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Nineteen local foundations join strategic national initiative led by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Northwest Health Foundation.
RWJF website - August 20, 2009

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Northwest Health Foundation (NWHF) today announced 10 new grants to begin the fourth phase of Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future, a unique national initiative to help address the long-term shortage of nurses across the country.

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RWJF Senior Adviser for Nursing Awarded Nursing's Highest International Honor
Susan Hassmiller, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., is one of three U.S. nurses chosen by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to receive the 42nd Florence Nightingale Medal, nursing’s highest international honor. The medal is awarded every two years, with 28 medals presented this year among 15 nations. RWJF Website - July 6, 2009

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Nursing advocates in Oregon are hard at work combating the nurse and nursing faculty shortages that threaten access to health care and the quality of care in the state.
RWJF website - January 22, 2009

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18 local foundations tapped for latest phase of $10 million collaborative led by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Northwest Health Foundation.
August 12, 2008

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is investing $12 million over five years through grants of $250,000 to local foundations in a partnership with the Northwest Health Foundation called Partners Investing in Nursing's Future.
Source: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website
6/23/08

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded $3.5 million in grants to projects in eight states to help advance the careers of frontline health care workers. One of the eight grants was awarded to PIN partner MS Hospital Association Health, Research & Educational Foundation, Madison, Mississippi.

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New foundation support seeks to focus on severe shortage
Efforts to increase the number of nurses in the United States are starting to win significant philanthropic support.
By Nicole Wallace
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
February 21, 2008

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