2019 ANA Innovation Award winners update
Nurse-led innovation continues to unfold. (more…)
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March 2020 Vol. 15 No. 3
Adults with chronic kidney disease: Overview and nursing care goals
Millions of adults in the United States have or are at risk for developing chronic kidney disease (CKD); incidence continues to rise and CKD impacts many aspects of…
Advanced care of patients with cognitive impairment
In 2016 at PeaceHealth Saint Joseph Medical Center (PeaceHealth), a 256-bed facility in Bellingham, WA, a pattern emerged during a routine caregiver assault incident review. Most of the…
ANA In Brief – ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights celebrates 30 years
The ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights has been a leader in healthcare ethics, nursing ethics, bioethics and human rights for 30 years. In collaboration with constituents,…
ANA In Brief – Coronavirus: What you need to know
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an ongoing outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China. Cases have been identified in multiple…
ANA on the Frontline March 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: New staffing…
Avoiding antipsychotic medication use in nursing home residents with dementia
Elderly patients using antipsychotic medications are at a 1.6 to 1.7 times increased of risk of death, and antipsychotic medications are associated with significant side effects.
Build resilient teams to tackle nursing burnout
Personal resilience (using personal protective factors to cope with stress and adverse events to enhance well-being and the ability to face future challenges) can help individuals mediate the…
Federal legislative agenda
Promoting the critical role nurses play in the health of patients and the nation, as well as guaranteeing a strong nursing workforce into the future, are core components…
Frequently asked questions about the Nurse Licensure Compact
Learn more about how the compact affects you and your practice. Takeaways: The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) is an interstate agreement that allows nurses to have one license…
March 2020 Vol. 15 No. 3
Our cover story in this issue of American Nurse Journal focuses on the overuse of antipsychotic medications in nursing home residents with dementia. These individual may have behavioral…
March 2020: ANA News
ANA representative named to CMS patient safety panel Lillee Smith Gelinas, MSN, RN, CPPS, FAAN, editor-in-chief of the American Nurse Journal and an American Nurses Association (ANA) and…
March madness
It’s that time again. “March Madness” is an expression that’s been linked to basketball since 1908, but March also has been associated with another kind of madness. Beginning…
Nurses and the public’s trust
Speaking out against racism, discrimination, and prejudice. (more…)
Nursing ethics for a gig economy
I’m exhausted. My unit is always short staffed. I’m asked to work longer hours and come in on my day off. I need more control over my life…
Rapid Response: Supraventricular tachycardia
Supraventricular tachycardia is a broad term describing a fast regular rhythm originating above the atrioventricular (AV) node. A narrow complex and regular rhythm would suggest AV nodal reentrant…
The changing face of cystic fibrosis
It’s no longer a childhood illness. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Data Registry shows that more than 54% of people with cystic fibrosis live 18 years and beyond.
The perils of perfectionism in nursing
Perfectionism is a weakness masquerading as a strength. A perfectionist approach can cause even the best and brightest people to feel unmotivated, devalued, dependent, disempowered, frustrated, and ultimately…
What works: Equitable nurse-patient assignments using a workload tool
Nurses on a 36-bed medical/surgical telemetry unit in a metropolitan hospital expressed frustration with their nursing workload. Many of them felt that the time needed to safely care…
Why CNOs care about compliance
It’s a matter of ethics. (more…)
Year of the Nurse 2020
Advancing professional innovation. (more…)
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