Welcome to the Georgia Nurses Association... Serving the Nursing Profession for over 100 years!
 
 

Georgia Nurses Association

3032 Briarcliff Road
Atlanta, GA., 30329-2655
Tel.(404) 325-5536
Fax. (404) 325-0407
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THE GEORGIA NURSES ASSOCIATION 
is the state nurse association of the American Nurses Association
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Member Hot Spot

2012 Legislative Wrap Up

 

Click here for info on the GNF nurse license plate initiative and to reserve your plate


 

The Georgia Nurses Association Platinum Plus® Visa® Credit Card

Earn points with the freedom to redeem for cash back or other rewards.  The Georgia Nurses Association Platinum Plus® Visa® credit card with WorldPoints® rewards  gives you the flexibility to choose from different types of rewards – Cash, Travel, Gift Cards, Merchandise and much more. 

Features include: 

  •  Earn 1 point for every $1 in purchases

  • ·No limit to the amount of rewards you can earn

  •  Redeem your points starting just 2,500 points

  • ·Support GNA with every purchase - at no additional expense to you.

  • ·Access to the WorldPoints Mall – do all your shopping here and earn Bonus Points at hundreds of your favorite online stores

  • ·Around-the-clock fraud protection and zero liability for fraudulent card transactions

  • ·Secure Online Account Access – View up-to-the-minute account activity, pay your credit card bill, receive your monthly statement via email and much more.

Reward yourself and apply securely online today.  For information about rates, fees, other costs and benefits associated with the use of this credit card, click here and refer to the disclosures that accompany the online credit card applicationThis credit card program is issued and administered by FIA Card Services, N.A.

To open your GNA checking account, visit your neighborhood Bank of America or CLICK HERE now.

GNA Power Series Webinars available!
The first two webinars in GNA’s Power Webinar Series are now available for download! The Nurse’s Role in Public Policy and Accepting the Leadership Challenge webinars were created as part of the ANA Membership Development Grant awarded to GNA. Click HERE to view The Nurse’s Role in Public Policy webinar, or click HERE to view the Accepting the Leadership Challenge webinar. Please be patient, as both webinars take a moment to download.

New Research Toolkit

The American Nurses Association has developed a Research Toolkit that can be used in a multitude of ways. It can help nurses provide evidence-based care that promotes quality health outcomes for individuals, families, communities and health care systems. It can also assist in using research to shape health policy at the bedside, within an organization, and at the local, state and national level. The toolkit provides access to numerous resources to support nurses in practice, nurses interested in or engaged in research, nurse educators and students. ANA members can access a research repository with reviews of research articles. Visit the toolkit.


 

NEW ANA Internet-only journal, the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN). Members get exclusive access to the most recently posted topics on OJIN.


RWJF/IOM Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health

In 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM)/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Initiative on the Future of Nursing released the report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. The IOM Committee developed four key messages that structure the recommendations of the report. Work to implement the recommendations of the IOM/RWJF report is ongoing at the state-level across the U.S. To view the IOM/RWJF report, visit www.thefutureofnursing.org.


Are you interested in Nursing Informatics?

The Georgia Nurses Association’s Informatics Chapter will be of interest to GNA members who want to network with colleagues focused in the area of Informatics/Electronic Health Records (EHR)/Meaningful Use requirements. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to rub shoulders with Georgia leaders in the Informatics field! If you are a GNA member interested in joining this exciting new Chapter, contact Jeremy Arieh, GNA Director of Marketing & Communications at  or call 404.325.5536.


Palliative Care CE Modules Now Available!

GNA has partnered with PalliativeCareEducation.org to offer 8 Palliative Care Modules that support nursing knowledge and practice skills in the care and management of adult patients living with and dying from advanced disease.  For information on this dynamic new CE opportunity, be sure to visit www.palliativecareeducation.orgGNA members receive a discount on the cost of this CE offering!


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  Coalition launches site about Health Care Law  

ANA recently joined with other leading national organizations to form the Health Care and You Coalition. The Coalition’s goal is to provide easy-to-understand information about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to help Americans understand what the law means for them.  Check out the Coalition’s new web site, HealthCareAndYou.org.


Safe Patient Handling: The American Nurses Association has launched a web site dedicated to safe patient handling intended to help reach ANA’s goals of eliminating manual patient handling in health care facilities and creating a safer work environment. To view the new site, go to:  www.ANASafePatientHandling.org


 First National Consensus Model for APRN Regulation described in Report Now Available On Nursing World and ANA NurseSpace

The First National Consensus Model for APRN Regulation is now available on the American Nurses Association (ANA) Web site, http://nursingworld.org and readers are encouraged to provide feedback and discuss the report on ANA NurseSpace at http://ananursespace.org You must be a member of ANA to take part in the blog discussion.


Safe Staffing Saves Lives was launched to educate nurses and patients on the issue and enact safe staffing legislation on a national and state basis.  If you have not had a chance to look over SafeStaffingSavesLives.org, we encourage you to do so.  This site will be updated on a regular basis with new information – so be sure to check in from time to time.

 

President's  Message

Sheila Warren, MHA, MSN, RN

GNA President

 

 

CEO  Corner   

Deborah Hackman, CAE

GNA CEO

 Do We Deserve the Public Trust?

 

ANA Proposes Radical Structure Changes

I have just finished my copy of The American Nurse, which came in the mail recently.  I’m probably like everyone else in that I skimmed the entire magazine to determine which articles I wanted to read in full.  The headline that caught my eye read “Nurses still at the top in trust.”  The first paragraph reminds us that for 12 years in a row, nurses have been chosen the most trusted profession.  This is based on the Gallup’s annual survey of professions based on their honesty and ethical standards.  As I read this, I thought, shouldn’t it be a given that nursing is at the top?  Don’t we have a strong Code of Ethics?  Isn’t The Code of Ethics what guides our practice every day?

Full President message

 

In June, the elected ANA delegates will gather for what promises to be a House of Delegates for the ages.  It may in fact be the last ANA House of Delegates to convene!  In the fall of 2011, ANA President Karen Daley suggested that the leadership within ANA and the state nurses associations read the newly released book Race for Relevance by Harrison Coerver & Mary Byers (published by the Center for Association Leadership.)  The book states “The association model of 100 years ago is irretrievably broken as evidenced by: loss of market share, increased competition for members’ time and shrinking revenue sources.  The pace of change is accelerating yet most associations are tradition-bound, slow and risk averse.”

CEO  Corner continue


 
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  About Your Professional Liability Insurance

Access information on Professional Liability insurance, go to www.anainsurancesite.com, You can also go directly to www.proliability.com an apply for liability insurance on-line
or download information and applications for later use. Also, see related articles: All of the things we can do that cost $98.Four common gaps that may exist with your employer coverage.


  Need to Know Info


The American Nurses Foundation (ANF) Nursing Research Grants Program application is now available online only. Awards are given in all areas of nursing, including healthy patient outcomes, health care policy development, critical care, gerontology, women’s health, community and family intervention. Deadline is May 1, please visit www.ANFonline.org for more information.


  CE Schedule

  APRN Information regarding prescribing