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National Academies Press Publishes Summary on Green Healthcare Roundtable
08/09/07
The National Academies Press has recently published a summary on a green healthcare workshop held by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine in January 2006. Green Healthcare Institutions: Health, Environment, and Economics, Workshop Summary covers the ethical and economic driving forces for a green building agenda and the concept of expressing organizational ethics in building design.
The summary covers discussion on “natural” features of buildings, such as daylighting, gardens, and nature views, and functional aspects of hospital design, such as legibility, coherence, and wayfinding cues. Roundtable participants also discussed health-promoting design features and messages, such as attractive staircases that lure people from using elevators.
Chapters cover information on health aspects of green buildings, the process of change from traditional building to green building, and presentation abstracts.
Read the summary for free online or purchase a paperback copy for $26.55.
ANA National Awards Program Nominations - Deadline 9/14/07
08/08/07
The ANA Committee on Honorary Awards is accepting nominations for the ANA National Awards Program, which recognizes nurses who have made significant contributions to the profession of nursing. ANA will bestow 14 national awards on the recipients at a ceremony at the 2008 House of Delegates in Washington, D.C.
The deadline for receipt of all completed nominee packets by the ANA Committee on Honorary Awards is September 14, 2007.
The award descriptions, criteria and forms are available at: www.nursingworld.org/awards/.
Rhetaugh Dumas, 78; One of the Grand Dames of Nursing Dies of Cancer
08/07/07
The nursing world has lost one of its own scholars, Rhetaugh Dumas, RN, MSN, PhD.
Dr. Dumas was one of many African-American nurses to be offered membership to the American Nurses Association (ANA) in 1946. From its founding in 1896, the ANA had offered membership to all qualified professional nurses regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin, and until 1916, all nurses joined ANA through their alumnae associations. Because of segregation laws at the time, black nurses in 16 southern states and the District of Columbia were denied membership on the state level, thereby precluding their membership in ANA. In 1948 the ANA House of Delegates inaugurated the Individual Membership Program, which offered direct membership and benefits in ANA to qualified nurses who were not accepted by a state or district association.
She was also a founding member and former president of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).
Dr. Dumas career spanned teaching, clinical practice, administration, consultation, and research. She had served as chairman of the Psychiatric Nursing Program at Yale University and Director of Nursing Service at the Connecticut Mental Health Center at Yale-New Haven Medical Center. In the area of research, she is credited with being the first nurse to conduct clinical experiments to evaluate nursing practices. Not only was she in constant demand in the US and abroad for her clinical experiments, but she was also a consultant to organizations and a speaker at conventions and scientific meetings.
Before her death, two honorary doctorates were bestowed on Dr. Dumas: Doctor of Public Service by the University of Cincinnati and Doctor of Public Service by Simmons College, Boston. The numerous awards includes Distinguished Alumnae Award from Yale University, which reads, “No catalogue of her personal and professional accomplishments does justice to the power of her person, the scope of her service, or the depths of the ways she has touched the lives of others.”
Dr. Dumas dedication and grace endeared her to those that she led and continues to inspire registered nurses to reach greater heights.
August American Nurse Today CE Offering
08/06/07
Persevering Against Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is the CE offering in the August issue of The American Nurse Today. Despite recent therapeutic advances, prognosis is still poor for children with this incurable disease. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease primarily of the small distal pulmonary arteries that narrow and constrict, leading to increased pulmonary vascular resistance. This article discusses PAH pathophysiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis, drug therapies, and other interventions.
Go to the CE catalog...
Joint Commission Appoints President
08/03/07
The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds the appointment of Mark R. Chassin, MD, M.P.P., M.P.H. as President of The Joint Commission effective January 1, 2008. Dr. Chassin will help guide the Commission toward its goal of improving the safety and quality of health care. Dr. Chassin was instrumental in establishing a nationally recognized quality improvement program at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Chassin has been acknowledged for his contributions in the fields of quality measurement and improvement; he received the Founders’ Award of the American College of Medical Quality and the Ellwood Individual Award of the Foundation for Accountability.
Dr. Mark Chassin has a strong track record in working on improving the quality of care, clinical outcomes, and the working environment of health care providers. ANA and its members on the Joint Commission’s Nursing Advisory Council look forward to working with Dr. Chassin and the Joint Commission to deal with nursing related issues affecting health care quality and patient safety.
Read Joint Commission Press Release...
ANCC Magnet Designation - July 2007
08/02/07
The Magnet Recognition Program® was developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to recognize health care organizations that provide the very best in nursing care and uphold the tradition within nursing of professional nursing practice. Currently there are 256 facilities receiving Magnet Designation. The following are the facilities that received Magnet Designation in July 2007:
- Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN – Re-designation (second)
More on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®
ANA and ICNM Host Internationally Recruited Nurses: Creating Positive Practice Environments
08/01/07
Focusing on creating positive work environments for internationally recruited nurses, the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the International Centre on Nurse Migration (ICNM) will hold a conference on Internationally Recruited Nurses: Creating Positive Practice Environments, August 5-7, 2007 in Chicago, IL. Read Press Release...
ANA Redesigns Web Site
07/31/07
The American Nurses Association (ANA) will soon launch its new and improved Web site, www.NursingWorld.org. It is being totally redesigned with a completely new information architecture and a robust search engine which improves site navigation and usability. It will have all the rich professional nursing content you have come to rely on, but with an updated and modern look that will make it easier to find what you seek. It will all be there, whether you are looking for continuing education, want to take action on Capitol Hill, purchase the latest Scope and Standards of Practice, view the latest nursing news or link to your state nurses association. The new homepage will feature a central element that highlights the work of ANA to members and other constituents.
The new site is built with ANA’s members in mind. Members who login to the special Members Only section will be able to access the exclusive ANA publications archive, access free CE and the CINAHL database, view daily headlines from the ANA SmartBrief (as well as a link to subscribe to this new daily e-newsletter), view a new section that features individual members of ANA and coming soon—access to the latest topic of OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.
The new NursingWorld will continue to evolve over time with features that will make your Web experience even more rewarding. Please Stay Tuned...
ANA Supports SCHIP Renewal
07/31/07
Diverse National Leadership Organizations Join to Call for Renewal of State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)...
Demonstrating broad public support for ensuring that children in low-income families have access to health coverage, nearly nine in ten registered voters voice support for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). ANA joins with a diverse group of organizations to call for the renewal of SCHIP. More...
Healthcare Organizations Announce 2007-2008 Nurse Scholar-in-Residence Program Award
07/30/07
The American Nurses Foundation (ANF) and the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) have appointed their 2007-2008 ANF/AAN Institute of Medicine (IOM) scholar.
Carolyn A. Williams, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor of nursing at the University of Kentucky, will spend a year at the Institute of Medicine advancing the role of nursing in health policy. Read Press Release
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