grant supported the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to manage the inaugural Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Conference, a three-day event in November 2010 in Washington, DC, designed to convene current Jonas Scholars for networking, mentoring and educational opportunities with prominent nurse educators, executives and policy experts in the field.
Future of Nursing: New York Conference (2010)
In partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Jonas Center hosted the Initiative on the Future of Nursing: New York conference in December 2010. The event brought together prominent leaders from the nursing community to discuss the Institute on Medicine’s “Future of Nursing” report and what the report’s recommendations mean for the future of health care in the New York region.
NOW on PBS, Nurses Needed (2008)
The purpose of this grant is to support the production of a single full half-hour show focused on the critical nursing shortage in the U.S. and its impact on healthcare delivery. The show aired on NOW on PBS on October 24, 2008. The goal of the broadcast is to educate NOW viewers, web visitors, educators and screening attendees and to encourage consideration of solutions.
