America’s dark secret
Words about equality, friendship, and peace must be accompanied by action. (more…)
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August 2020 Vol. 15 No. 8
ANA and Prudential partner to help nurses with financial planning
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is partnering with Prudential Financial, Inc., to offer financial wellness solutions for members. (more…)
ANA on the Frontline August 2020
Learn about the top issues facing ANA member nurses, how ANA is working for you, and what ANA is doing to advance nursing. In this issue: Racial justice…
ANA partners with organizations to honor American Nurse Heroes
The American Nurses Association (ANA), Al Roker Entertainment, and HealthCom Media, publisher of American Nurse Journal, have joined forces to produce a network television and multi-channel event to…
ANA re-elects Ernest Grant as national president
Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been re-elected to a second term as the American Nurses Association (ANA) national president. The voting representatives of ANA’s Membership Assembly…
ANA responds to Supreme Court rulings
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down three key rulings this summer in cases that the American Nurses Association (ANA) had been monitoring, two that protect the rights of…
Asthma education for pediatric patients
What’s a nurse to do without an asthma educator? CNE 1.5 contact Hours Learning Objectives 1. Identify triggers associated with asthma. 2. Discuss medications used to manage asthma. 3.…
August 2020 Vol. 15 No. 8
In this issue of American Nurse Journal, we pay special tribute to the nurses working on the frontlines of the pandemic—those who continue to care for patients and…
Being prepared and just
ANA calls for reinvesting in public health for all. (more…)
Care and collaboration equal successful organ donation
Nurses can work with the organ donation team to meet patients’ wishes and optimize donation benefits. Takeaways: Nurses and other healthcare disciplines must be knowledgeable about organ donation.…
Creating a healthy working environment is every nurse’s responsibility
How clinical faculty and practicing clinicians can collaborate to help students learn professionalism. Takeaways: Professionalism creates the foundation for civil and healthy work environments. According to the American…
Engaging in ANA virtual event to support public health
As COVID-19 continues to threaten the health of our nation, nearly 4,000 nurses, students, and other advocates participating in the American Nurses Association’s (ANA’s) Virtual Day of Advocacy…
Get to the HEART of palliative care for patients with heart failure
Takeaways: All healthcare providers should possess primary palliative care are skills; secondary palliative care is used for complex symptoms, difficult discussions, and assistance with hospice transition. HEART—History of…
Honoring the nurse victims of COVID-19
We at American Nurse Journal want to acknowledge the nurses and other healthcare workers who have given their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses, physicians, and first responders…
How to address racial injustice in the workplace and community
To: Ethics Advisory Board From: Concerned RN Subject: I want to make a difference I am a white frontline nurse in a medium-sized, full-service hospital. I am…
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing
Insights, instincts, and a few gut feelings. The pandemic has quickly changed our world, our profession, and our vision for the future. While we were celebrating holidays in…
Improving hypertension self-management in older adults
Nurses’ role in medication and lifestyle modification adherence. Takeaways: Nonadherence to antihypertensive medications and lifestyle modifications is a major cause of poorly controlled hypertension in older adults. Nurses…
Improving the health of mothers living in poverty
Implementing nurse-led healthy lifestyle classes. Takeaways: Mothers experiencing poverty likely have a history of trauma, so healthcare providers should use trauma-informed care. Nurses can collaborate with mothers experiencing…
Keeping well during COVID-19 pandemic
One nurse’s story. (more…)
Nurse Heroes– Nurses lead during the pandemic
We at American Nurse Journal are privileged to highlight the amazing job nurses are doing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At what is too often high personal…
Nurse turnover: Understand it, reduce it
What can employers do to increase nurse retention? Takeaways: Because of the stress involved in nursing, many healthcare organizations have high rates of nurse turnover. The cost of…
Nurses focus on pandemic challenges while looking to the future
The current and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism dominated discussions at the 2020 American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly, which was held virtually for…
On being human during crisis
When we show vulnerability it does not mean we lack resilience – it means we are human. Typically, leaders in nursing pride themselves for being strong, ever knowing,…
Paying it forward
As a nurse leader in the federal government, LT MeShondra Collins, MSN, RN, CRRN, NEA-BC, manages a 50+ staff nursing team in her civilian role at Baltimore Veterans…
Strategies for time-sensitive medications
An evidence-based project improved medication administration timeliness. Takeaways: Timely administration of time-sensitive medications (within 30 minutes before or after the scheduled dose) can help prevent complications and prolonged…
Willie Manzano: From NYC’s COVID-19 response to a brighter future
The first patient with the new coronavirus arrived at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in March, the earliest in a wave of people suffering from the confounding, world-changing virus. (more…)
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