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GNA Power Series Webinars available! |
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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,
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webinar. Please be patient, as both webinars take a moment to
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New Research Toolkit
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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. |
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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. |
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RWJF/IOM Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing
Health |
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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. |
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Are you interested in Nursing Informatics? |
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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. |
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Palliative Care CE Modules Now Available! |
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  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.org. GNA members
receive a discount on the cost of this CE offering! |
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Coalition launches site about
Health Care Law
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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. |
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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 |
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 First National Consensus Model for APRN Regulation described in Report Now Available On
Nursing World and ANA NurseSpace
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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. |
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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. |
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President's Message
Sheila Warren, MHA,
MSN, RN
GNA President |
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CEO Corner
Deborah Hackman, CAE
GNA CEO |
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Do We
Deserve the Public Trust? |
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ANA Proposes Radical
Structure Changes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Need to Know Info |
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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. |
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CE Schedule |
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APRN
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