European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) is the official guidance-providing body of the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association. This paper introduces the mission statement of ERBP, and provides insight on what this implies for guideline production. We will discuss that improving patient outcome does not only require attention to high-quality evidence, but also unders...

Mission Statement The mission of the Association of Academic Women's Health Programs (AAWHP) is to improve the health of women through leadership in research, education clinical models, and community partnerships. This mission is carried out through networking, leadership and mentoring collaborative projects, lobbying and advocacy, political and social commentary, education of policy-makers, pa...

Nonprofit organizations constitute one of the largest economic sectors in the United States. It is larger than banking and electronics sectors with accumulated assets of almost $1 trillion (Jansen & Katz, 2002). Total donations to an estimated 1.3 million nonprofits in the United States rose to $240.72 billion in 2003 (Silverman, 2004), and they are projected to reach $25 trillion over the next...

introduction. with constant changes in health care it is imperative that nursing education programs themselves act as agents of change. nursing education has the responsibility to produce nursing professionals and expert practitioners to shape the nursing practice not merely respond to changes in the practice environment. it must prepare nurses who can participate as full partners in health car...

Introduction. With constant changes in health care it is imperative that nursing education programs themselves act as agents of change. Nursing education has the responsibility to produce nursing professionals and expert practitioners to shape the nursing practice not merely respond to changes in the practice environment. It must prepare nurses who can participate as full partners in health car...