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4/30/01
The senior nurses will be buying ice cream and toppings and will go door-to-door throughout all of the sections of McClellan Health System providing a nice ice cream snack to celebrate nursing.
Finally, each member of our nursing staff will bring in some perennial plants and plant them on our campus. That way they can celebrate nurses' week, beautify our grounds after a harsh Winter when there are not funds available to purchase plants, and demonstrate their pride in this historic organization (founded 1917.)
DAVID L. CLARK (Dave) MSN, RN, CNAA 04/30/01
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For a copy of the HHS study, go to www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/dn/staffstudy.htm.
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Let's Get Ready To...
A Promotion and Publicity Kit from the American Nurses Association will get you started with an array of great ideas for publicity and recognition of your indispensable nurses.
Get yours... 04/17/01 04/16/01 04/16/01 04/13/01 04/12/01 04/12/01 04/11/01 04/10/01 04/09/01 04/06/01
Rising Tide has allotted 200 complimentary tickets, which normally cost $500 each, for ANA members. Tickets are good for both days of the event, and allow entrance to the first-night cocktail party. To sign up (tickets are first-come, first-served), go to http://www.ihealthcare2001.com/vips. All ticket requests must be submitted by April 16. Members must enter ANA in the space listed for VIP CODE. Applications cannot be processed without this code.
A member of the Rising Tide Conferences team will manually approve these requests and send a confirmation e-mail to all those who have been approved. All attendees are responsible for their own transportation to the event and/or accommodations in New York City.
For more information, please e-mail Cathie Calacanis, Cathie@siliconalleyreporter.com, co-chair of Internet Healthcare 2001 and managing editor of iHealthcare Weekly.
04/06/01 This year's conference, being held October 25-27, 2001 at the J W Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC will highlight new and emerging knowledge in the area of patient safety. Stimulating point: counterpoint breakout sessions will feature experts engaged in lively debate on key patient safety issues. Provocative sessions with audience discussion will enable participants to explore competencies for creating safe health care environments and develop strategies for nursing input into the national debate of theses issues.
A call for poster presentations will be forthcoming.
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TEPR 2001 will also be hosting the "A Weekday Immersion in Nursing Informatics (WINI)" as a pre-conference offering, which includes continuing education contact hour credit. Medical Records Institute has set up a special registration for Nurses to attend TEPR and the WINI Course. The cost to attend: WINI Course Only-$375.00 and WINI & TEPR -$550.00.
4/2/01
The first issue addresses important topics that directly
impact staff nurses: the changing face of healthcare resulting
from the proliferation of genetic information; and, the
challenges posed by relieving pain at the end of life.
Professor Brenda Recchia Jeffers', PhD, RN articles on these topics are accompanied by a case study
involving adequate pain relief for a pregnant patient, and a report of a meeting with nurses from
Romania, Albania and Macedonia, both by Tamara Cyhan, RN, BSN.
Ethics and Human Rights: Issues Update will be published quarterly.
Cambridge, New York - Celebrating National Nurses Week
We are a small rural health care facility that is going through some serious financial stress. There is not a lot of money to buy "extras" however, our entire staff, including the nursing staff is very proud of our hospital and try hard to provide the best possible care. Our physicians have donated some funds that will be used to purchase mementoes for the nurses and the assistants (we'll celebrate now rather than in June).
Executive Director, Patient Services
Cambridge, New York Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 Funding Recommendations for Nurse Education and Research
The nursing profession is facing a staffing crisis, caused in part by a lack of young people entering the profession and an aging workforce. New admissions into nursing schools have dropped dramatically over the past six years, and the average age of registered nurses is 43 years. In response to this crisis, ANA has issued recommendations to Congress that would increase funding for the Nurse Education Act, the Nurse Loan Repayment Program, and the National Institute of nursing Research. More...
Severed Ties Silence Maine Nurses’ National Voice
Washington, DC -- The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced today that it
remains strong and will continue its fight for nurses’ and patients’ rights
nationwide, despite the Maine State Nurses Association’s (MSNA) decision to
break its long-standing affiliation with the ANA. More...
Bodley Joins ANA as General Counsel
Alice L. Bodley has been named general counsel of the American Nurses Association (ANA).
More... New Magnet Facility
The Commission on Magnet Recognition has just awarded Magnet designation to the nursing service of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida. Complete list of Magnet-designated facilities New Electronic Publishing Articles
Two new articles have been added to the OJIN Electronic Publishing: How, What and Why? issue. David Barber's article A Guide to Electronic Journal Archives and Nursing Faculty and Scholarly Publishing: Survey of Perceptions and Journal Use by Barbara F. Schloman, Ph.D., A.H.I.P.
More... HHS Study Links Patient Outcomes and Nurse Staffing
The results of a recent study conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration are consistent with ANA research regarding patient outcomes and nurse staffing -- patients fare better when RNs play a significant role in the staffing mix. The HHS study revealed that strong and consistent relationships were found between hospital nurse staffing levels and five patient outcomes - urinary track infections, shock, length of stay, upper gastrointestinal bleeding and pneumonia. These adverse outcomes were reduced by 3 to 12 percent when there were higher numbers of RNs in the staffing mix. A decrease of 2 to 25 percent of these adverse outcomes also was associated with higher staffing levels of all nurses. These results are consistent with the ANA study "Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes in the Inpatient Hospital Setting," http://www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/2000/st0504.htm, which revealed that adverse conditions, similar to the ones used in the HHS study, markedly decreased with higher levels of RN involvement in patient care.
ANCC 2003 Continuing Education Requirement for Recertification
The ANCC Commission on Certification has changed its position that 50% of the contact hours for recertification must be from an ANCC-accredited or approved provider. More... Nominations for Appointment are Requested for the New Advanced Practice Palliative Care Nurse Content Expert Panel
ANCC is seeking qualified nurses to submit an application for appointment as a content expert panel member to develop the new Advanced Practice Palliative Care Nurse certification examination. Applications must be received at ANCC by May 21, 2001. If you are interested in applying, go to the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association website.
ANA and RNs Nationwide Celebrate Law Aimed at Saving Nurses' Lives
A federal measure takes effect today that will potentially save the lives of thousands of nurses and other front-line health care workers each year by protecting them from dangerous needlestick injuries,
according to the American Nurses Association (ANA). More...
American Nurses Association Demands Stricter Violence Protections For Health Care Workers
In wake of the tragic murder of a nurse by a patient who was being admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Port St. Lucie, FL, the American Nurses Association (ANA) is calling for federal standards mandating a safer work environment for the nation's health care workers. More... | Workplace Violence
National Nurses Week - What's Up?
E-mail us and let us know what you and/or your facility are doing to celebrate National Nurses Week. Please keep it to 100 words or less. Some of the submissions will be run on NursingWorld/Insider, so include permission to print with your e-mail.
National Nurses Week - Promotion and Publicity Kit
Changes in Eligibility Requirements for Modular Exams
Several recent changes in ANCC certification procedures and eligibility requirements will affect nurses seeking certification in the following areas; Informatics Nurse, Adult, Family and Pediatric Nurse Practiotioner, Nursing Case Management, and Ambulatory Care Nurse. More... Nursing Shortage - "...Our Hospitals and schools have always been staffed by cheap female labor..."
Gail Collins' Op-Ed piece in the April 13th New York Times discusses some hard-hitting facts about the nursing shortage and women in the workforce. At one time, "Women, the authority figures decreed, had an innate capacity for nurturing - low-cost nurturing." Those days are changing and nursing is leading the way. "But from now on, a fair salary is going to be whatever it costs to get qualified people in the profession." More... (registration
required) New Informatics Title -- Developing Telehealth Protocols: A Blueprint for Success
Serving as both a measurement tool and reference guide, this work will help users of telehealth systems both to develop useful protocols for clinical practice situations and to prepare funding proposals. It is aimed at all healthcare professionals and telehealth implementors with varying levels of expertise in using telehealth technologies.
More...
AAN 2001 Media Awards Program
The American Academy of Nursing is currently accepting entries for the 2001 Academy Media Awards
Program. Award criteria and entry forms are available. Completed entry forms must be postmarked on or before July 15, 2001. More... The John A. Hartford Foundation Seeks Applicants for 2002 Scholarship Geriatric Nursing Scholars Program
The American Academy of Nursing, with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City, coordinates an exciting initiative: Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity. In 2001, the Scholarship Program awarded 10 Pre Doctoral and 7 Post Doctoral scholars $100,000 each, to support their studies. The 2002 applications are available online.
More... AAN 2001 Honorary Fellows - Call for Nominations
The American Academy of Nursing is currently accepting nominations for the 2001 Academy Honorary
Fellows. Eligibility criteria and the nomination forms for Honorary Fellows are available. Completed nomination forms must be postmarked on or before June 15, 2001. More... AAN 2001 Elections - Call for Nominations
The American Academy of Nursing is currently accepting nominations for elected offices. The Call for
Nominations and nomination forms are available. Completed nomination forms must be postmarked on or
before May 30, 2001. More... American Nurses Association Applauds Introduction of Nurse Reinvestment Act in Congress
The American Nurses Association applauds the introduction this week of The Nurse Reinvestment Act in the Senate and the House of Representatives. More... American Nurses Association Applauds Introduction of Nursing Employment and Education Development (NEED) Act
The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds Senators Tim Hutchinson (R-AR) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and their colleagues regarding the introduction of the Nursing Employment and Education
Development (NEED) Act, a bill aimed at alleviating a growing shortage of nurses in the United States.
More... Free Registration for ANA Members Available for Internet Healthcare Meeting
Rising Tide Conferences, a division of Rising Tide Studios (parent company of Silicon Alley Reporter), is hosting Internet Healthcare 2001 on April 24 & 25 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. The event will bring together business leaders, thought leaders, and technology visionaries from both the Internet and traditional health care spaces to examine the emerging opportunities and a diverse array of issues in both the traditional and the Internet segments of the health care industry-two segments.
American Academy of Nursing 2001 Conference to Focus on Strategies to Promote Patient Safety
The American Academy of Nursing is pleased to announce that John Nance, Founding Board member of the National Patient Safety Foundation, will deliver the keynote address to launch the Academy's 28th Annual Meeting and Conference, "The Mandate for Health Care Safety: Solutions to Protect Patients and the Public." April Showers Giveaway
Raining cats and dogs? No, it's raining T shirts, coffee mugs, luggage tags and beanie toys. The American Nurses Association Online Bookstore is "showering" customers with a free mystery gift with each purchase. Like the weather, you never know what you'll get, but you will enjoy the pleasant surprise as we say "thank you" for your order. Click here for more... Magnet Commission Recognizes 31st Facility
Monday, April 2, 2001, the Commission on Magnet Recognition awarded Magnet designation to the nursing service of Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey. Morristown is the 31st acute care facility to receive this designation and the 9th such facility in New Jersey to become Magnet. More...
Medical Records Institute and ANA Arrange TEPR Conference Discount for Nurses
ANA and the Medical Records Institute have concluded an arrangement
that will allow nurses attending the "Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) Conference" in Boston, May 10-13, 2001, a substantial discount on the conference registration fee. The normal onsite TEPR registration fee is $1,095. Nurses may register for the TEPR conference for $175, which includes continuing education contact hour credit. To take advantage of this offer, please call 617-964-3923.
Ethics and Human Rights: Issues Update - Online Ethics Newsletter Launched
The Center for Ethics and Human Rights of the American Nurses Association
has launched Issues Update, their new online newsletter. There is no charge.
Go to Issues Update...
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