**MEDIA ADVISORY**
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2001
CONTACT:
Hope Hall, 202-651-7027
Cindy Price, 202-651-7038
rn=realnews@ana.org
www.nursingworld.org/rnrealnews
American Nurses Association to Release Survey on Nurses' Working Conditions
Event: Press conference to release findings of a national survey that measures current perceptions among nurses about their working conditions. Issues covered by the survey include short staffing, mandatory overtime, occupational health and safety concerns, and the practice of "floating" nurses to unfamiliar units that do not match their training or expertise. ANA has called the widespread problem of inadequate RN staffing a public health crisis. Strategies to address the problem will be offered.
Speakers: American Nurses Association President Mary Foley, MS, RN, and United American Nurses (UAN) Vice Chairperson Ann Converso, RN, will discuss the survey results and ANA/UAN initiatives. Also speaking will be Becky Hartman of Wichita, KS, whose mother, Shirley Keck, went into respiratory distress and slipped into a coma while hospitalized. Mrs. Keck's family claims there were no available nurses to tend to their mother, who is now partially paralyzed and requires 24-hour care. Her family received a $2.7 million settlement from Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. In addition, at least one local area nurse will be on hand to relate her story regarding staffing and working conditions, and to answer questions.
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 6, at 10 a.m.
Location: National Press Building, Zenger room, 529 14th Street, Northwest Washington, DC 20045
Contact: Cindy Price or Hope Hall, American Nurses Association 202-651-7038 (Price), 202-651-7027 (Hall) E-mail: RN=RealNews@ana.org Web site: www.nursingworld.org/rnrealnews/
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