May 2012 Vol. 7 No. 5

Additional resources on bloodborne infection

Additional resources on bloodborne infection After you’ve read this special report, you might want to obtain additional information about bloodborne infections by accessing the online resources below. Bloodborne…
What is civility

Civility starts with you

Over the last decade, civility has become a hot topic. I got involved with it in 2000, when more than 700 nurses told the Maryland Commission on the…

Exercising on the go

Using these instructions, you can incorporate stretching and strengthening exercises into your daily routine.

FDA approves Levaquin for plague

On April 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Levaquin (levofloxacin) to treat patients with plague. The drug was approved under the agency’s Animal Efficacy Rule, which…

FDA warns against counterfeit Adderall

On May 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned consumers and healthcare professionals about a counterfeit version of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries’ Adderall 30 milligram tablets that…

Headlines from the Hill

To mark the 2-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, ANA took part in a celebration recognizing the law’s patient protections.

Healthy and wise

A coalition of medical societies has joined together to put the brakes on healthcare overuse and excesses.

Issues up close

ANA has joined the Partnership for Patients to improve patient safety.

Marriage may promote happiness

Marriage doesn’t make people happier than when they were single, but it does protect against normal decline in happiness during adulthood according to a study in the Journal…
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Navigating organizational politics

Editor’s note: At American Nurse Today, we believe every nurse can be a leader. This article is the first in a series by Rose Sherman, founder of the…

Physician supports APRNs in Atlantic article

John Rowe, a physician who is professor in the department of health policy and management at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, has written “Why Nurses…

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