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American Nurses Association
Condemns, Pickets Denver Firm Supplying Strikebreaking Nurses in
Massachusetts, New York
4/27/00
American Nurses Association
President Mary Foley and 1st Vice President Barbara Blakeney joined
Colorado Nurses Association Executive Director Lola Fehr leading 25 nurses
at a picket on April 25 at U. S. Nursing Corporation, headquartered in
Denver. The protest was staged in support of nurses, who are members of
ANA's constituent associations, on strike at hospitals in Massachusetts
and New York. U. S. Nursing Corporation is providing strike breaking
nurses in the Massachusetts and New York strikes.
Foley said, "We are tired of U. S. Nursing Corporation betraying the nursing profession and patients. We condemn U. S. Nursing Corporation for engaging in shameful strikebreaking that puts profits before patients."
Association leaders met with U. S. Nursing Corporation executives for about 40 minutes to protest their practice of supplying strikebreakers.
Foley and Blakeney also issued a consumer alert, warning about the patient and provider dangers of mandatory overtime. Mandatory overtime is a key issue in both strikes.
US News & World Report Publishes letter by ANA President
4/26/00
In response to an
article on the proposed OSHA Ergonomics Standard, ANA President Mary Foley
submitted a letter to the editor stating ANA's strong support of the
standard. This letter, published in the May 1 issue of US News & World Report in stores now,
highlights the fact that nurses suffer debilitating, and often
career-ending injuries from lifting and moving patients. The ANA believes
that this standard will help prevent injuries and ANA will testify in
support of the standard at OSHA hearings in Portland on May 4 and in
Washington, DC on May 8. ANA encourages nurses across the country to write
similar letters to their local newspapers and magazines in support of the
standard. ANA letter
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New OJIN Information Resources Column
4/25/00
The new Online
Journal Of Issues In Nursing (OJIN) information
resources column contains information on what constitutes e-journals
with emphasis on e-journal accessibility and format information. This
column contains a valuable table of current online journals which are
especially of interest to nurses and website links for easy accessibility
by our readers. PDF files with a link to Acrobat Adobe Reader plugin
information is also included, making this column an important reference
for nurses interested in e-journals. More...
ANA to Release Study on Impact of RN Staffing on Patient Recovery
4/24/00
On May 1 - 2 ANA
will host a two-day summit on nurse staffing. On May 2, 2000 ANA will hold
a media briefing releasing a new study on nurse staffing and patient
outcomes. Read Media
Advisory...
New Additions to the Bookstore at www.NursesBooks.org
4/24/00
Advanced Cardiac
Life Support
Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing
Clinical Specialist Addendum
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Nurses Week - NYU Health Information Fair
4/24/00
"The Division of
Nursing at NYU will host a Health Information Fair on Tuesday, May 9th
from 8am to 2pm at the North Bridge which connects the World Financial
Center to the World Trade Center located at One World Financial Center,
200 Liberty St. New York, NY 10281.
Visitors can consult with NYU nurses on a wide range of health topics. The purpose of the Fair is to help the public make informed and educated choices about their health care. Look for the purple and white banner and "Ask an NYU Nurse."
There will also be a display on the history of the nursing profession, as well as several staff members dressed in period nursing costumes."
Tammy Fisher, Special Projects Coordinator
Trends and Issues in Nursing
4/21/00
A new series of
monographs, which provides information to help you better understand and
benefit from what is happening in key areas of nursing and health care
today, is available from the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The
first six of these concise overviews include the latest information on
nursing care for older persons, telehealth, implementing nurse prescribing
and community development. More...
ANA Calls Hospital Staffing Practices Unsafe: Nurses Being Forced to Regularly Work Excessive Over Time
4/20/00
American Nurses
Association (ANA) President Mary Foley, MS, RN, today issued an alert to
all consumers regarding an alarming trend in many hospitals across the
country. Read the Press
Release...
ANA Identifies Indicators for Community-Based, Non-Acute Care: Pilot-testing is next step
4/20/00
The American
Nurses Association (ANA) has identified 10 nursing-sensitive indicators
for use in community-based, non-acute care settings. The indicators are
now ready for pilot testing in settings, such as long-term care
facilities, schools and home care. Read the Press Release...
ANA Board Member Receives Practice Award
4/20/00
On April 8, ANA
Board Member Patricia Murphy, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN, received the Association
for Death Education and Counseling’s (ADEC) Clinical Practice Award.
Each year the award is presented to a candidate who contributes to the field as demonstrated by innovations in practice, developing and carrying out significant research related to clinical practice, dissemination of knowledge based on personal experience and/or research and leadership in organization focusing on clinical practice as it relates to dying, death and bereavement.
Murphy, a grief therapist at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey University Hospital in Newark, NJ, and a faculty member in the New Jersey Medical School Department of Surgery was a member of the New Jersey Bioethics Commission, the multidisciplinary body which developed the advance directive and brain death legislation in New Jersey.
Mark Your Calendar for Needlestick Injury and Prevention Teleconference!
4/20/00
Conclude
National Nurses Week (May 6-12) by participating in a national
teleconference which highlights caring for the care giver. Preventing
Needlestick Injuries: The Time Is Now! will be broadcast live via
satellite, Internet and videoconferencing on May 12, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. EST.
Presented by ANA and the University of Vermont, this teleconference will illustrate the problem of needlestick injuries and explain how to protect yourself from this hazard. The teleconference is an important part of ANA's Safe Needles Save Lives campaign which is leading the fight for the use of safer needle devices. Make plans to participate so you can ask the experts how to fight this silent epidemic which affects 600,000 to 1,000,000 health care workers each year! REGISTER TODAY!!
For more information go to the University of Vermont and ANA's Needlestick.org websites.
ANA's Constituent Assembly Supports Striking Nurses
4/20/00
Leaders of ANA's
54 constituent member associations stated their strong, unified support
and admiration for the nurses on strike in Worcester, Mass., and Nyack,
NY, during a recent meeting in Washington, D.C. They sent the
following letters of support to the nurses: New York
letter Massachusetts letter
Nyack Strike Nearing its Fourth Month
4/19/00 Staffing at the hospital has been so poor that the hospital has
regularly been filling holes in the schedule through forced overtime,
having part-timers work full-time hours and hiring temporary agency nurses
from out of state.
In recent weeks, the nurses have intensified their campaign to pressure
members of the hospital’s board of directors. They’ve increased the number
of days each week that they distribute leaflets in front of the board
members’ places of business, and have started to conduct evening vigils in
front of board members’ homes.
Morale on the Nyack Hospital strike line received a boost on March 1,
when first lady and U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton stopped
by during a campaign visit to the area. During her half-hour visit, she
hugged and shook hands with many of the nurses as she made her way down
the line.
For daily updates visit NYSNA’s website, www.nysna.org
Please send letters of support and donate to the strike fund to:
For more than
100 days, the 450 registered nurses at Nyack Hospital have been on strike
fighting to improve staffing at the Rockland County facility. This is
their third strike in seven years, and NYSNA’s longest. The RNs have been
working without a contract since Dec. 31, 1997. Their first strike
occurred in June 1993 and their second was in February and March 1995.
Nyack Nurses Strike Fund
120 Wall Street, 23rd
Floor,
New York, NY 10005
The Nyack nurses will appreciate your help.
Betts Receives Surgeon General’s Award
4/18/00
For her services
as senior adviser on Nursing and Policy at the U.S. Department of Health,
former ANA President Virginia Trotter Betts, JD, RN, FAAN, has received
the Surgeon General’s Medallion. A means of acknowledging the
contributions of individuals who have provided exemplary services to the
Office of the Surgeon General, the medallion has been perceived and
utilized as the most prestigious of expressions of the Surgeon General’s
Exemplary Service Awards.
The award has been presented to General Colin Powell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Donna Shalala and former Inspector General of DHHS Richard Kusserow.
NY Nurses Picket Over Staffing Issues
4/17/00
Demanding
solutions to short staffing and excessive overtime, registered nurses at
Southside Hospital in New York conducted a two-hour protest on April 6
over management’s refusal to address problems with working conditions and
short staffing. The 542 nurses – who are represented by the New York State
Nurses Association (NYSNA) – conducted informational picketing in front of
the hospital. They have been working without a contract since Feb. 29.
The nurses are also upset that management has refused to sign an interim agreement that would continue the nurses’ health benefits throughout the negotiation period. NYSNA believes such an action is unacceptable and shows disrespect for the hospital’s nursing workforce.
For more information go to: www.nysna.org
ANA House of Delegates to Act on Mandatory Overtime Mandatory overtime is the primary reason St. Vincent and Nyack nurses have gone on strike. The hospital is demanding the right to mandate double shifts for nurses. Given the rampant use of mandatory overtime, the 2000 ANA House of Delegates (HOD) will take action on this unsafe staffing practice.
If passed as currently proposed, the report would prompt: an ANA position opposing mandatory overtime except in cases of defined emergencies an ANA definition of patient abandonment based on the ANA Code for Nurses, current case law, and advisory opinions and position statements from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and its state affiliates definition of an equitable process for assignment of overtime should an emergency arise an outline of the rights and responsibilities of nurses faced with mandatory overtime support for research that examines the relationship between hours worked and the ability to provide safe care.
For more background information about mandatory overtime, see the May/June 1998 issue of The American Nurse.
ANA Supports Striking Nurses in Massachusetts and New York
ANA President Mary Foley and Susan Bianchi-Sand, director of its labor arm, United American Nurses, joined St. Vincent nurses on the picket line in Worcester, Mass. on April 6. Further, ANA has sent letters to both the CEO of St. Vincent and to the CEO of Tenet Health, which owns the hospital, demanding that they settle the strike.In addition, letters of support have
been sent to the striking nurses. St. Vincent nurses have been on
strike since March 31 and Nyack nurses have been out for more than 100
days -- since late December. ANA encourages you to support the nurses by
writing similar letters and by contributing to the strike funds.
For more information, visit: the Massachusetts
Nurses Association web site,
or the New York State Nurses
Association web site.
The Guam Nurses Association will celebrate Nurses Week with (only 4 weeks left):
The Guam Nurses Association will celebrate Nurses Week with several activities:- Proclamation signing in April 2000
- Nurses' Mass May 7 0930 St. Anthony Church
- Nurses Banquet and Awards Presentation - May 7 1100-1500 Guam Nikko Hotel
- Nursing Conference- May 13 Guam Nikko Hotel
- Recognition of 7 outstanding nurses in the
following categories:
- Distinguished Membership Award
- Honorary Nursing Practice Award in In-Patient Nursing
- Honorary Nursing Practice Award in Community Health
- Honorary Nursing Practice Award in School Health
- Honorary Nursing Practice Award in Out-Patient Nursing
- Honorary Nursing Practice Award in Nursing/Allied Health Education
- Honorary Nursing Management/Leadership Award
Glynis S. Almonte, RN,
Executive Director
ANA Sponsors Million Mom March
The ANA is a sponsor of the Million Mom March. Outraged by gun violence that has killed or wounded children, thousands of mothers are organizing the Million Mom March aimed at pressuring Congress to enact tougher controls on guns.On May 14, Mother's Day, mothers and "honorary moms" from across the United States will march in Washington, DC, and in their own communities to encourage Congress to pass sensible gun legislation.
The March will take place at the National Mall between the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument. An interfaith service will take place at 10:00 a.m. The rally will begin at noon and will finish by 3:00 p.m.
For more information, visit www.millionmommarch.com or call 1-888-989-MOMS.
ANCC's Certification Application Deadline Extended
ANCC's Certification Application deadline for the June examination has been extended to April 28, 2000. Through our "Open Door 2000" program ALL REGISTERED NURSES are now eligible to become certified. Five (5) certifications examinations are currently being offered to non-BSN prepared nurses (ADN/Diploma):
- Gerontological Nurse (09)
Medical-Surgical Nurse (04)
Psychiatric and Mental Health (03)
Pediatric Nurse (07)
Perinatal Nurse (17)
To receive a catalog and application, please call 1-800-284-CERT
Become a UAN Appointed Official for 2000 National Labor Assembly
The first National Labor Assembly (NLA) will be held on Wednesday, June 21 through Thursday June 22, 2000. Positions are available for appointment to the UAN Nominating Committee, Delegate Credentials Committee and Head Teller. These positions help to facilitate registration, credentialing the delegates and the elections. To be nominated, you must be a member in good standing of a collective bargaining unit represented by one of the UAN member states. The deadline for nominations to be submitted to ANA is April 21, 2000.For more nominations and position information, contact your state nurses association.
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Free - A Federal OSHA Standard and Compliance Directive for Bloodborne Pathogens Regional Education Workshops (4 hours)
These workshops will focus on the new requirements of the OSHA Standard and Compliance Directive for Bloodborne Pathogens; in cooperation with CDIC Inc. (Consultants in Disease and Injury Control).Contact Hours: 4.5
To be held at:
- Washington, DC - April 10, 2000
- Minneapolis, MN - April 12, 2000
- Providence, RI - April 13, 2000
- Cincinnati, OH - April 14, 2000
- Chicago, IL - April 18, 2000
- Columbus, OH - May 17, 2000
- Orlando, FL - June 1, 2000
- Seattle, WA - June 2, 2000
- Indianapolis, IN - June 23, 2000 at ANA’s 2000 Biennial Convention
ANA Opposes Pain Relief Promotion Act
The American Nurses Association is
opposed to Title I of H.R. 2260, the Pain Relief Promotion Act, which was
passed by the House of Representatives in 1999.
Today, April 6, Gladys White, PhD, RN, Director, ANA Center for
Ethics and Human Rights is presenting testimony before the Senate
Judiciary Committee to oppose this legislation. ANA
Statement | ANA
letter.
HCFA Issues Rural Health Clinic Proposed Rule
In the February 28, Federal Register, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) published a proposed rule revising the certification and payment requirements for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs).
In response to rapid growth in the number of RHCs, Congress, through a provision contained in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), mandated numerous changes to the rules governing the facilities. These included applying a per-visit payment limit, establishing quality assessment and performance procedures, changes in the waiver of nonphysician practitioner staffing requirements, and a prohibition on commingling office space and equipment. The proposed rule also includes new requirements for a qualifying rural shortage area in which a Medicare RHC must be located. It sets criteria for identifying essential RHCs that can continue to be Medicare approved in areas no longer designated as medically underserved.
The BBA also revised the staffing requirements for RHCs to require that a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or certified nurse-midwife be available to furnish patient care at least 50 percent of the time the clinic is open, rather than the 60 percent that was required before enactment of the BBA. Before the BBA, temporary staffing waivers were available to both RHCs applicants and participating RHC if the facility has been unable to hire one of these providers in the previous 90-day period. The proposed rule limits the temporary waiver only to RHCs that are currently participating and not to facilities that are applying for participation as an RHC.
ANA is currently reviewing the proposed rule and will prepare comments for submission to HCFA. The deadline for public comments is April 28.
White House Announces Effort to Protect Children's Health
Joining First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, of health professionals, and parents, ANA President Mary Foley, MS, RN, participated in a White House working group that subsequently helped launch a public-private effort to ensure that children with emotional and behavioral conditions are appropriately diagnosed, treated, monitored, and managed by qualified health care professionals, parents, and educators.
Mrs. Clinton outlined the four elements of this effort, which included: the release of a new, easy- to-understand fact sheet about treatment of children with emotional and behavioral conditions for parents; a new $5 million funding commitment by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to conduct additional research on the impact of psychotropic medication on children under the age of seven; the initiation of a process at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to improve pediatric labeling information for young children; and a national conference on Treatment of Children with Behavioral and Mental Disorders to take place this fall.
While progress has been made in diagnosing and treating these conditions, justifiable concerns have been raised about the inappropriate utilization of medications such as Ritalin, clonidine, and Prozac in very young children. The lack of understanding among parents, teachers, and health professionals about the best diagnostic, pharmacological, and behavioral intervention now available is equally concerning.
ANA will continue to work with the administration and several members of Congress to address the concerns around children with mental health disorders and the need for more school nurses in school systems to appropriately care for these children. "School nurses are critical to providing the best care and process for these children," stated Foley. "Nurses must be the child's biggest advocate."
Congressional Hearing to Focus on Vaccine Safety
ANA has formed a linkage with the National Network for Immunization Information (NNii) to improve communications for immunization programs and address the role nurses can take in this endeavor. As a partner in this effort, ANA will assist in providing education and communications about immunization issues.
On Thursday, April 6, Representative Dan Burton (R-Ind.), chairman of the U.S. House Government Reform Committee, is scheduled to hold a hearing on autism and the possible link to vaccines, particularly measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines. Based on scientific research, Nnii will release a statement to Rep. Burton disputing a link to the development of autism and the use of the MMR or any other vaccine. Evidence shows that autism is a condition whose origins occur before birth, not after. There has been little, if any, scientific evidence to substantiate an association between vaccination and autism.
Additionally, on Saturday, April 8, several autism groups will hold a rally on the Mall in Washington, DC to elevate public awareness of the issue and to urge for more funding for autism research.
NNii is a special initiative of the American Nurses Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. It exists to help persons needing accurate information about immunizations sort through the wealth of information currently available, distinguish what is scientifically valid, and make the best possible decisions about immunization. The organization is poised to respond to events occuring this week.
Additional information is available on the NNii website, www.immunizationinfo.org. Press Release.
ANCC Collaboration Results in Magnet UK Pilot Project
Beginning in April 2000, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) will participate in the first international pilot project for the Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program in the United Kingdom (UK). In a recent article in the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) publication, Nursing Standard, RCN General Secretary Christine Hancock stated, "The RCN has championed this pioneering work on magnet hospitals in the U.S., which illustrates the link between a strong and motivated workforce with good patient care." ANCC President Jan Jones-Schenk, MNA, RN, CNA, is "looking forward to promoting excellence in nursing services and establishing a foundation for an international system of recognition."
The site selected for the pilot is the Rochdale Healthcare National Health Service Trust in northern England, which will undergo a two-year assessment of nursing and multidisciplinary teams. Similar to the Magnet nursing services recognition process in the United States, there w ill be direct consultation with nurses at Rochdale on the quality of patient care delivery systems.
Patients' Bill of Rights Negotiations Continue
House and Senate conferees on managed care reform legislation are continuing to negotiate differences in the Patients' Bill of Rights legislation passed in the two chambers. The two versions, now designated H.R. 2990, contain substantial differences and negotiations are quite slow. Although the conference chair, Senate Majority Whip Don Nickels (R-OK), had hoped to wrap up the conference this week and to have a final version passed by the House and Senate before the April 15 congressional break, it is highly unlikely that this ambitious schedule can be met.
ANA encourages all nurses to contact their senators and representatives to urge enactment of the patient protections included in the House bill, the only comprehensive, bipartisan bill that holds health plans accountable for their actions and offers a full range of protections to all Americans who hold employment-based health insurance or who buy their own insurance. The bill also must protect nurses from retaliation when they advocate for their patients.
The Conferees are: Reps. Bill Archer (R-TX), Bill Thomas (R-CA), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Thomas Bliley, Jr. (R-VA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), James Talent (R-MO), Dan Burton (R-IN), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Joe Scarborough (R-FL), Porter Goss (R-FL), John Boehner (R-OH), Ernie Fletcher (R-KY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Pete Stark (D-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Williams Clay (D-MO), Marion Berry (D-AR), and Henry Waxman (D-CA).
Sens. James Jeffords (R-VT), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Bill Frist (R-TN), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Don Nickles (R-OK), Phil Gramm (R-TX), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).
ANA President Calls for Increased Funding for Nursing Programs
ANA President Mary E. Foley, MS, RN, will testify today, April 4, before a House subcommittee about FY 2001 appropriations for nursing education, nursing research and workforce programs. ANA recommends increased spending for nursing education and for the National Institute of Nursing Research among others. A full copy of the ANA testimony is available.
Betts Leaves DHHS for Univ. of TN
ANA past President, Virginia Trotter Betts, JD, RN, FAAN, has left her position as senior advisor on nursing and policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to assume the roles of associate director for health initiatives at the new Center for Health Policy at the University of Tennessee and professor of nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.
Commenting on her new role, Betts stated, "My departure brings to a close an extremely happy, busy, and satisfying time in my professional life. I have truly enjoyed my time at DHHS. I truly appreciate the trust and confidence that you, the nursing community, the Secretary, and the Surgeon General have shown in me, my work, and my judgment. I know that this transition is the beginning of yet another exciting opportunity to make a significant difference in health policy and health care."
Betts is also the national chairperson of Nurses for Al Gore, a national network of nurses who speak out in favor of the vice president and who are pulling together to affect health care.
Contact Nurses for Al Gore at (615)340-3159
House Passes Minimum Wage
The House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 3840) to increase the $5.15 per hour minimum wage by $1 over two years. Earlier, a tax cut package (H.R. 3081) was passed with the support of 41 Democrats. That bill provides tax reductions to benefit businesses, their owners, pensioners, and those receiving inheritance by $122.7 billion in the next decade. The minimum wage increase was attached to H.R. 3081, after action was taken on both measures.
President Clinton has promised to veto the minimum wage legislation if it reaches his desk containing what he called the House's "irresponsible" tax cuts.
However, there are shorter-term obstacles ahead for the legislation, with its path through a House - Senate conference committee obscured both by parliamentary issues and by substantive differences between the House-and Senate-passed minimum wage bills. The Senate bill, passed in February, would raise the minimum wage by $1 an hour over a three-year period; would offer somewhat more limited tax cuts than the House; and would rewrite the personal bankruptcy law.
ANA supports an increase in the minimum wage rate and is working closely with members of Congress to achieve it. ANA will monitor closely all action taken on H.R. 3081.
U.S. Nurse to Lead ICNP Program
Amy Coenen, PhD, RN, member of the Wisconsin Nurses Association, has been appointed director of the International Council of Nurses' (ICN) International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) Program. The goal of this project is to create a universal language to describe what nurses do and to develop international standards in health care terminology.
The ICNP seeks to connect nurses across the world and to describe nursing to people outside of the profession. It can serve as a unifying framework representing the full range of nursing practice across general and specialty areas, geographic regions, and cultures. The ICNP Alpha Version was published in 1996 and translated into 16 languages. The Beta Version was published last June.
Information about the ICNP and its development can be found at www.icn.ch/icnp.htm. The entire text of the ICNP Beta Version is available by visiting www.icn.ch/icnpupdate.htm and can be ordered online or by contacting ICN at its Geneva headquarters at 41-22-908-0100.
ANA Makes NBC
ANA Sr. Policy Fellow Carol Bickford was interviewed by NBC News as part of a segment on telehealth. The segment is scheduled to air on Tuesday, April 4 during the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. Bickford gave an overview of telehealth, highlighted its benefits and described how it is used among health care clinicians and patients. The national exposure is great for ANA and once again we have the opportunity to highlight the expertise of nurses in health care.
Mass. RNs Issue Official Notice to Strike
Registered nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester issued their official notice to strike on March 31, after both sides met for a negotiating session where Tenet Health Care failed to adequately address the key issues of concern to the nurses in their two-year struggle to negotiate a first contract. Learn the latest news...
Barbara Brown Appointed Editor for NurseWeek/MOUNTAINWEST Region
Barbara Brown, RN, EdD, FAAN, FNAP, has been appointed Editor for the NurseWeek/MOUNTAINWEST region. Brown will continue as editor of Nursing Administration Quarterly. Aspen Publishers honored Brown with a silver anniversary reception at AONE in Nashville on the 27th.
AACN Chosen to Coordinate Effort to Improve End of Life Care
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a grant of $2 million to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to support a comprehensive, national education program to improve end-of-life (EOL) care by nurses.
The 3-1/2 year effort to develop a core of expert nursing faculty in end-of-life care, and to coordinate national nursing efforts related to EOL issues, is a partnership of AACN and the City of Hope Cancer Center. AACN will coordinate the program with nurse researchers at the Los Angeles-based City of Hope (COH), developing the course curriculum in nine core content areas and evaluating the impact of the education.
Representing 10 organizations throughout nursing and health care, the project's Advisory Board will provide extensive expert input for curriculum development. The board also will facilitate networking among national nursing organizations, hospices, and the larger professional community in EOL care. ANA is a part of the Advisory Board. For more information, visit AACN's web site at www.aacn.nche.edu
Dept. of Ed. Recognizes Nursing Commission
U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley has officially recognized the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) as a national agency for the accreditation of baccalaureate and graduate-degree nursing education programs.
CCNE is an autonomous arm of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)–the national voice for university and four-year-college education programs in nursing. Established in 1996, CCNE is the only national agency devoted exclusively to the accreditation of bachelor's- and higher-degree nursing education programs. CCNE accreditation provides students, employers, and other parties with assurance that education programs meet the standards that have been established by the professional nursing community.
School Nurse and School Nurse Practitioner Exams
During the 1999 fall meeting of the Commission of Certification (COC), it was determined that the number of candidates applying to take the school nurse and the school nurse practitioner exams were not adequate to continue offering these exams. More...
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