December 2021 Vol. 16 No. 12

Nursing podcasts

ANA Enterprise News, December 2021

ANA elections: Call for nominations Nomination period ends January 17, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET On December 7, 2021, the ANA Nominations and Elections Committee issued a call…
Pandemic-Mental-health

Beyond the Pandemic: Be your own nurse

Relieve stress with a self-care plan. Editor’s note: To read other articles in the Beyond the Pandemic series, click here. Takeaways: Lack of resources and the necessary isolation…
things to know about booster shots

COVID-19 Update

8 things you need to know about COVID-19 booster doses In November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee…
standards of care

Ethics and crisis standards of care

To: Ethics Advisory Board From: Contingently confused Subject: Conventional, contingency, and crisis standards of care Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I keep hearing about different levels of care. What…
generational-learning

Generational learning preferences

Understanding generational preferences allows us to adapt our teaching methods for most effective patient learning.
donate blood

Give the gift of life

Make a personal commitment to support blood donation in your community.     Nurses first learn about the value of blood and the mandate for maintenance of that important gift…
From where I stand

Good-bye and God bless…

Practical hope will create new realities.  It is with some trepidation and a great deal of nostalgia that I say good-bye to my role as a contributor to…
interprofessional practice

Interprofessional practice: A blueprint for success

Professional identity and role clarity are essential components. Takeaways: Professional role clarity is integral to successful interprofessional collaborative practice. Role-based collaborative practice by all stakeholders deepens and broadens…
self-care

Investing in ourselves

Self-care boosts nurses personally and professionally.  Nurses nationwide have performed arduous and impeccable work during the COVID-19 pandemic, now in its 21st month and about to cross into…
Nurses under pressure

Managing through a pandemic

Approaches to support nurse managers’ success. The COVID-19 crisis has brought extraordinary challenges to all nurses and intensified the demands placed on nurse managers. Along with responsibilities for…
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Nursing luminaries honored

ANA President Ernest J. Grant receives the Civitas Award.  The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) honored five distinguished nursing leaders during its 2021 Health Policy Conference in October…
Pediatric vaccination authorized

Pediatric vaccination authorized for COVID-19

Pediatric vaccination authorized for COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccines are now authorized for children from 5 to 11 years old. In November, after lengthy review of clinical trial data from…
program evaluation

Program transformation through evaluation

Assess program effectiveness using the CDC framework.  Takeaways: Nurses can drive change through program evaluation to improve patient outcomes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Program Evaluation…
Evidence Based practice

Stop the slide

Drifting back to old practices endangers the profession.  Before COVID-19, healthcare and nursing performance were moving in the right direction. Turnover was slowing, healthy work environments were becoming…
suicide

Suicide assessment and follow-up care

Nursing skills and implications. Takeaways: Suicide is a preventable and growing public health risk, and nurses are in a prime position to provide assessment and follow-up care. Many…
oncology

The journey of oncology navigation

Nurse navigators help avoid care fragmentation and support shared decision making. Takeaways: Patient navigation aims to increase health equity among patients with cancer and can be applied in…

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