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Episode #1: PEDIATRICS
To order, please call 800-475-6636.
2/20/01
2/20/01
Remember: Associate Degree and diploma nurses are now eligible for the Medical Surgical, Pediatrics, Perinatal, Geriatrics, and Psychiatric nursing exams.
Call 800-284-2378 for a catalog and application.
Please note that there is no June exam, and that the spring exam has been moved to MAY.
2/20/01
Immediately following the release of the online Staffing Survey results on Feb. 6, we received an outpouring of media attention, both in print and television. The topics receiving notice are the staffing survey, nursing shortage and nursing workplace concerns. ANA was mentioned on more than 100 television stations across the United States in the days immediately following the press conference. On February 13, NBC Nightly News ran a segment on the nursing shortage in which ANA was mentioned and a copy of the survey was shown.
ANA President Mary Foley, MS, RN, was a guest on Good Morning America on February 14. Foley participated in a segment that focused on emergency room diversions and mentioned the nursing shortage. Referring to the online survey, she discussed the need to improve the pipeline into nursing by getting more people into nursing schools, and into the profession after school. Foley also emphasized increasing opportunities for education in the specialties, particularly the ones hardest hit by the shortage.
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2/13/01 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Cheryl Peterson at 202-651-7089 or cpeterso@ana.org.
2/12/01
2/12/01
Speaking Opportunities / Call for Proposals (CFP): The CFP is available for download (file is in pdf format). If you are interested in presenting an education session at the convention, send the completed CFP and 16 copies by close of business Friday, March 23, 2001 to: Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development, American Nurses Association, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 100W, Washington, DC, 20024-2571.
Exhibit and Sponsorship Opportunities:
House of Delegates Meeting:
Additional Convention Information
The 2001 ANA Staffing Survey Results Are Now Available on NursingWorld
The American Nurses Association received responses from 7,299 RNs through the online survey on NursingWorld.org. The survey, conducted Dec. 7, 2000, through Jan. 19, 2001, was designed to measure nurses' perceptions of their working conditions and the safety and quality of patient care. More...Former ANA President Accepts Top Post with United
Kingdom's Royal College of Nursing
Former American Nurses Association (ANA) President Beverly Malone, PHD, RN, FAAN, has accepted the post of general secretary for the Royal College of Nursing. More...Wall Street Journal Report Airs Interview with Foley
Excerpts from an interview with ANA President Mary Foley, MS, RN, regarding the nursing shortage can be seen Saturday, Feb. 24 through Monday, Feb. 26 on the Wall Street Journal Report, a television news show affiliated with CNBC. The show is a syndicated program and will air at different times throughout the United States. Check your local listing for air times or go to the CNBC website at www.cnbc.com/cnbctv/faq/wsjaffils1.html for listings by state. For more information, please contact Hope Hall at hhall@ana.org.Get Ready for National Nurses Week!
Need help planning National Nurses Week (May 6-12) this year? ANA's online promotion and publicity kit will get you started with an array of great ideas for publicity and recognition of this most important of professions. More...Follow-up on Discovery Health Series...Nurses
Many of you have expressed interest in getting
copies of the Discovery Health Channel
series, "Nurses." In order to keep the costs
as low as possible for all interested in copies
of the series, Discovery Health Channel has
agreed to offer copies of the individual
episodes on video for $4.95 each (plus shipping
and handling) or the entire 5-part series
for $23.95 (plus shipping and handling).
The episodes include:
Episode #2: CRITICAL CARE
Episode #3: BATTLING FOR BABIES
Episode #4: TOUCH OF MERCY
Episode #5: NURSING THE MINDANA Names Hagan Chief Programs Officer
Pamela C. Hagan, MSN, RN, has been named chief programs officer (CPO) of the American Nurses Association (ANA). More...
ANCC 2001 Certification Exam Information Available
The ANCC 2001 exam dates are May 19th, 2001 (Spring) and October 13th, 2001 (Fall). Final application deadline dates are March 28 for the May exam and August 17th for the October exam.
ANA and You
Bring National Attention to Nursing Concerns
Thanks for your help in providing us the critical input that has brought this issue national attention.
American Nurses Association Addresses Nursing Shortage at
Senate Subcommittee Hearing
"America is experiencing a crisis in nurse staffing," along with "an unprecedented nursing shortage," Kathy Hall, MS, RN, executive director of the Maryland Nurses Association, told participants at a packed Senate subcommittee hearing today. More...
Call for Proposals for the 2002 ANA Biennial Convention Education Program
The ANA Convention Education Planning Committee (CEPC) is issuing a Call for Proposals for the 2002 ANA Biennial Convention to be held June 27 - July 2, 2002, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More...
ICN's 22nd Quadrennial Congress
The International Council of Nurses' (ICN) 22nd Quadrennial Congress will be held in Copenhagen, June 10-15, 2001. The deadline for early registration ends on March 1, 2001. Registration forms are available from the American Nurses Association or you can
register online at www.icn.ch/Congress2001.htm.
ANA Chastizes 'Survivor' Producers for Misuse of Nurse Title
After receiving numerous complaints from nurses in recent weeks, ANA has written to the producers of the CBS reality show "Survivor" to correct them on their use of the title "nurse" when referring to certified nursing assistant (CNA) Tina Wesson, who is a member of the cast.
More...
New OJIN Issue
The latest issue of the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN), Nursing Shortage: Is this Cycle Different?, focuses
on this national problem from the view point of changes in: health care organizations, nursing education, and workforce needs. Solutions are suggested with a specific look at the California Strategic Planning Committee for Nursing. Don't miss these expert articles presented by: Cheryl A. Peterson, MSN, RN; Sarah B. Keating, EdD, RN, FAAN and Karen R. Sechrist, PhD, RN, FAAN; Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, and Jeannette Ives Erickson, MS, RN,
CNA; and Ada Sue Hinshaw, PHD, RN, FAAN.
2002 ANA Biennial Convention and Exposition
2/07/01
June 27 - July 2
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
General Registration and Program Information: The preliminary program, registration and housing information for the 2002 Convention will be available in late 2001. Call 800-274-4ANA or E-mail convention@ana.org or check our website for updates at www.NursingWorld.org. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the preliminary program (to be mailed in early 2002), please call 800-274-4ANA or email us at convention@ana.org and include your name and mailing address.
Contact Chrischanne Smith, Sr. Administrative Assistant, 202-651-7107; fax: 202-651-7001; csmith@ana.org
For guidance or information on education content development contact: RoAnne Dahlen-Hartfield, DNSc, RN, Administrator, 202-651-7106, rdahfld@ana.org.
Contact Brenda Golden, Exhibits Specialist, 202-651-7203, bgolden@ana.org
Contact Betsy Schultz, Sr. Staff Specialist, 202-651-7039, eschultz@ana.org
Amanda Gayle, Sr. Meetings Specialist, 202-651-7202, agayle@ana.org
Nurses Concerned Over Working Conditions,
Decline in Quality of Care, ANA Survey Reveals
2/06/01
America's registered nurses (RNs) feel that deteriorating
working conditions have led to a decline in the quality of nursing care, according
to findings of a national survey released today at a press conference hosted by
the American Nurses Association (ANA). Press Release | ANA Remarks | UAN Remarks
National Nurses Week: Nurses are the True Spirit of Caring
2/05/01
Natonal Nurses week is May 6-12, 2001.
"Nurses are the True Spirit of Caring - This year's Nurses' Week theme embodies the care
that nurses bring to the bedside and their many other roles. Nurses are
the individuals who provide the care and attention that is necessary in today's
workplace. Despite challenges on many fronts, nurses
are dedicated to their patients and provide the True Spirit of Caring."
To download the gift catalog...
Strategies to Reverse the ‘New' Nursing Shortage
2/05/01
Alarmed by aging workforce, high turnover and declining academic enrollment,
major nursing organizations join forces to demand sweeping change.
More...
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