Our Commitment to the Cardiovascular Nursing Community
PCNA strives to engage all members and non-members of the cardiovascular nursing population through inclusive and accessible programming at the national and chapter levels. By engaging and retaining diverse communities of cardiovascular nurses, PCNA is better able to fulfill its mission of promoting nurses around the world as leaders in equitable cardiovascular prevention and management across the lifespan for all people.
Health Equity
Self-Assessment Tool
PCNA recently launched the Health Equity Self-Assessment Tool (HESAT), a 10-minute self-assessment designed to help healthcare professionals identify areas for improvement regarding health equity. Take the assessment to receive a tailored list of recommended health equity resources based on knowledge level.
Health Equity
Focus Group
PCNA contracted with Econometrica, Inc., on an initiative to help better understand healthcare providers’ needs, barriers, and areas of improvement related to health equity and to create a health equity self-assessment for individual healthcare providers. To improve understanding of these topics and inform the draft content of the next project phase, a 1-day, in-person Health Equity Focus Group was held on April 12, 2023.
PCNA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
PCNA is an inclusive nursing organization dedicated to supporting nurses as leaders around the world in equitable cardiovascular disease prevention and management across the lifespan for all people. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force will advise the organization in the integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all aspects of the work of PCNA. The DEI Task Force will be made up of the President, CEO, one Board Member, and two PCNA members.
Equity in Our Education
PCNA strives to promote health equity in educational offerings it creates in partnership with leading cardiovascular nurses and providers. We aim to expand our educational offerings by working to diversify our collaborators and covered topic areas. PCNA understands that cardiovascular nurses are responsible for serving patients of all backgrounds and aims to create educational resources to best equip nurses for all patient interactions.
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