April 2025 Vol. 20 No. 4

A call to action for all nurses

The federal administration’s willingness to put forth nonevidence-based polices serves as a direct threat to the health of our people and the integrity of the nursing profession. Those…

American Nurses Enterprise News, April 2025

The ICAN Act serves as a crucial step toward modernizing outdated Medicare and Medicaid policies, ensuring that APRNs—nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists—can provide essential…

Build your emotional intelligence

In a dynamic world flooded with resources aimed at refining leadership capabilities, the challenge lies in discerning which genuinely contributes to effective leadership. Simon Sinek’s Start with Why,…

Building financial well-being

Ky Arnold has nurses’ best interests at heart. When Ky Arnold, BSN, RN, noticed that financial uncertainty caused stress to many of his nursing colleagues, he realized the…

Cancer treatment delays and survival outcomes

Delays in seeking treatment frequently lead to poor health outcomes. Especially with regard to symptoms associated with cancer, early detection and treatment can improve survival rates and quality…

Everyday ethics: Privacy and trust

As a perioperative nurse, I understand I should ensure the privacy and confidentiality of my patients and their information while providing care through­out pre-, intra-, and post-operative surgical…

Macular hole, not macular degeneration

As the population ages, nurses will need to have a better understanding of macular hole symptoms, treatment, prognosis, and potential complications. This article is available to American Nurses…

Meeting the Moment

A much-anticipated revision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses (Code) published in January explicitly connects the health and safety of nurses and their patients, underscoring that although…

Nursing the future

Nurses play a vital role in finding and implementing solutions given that climate change affects the health and safety of all in profound and insidious ways.

PTSD: Increase screening and treatment

Many nurse practitioners (NPs) provide care in medically underserved areas, some in one of the more than 1,400 free clinics throughout the United States. More patients who access…

Support planetary health

Actions to promote and protect the environment Spring marks a time of renewal and reawaken­ing with cleaning, planting, and other fresh starts, bringing new life to our planet…

Transforming nursing through philanthropy

Graig Eastin, who joined the American Nurses Foundation as executive director on January 27, provides visionary and strategic leadership to boldly advance the foundation’s philanthropic goals while raising…

Updated Code of Ethics for Nurses released

To apply the new Code, actively incorporate the core principles of patient-centered care, advocacy, professional responsibility, ethical decision-making, and self-care into your daily interactions with patients, colleagues, and…

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