Texas Rallies for National Campaign - Nurses.com
Texas ranks 50th in the nation in access to healthcare and 50th in percentage of residents
without health insurance, says summit leader Alexia Green, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor
and dean emerita of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. “It would be great if we could lay the foundation for a different
future for the citizens of Texas than what we’ve had during my career,” Green says.
“It was exciting [at the summit] to see the enthusiasm for moving forward in Texas
to implement the recommendations from the IOM report.”...
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