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February ally spotlight

February Ally Spotlight with the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing

Metrics • February 27, 2023

February ally spotlight
Each month, Social Mission Alliance (SMA) highlights the important work done by our allies. This month, we spoke to the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) about their organization and collaboration with the Social Mission Metrics Initiative. Read below for our interview with OADN’s new Chief Executive Officer, Rick GarcĂ­a. Q&A Tell us about OADN’s work and mission. OADN is...

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Health Equity Innovation Fund Award

$50,000 Funding Award to Advance Health Equity through Nursing

Metrics • January 17, 2023

Health Equity Innovation Fund Award
The George Washington University is among sixteen organizations to receive a Health Equity Innovation Fund award. The awards from the AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), are for projects offering promising solutions aimed at eliminating structural inequities, particularly structural...

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Social Mission Metrics: Measuring the Social Mission of Dental, Medical, and Nursing Schools

Metrics • November 30, 2022

This webinar describes the development and usage of social mission metrics and discuss implications for future work in this area. Social mission refers to the contribution of a school in its programs, and the performance of its graduates, faculty, and leadership in advancing health equity and addressing health disparities. The Social Mission Metrics Initiative focuses on the creation and use...

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Social Mission Metrics Initiative

Metrics • November 1, 2022

A tool to help leaders and learners elevate social mission in their schools and communities. The Social Mission Metrics Initiative centers around the creation and use of metrics to measure social mission in dental, medical, and nursing schools across the United States. By providing school leaders with a tool to objectively assess the status of social mission at their school,...

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