Topic Introduction: A Look Back to Envision the Future: Nursing Now USA as a Vehicle for Advocacy and Change, Part I

ABSTRACT

Led by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing (UNC-CH SON), the American Nurses Association (ANA), and the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Chief Nurse, the Nursing Now USA™ (NNUSA) leadership team was Identified in late 2018. At the close of the NNUSA initiative, although these statistics were tracked by Nursing Now global, numerous local and regional groups had engaged In NNUSA, including Nurses Everywhere - Grassroots to Local, Nurses International, the National Association of Indian Nurses of America, Stony Brook University School of Nursing, the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory, and Global Health Access (GHA) Institute In Boston. Toward this end, NNUSA announced a national "Call for Proposals" to support three commissioned papers spotlighting nursing innovations;addressing diversity, equity, inclusion, or social justice Issues;and recognizing the role of nurses during an unprecedented time;and In support of 2020 The Year of the Nurse. The following questions were offered to stimulate Ideas What evidence-based nursing practice innovations have had a major influence on the health and well-being of society or a specific population? * What educational innovations have fostered nursing practice, leadership, and research development? * What nurse-driven models of care best reflect nurse leadership in activating system change? * What leadership innovations have been implemented to ease the Impact of COVID-19 on frontline nurses and other health care workers?