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Member Hot Spot |
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2013 GNA Professional Development Conference & Membership
Assembly
Augusta Marriott
October 23-25, 2013
Click
HERE
for more information |
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2013 GNA Legislative Wrap Up.
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 Support
Georgia’s work to implement the IOM Future of Nursing
Georgia has been named an “Action Coalition” by the Future
of Nursing: Campaign for Action, which is coordinated
through the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA).
The Georgia Action Coalition is broadly represented by
nurses across our state, with GNA, GHA and CCNA–Team Georgia
co-leading the initiative. The GAC currently seeks donations
to support its implementation work.
CLICK HERE to
donate to GAC’s fundraising campaign or to donate to the
Georgia Nurses Foundation. |
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Click HERE to learn more about the GNF nurse
license plate |
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Show your pride with the Georgia
Nurses Association BankAmericard Cash RewardsTM
Visa Signature®
credit card |
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Apply for the new Georgia Nurses Association
BankAmericard Cash RewardsTM
Visa Signature® credit card that rewards customers with up to 3% cash back
on certain purchases, all while supporting GNA initiatives.
In addition to earning cash back rewards for yourself, use of this card benefits
the GNA at no extra cost to you!
Here are some of the features of the new GNA BankAmericard
Cash Rewards Visa Signature®
credit card:
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1% cash back on all purchases.
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2% cash back on grocery store purchases.
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3% on gas station purchases.
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You can earn the 2% and 3% cash back on gas and grocery
purchases up to the first $1,500 in these combined
categories per quarter. After that, you will continue to
earn 1 percent on these purchases.
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Rewards are automatic and do not expire. There's no need
to register your card or sign up to earn your cash
rewards.
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Get a 10% customer bonus when you redeem into a Bank of
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For information about the rates, fees, other costs and
benefits associated with the use of this credit card, or to
apply,
Click Here and refer to the disclosures accompanying the online
credit application. This credit card program is issued and
administered by FIA Card Services, N.A. BankAmericard Cash
Rewards is a trademark and Bank of America and the Bank of
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Corporation. Visa and Visa Signature are registered
trademarks of Visa International Service Association, and
are used by the issuer pursuant to license from Visa U.S.A.
Inc. © 2013 Bank of America Corporation.
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To open your GNA checking
account, visit your neighborhood Bank of America or
CLICK HERE
now. |
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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,
or click
HERE to view the Accepting the Leadership Challenge
webinar. Please be patient, as both webinars take a moment to
download. |
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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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Click HERE to visit GNA on Facebook!
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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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Relationships Are Important |
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The
Female's Career-Limiting Habits |
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I recently lost a nursing colleague. She was vibrant, smart and
passionate about nursing. But I was surprised, because though we were
not close friends, I felt a terrible sense of loss. I first met her in
2005 and this is 2013. Eight years is not a long time, and I needed to
explore why I was feeling such a great sense of loss.
People come into our lives all the time. As nurses, we have patients,
bosses and colleagues that come in and out of our lives with
regularity. How do these relationships affect us? How do we affect
them?...
Full President message |
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Developing skills and insight to achieve more than one thought
possible was once the domain held exclusively for star performers
and in many cases, in the not too distant past, those plucked for
that trajectory were exclusively white males. In my younger days,
girls did not have the same opportunity to play team sports as males
did. Instead of being on the field of play, girls were only given
the opportunity to cheer the team to victory from the sidelines.
This focus on gender variables is not to ignore the injustices of
race in our lifetime (a subject for another day)...
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:
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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
Information regarding prescribing |
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