>>>>> Are Nurses Worth only a Penny <<<<<<<<<
Gift-Giving for Nurses is 1%
“Despite recent high-profile major gifts for the nursing profession and raised awareness of the nursing crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, private giving for the nursing profession amounts to just one penny of every dollar given for healthcare.” (reported on National Philanthropy Day in November 2023.)
*** Overall philanthropic support for healthcare in 2022 was $574 billion
**** Philanthropic support for nursing totaled >>> an estimated $573.9 million
This “amounts to merely 1% of every dollar in private contributions given for healthcare during this period.”
Philanthropic investments come from: individuals, foundations, and corporations ….. yes, the Dollars from major contributors count.
Nurses can make a difference
How can individual Nurses be engaged with this $$$ information? Individually and collectively, through our Professional Organizations, Nurses are speaking out >>> speaking out where it makes a difference.
Nurses ...
*** Continue to BE SEEN --- show up to Events ~~ those Events held by public and legislative officials
**** Continue to SPEAK UP --- communicate with healthcare leaders & decision-makers ~~ locally and nationally
***** Continue to SHOW STRENGTH ---- show your support for all Nurses ~~ be involved in Nursing organizations
Nurses must stay abreast of Issues that Matter:
One example that affects all of us >>>>>> The American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) recommended at their 2023 meeting that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) “be licensed and regulated jointly by the state medical and nursing boards.”
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Article written by Kate Judge, executive director of the American Nurses Foundation; Published in American Nurse Journal, January 2023, pg 34
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