Aarp and the daisy foundation: gratitude for nurses

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AARP and The DAISY Foundation recently announced a collaboration between the two organizations to recognize the value of nurses to help improve nursing job satisfaction and retain more


nurses in the profession. Recent AARP polling found that 96% of Americans aged 50+ believe more should be done to recognize the value of nurses. The _Gratitude for Nurses_ initiative kicked


off with a press conference at the AARP National office in Washington, DC on April 2. The event featured remarks from Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Director, AARP


Public Policy Institute and Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America and Family Caregiving Initiatives, Bonnie and Mark Barnes, co-founders of The DAISY Foundation, Deb


Zimmerman, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, CEO of The DAISY Foundation, and Ena Williams, PhD, MBA, RN, CENP, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Yale New Haven Hospital. Danielle


McCamey, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCP, Assistant Dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, participated in a media interview about the collaboration. Read AARP’s press release and story


about the collaboration.