In partnership with AARP, Dr. Susan Hassmiller, the Senior Advisor for Nursing for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the 2009 recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, directs the Foundation’s Campaign for Action. In this episode, Andrea Palerino, an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Utica College in Utica, NY, talks with Dr. Hassmiller about her role with the Foundation and the Campaign for Action, her volunteer work with the Red Cross, and her ongoing work on behalf of nurses and patients.

Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Adviser for Nursing, joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 1997. In this role, she shapes and leads the Foundation’s nursing strategies in an effort to create a higher quality of care in the United States for people, families and communities. Drawn to the Foundation’s “organizational advocacy for the less fortunate and underserved,” Hassmiller is helping to assure that RWJF's commitments in nursing have a broad and lasting national impact. In partnership with AARP, Dr. Hassmiller directs the Foundation’s Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, which seeks to ensure that everyone in America can live a healthier life, supported by a system in which nurses are essential partners in providing care and promoting health. To learn more about Dr. Hassmiller and her extensive work, visit https://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/leadership-staff/H/susan-b--hassmiller.html

Andrea Palerino, MS, PNP-BC, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Utica College in Utica, NY.

For more information about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, visit https://campaignforaction.org/
For a printable PDF —
https://campaignforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Campaign-Successes-2.26.18.pdf

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