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May 2020 Vol. 15. No. 5
Turn a challenge into an opportunity. Takeaways: The interim nurse manager role can be extremely complex and challenging but is crucial for department stability, leadership continuity, patient safety,…
Following this advice can help protect you and your patients. Takeaways: “Safe patient handling and mobility” is the catch phrase all nurses need to know, not only to…
Self-care also critical during COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)
Protecting nurses caring for patients and preventing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in healthcare facilities and the community continue to be the top priorities for the…
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: COVID-19 updates…
How to manage and stay healthy in uncertain times. (more…)
Increased nurse confidence can result in improved patient outcomes. Takeaways: Direct care nurses drive nursing excellence using Pathway standards Empowering nurses to have a voice in their practice…
Many children and adolescents around the world have been victims of at least one traumatic event—child abuse and neglect, war, school shootings, natural disasters, accidents and injuries, and…
Take on challenges, seek support. (more…)
Is this program the right fit for your organization? Takeaways: Pathway to Excellence frequently asked questions are answered. Common myths are dispelled. The framework to benefit all healthcare…
Plan ahead to ensure a successful and respectful experience. Takeaways: Embarking on a global health trip includes both logistical and ethical considerations. Preparation before a global health trip…
Decision-making during a healthcare crisis. (more…)
Home care is unique, placing nurses and other healthcare professionals in patients’ homes and personal space, and doesn’t include typical healthcare organization requirements.
Interview tool helps nurses find the right fit. Takeaways: Asking the right questions can help ensure you choose a positive practice environment A positive work environment is critical…
Beyond being trusted by the public for their roles in hospitals, ambulatory clinics, schools, and other settings, nurses have a long track record of using their expertise and…
This issue of American Nurse Journal finds the world continuing to live with and battle COVID-19. The journal staff want to thank all of the nurses who are…
Pilot initiative shows significant growth in board service. (more…)
When the ANA Enterprise began planning the Year of the Nurse, including expanding the traditional National Nurses Week to a month-long celebration, we didn’t anticipate the different world…
Follow Houston Methodist The Woodland’s Hospital as it achieves ANCC Pathway to Excellence® designation. Takeaways: A new 187-bed acute care hospital embarks on the Pathway to Excellence® journey.…
Risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression include impaired rental clearance, high opioid tolerance, and sleep apnea history. Tools for assessing patient sedation levels include Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale and…
Bullying and incivility are rampant on my nursing unit. My manager doesn’t address the situation, which contributes to an unhealthy work environment. Things escalated recently with one physician…
Nurses continue to build bridges for patients and their families. Takeaways: 2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Established by the W.H.O to celebrate nurses’ role…
A community hospital recognizes a need and builds a program to meet it. Takeaways: To recruit and retain a strong, competent nursing workforce, healthcare organizations must provide programs…
Our communities are under unprecedented stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonessential personnel are isolated and quarantined at home. Some people may have to drop off an extremely ill…
Unplanned extubations (UEs) can be reduced through the implementation of standardization of best practices, policies and procedures for institution-wide reliability for airway management safety. While organizational change is…
ANA’s revised safe patient handling and mobility standards are coming soon. (more…)
5 steps to interim manager success
Turn a challenge into an opportunity. Takeaways: The interim nurse manager role can be extremely complex and challenging but is crucial for department stability,…
7 tips nurses should know about safe patient handling
Following this advice can help protect you and your patients. Takeaways: “Safe patient handling and mobility” is the catch phrase all nurses need to…
ANA advocates to protect nurses and prevent COVID-19’s spread
Protecting nurses caring for patients and preventing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in healthcare facilities and the community continue to be the…
ANA on the Frontline May 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…
Changing a culture through Pathway to Excellence®
Increased nurse confidence can result in improved patient outcomes. Takeaways: Direct care nurses drive nursing excellence using Pathway standards Empowering nurses to have a…
Children and post-traumatic stress disorder
Many children and adolescents around the world have been victims of at least one traumatic event—child abuse and neglect, war, school shootings, natural disasters,…
Dispelling common myths about ANCC’s Pathway to Excellence®
Is this program the right fit for your organization? Takeaways: Pathway to Excellence frequently asked questions are answered. Common myths are dispelled. The framework…
Ethics and global health outreach programs
Plan ahead to ensure a successful and respectful experience. Takeaways: Embarking on a global health trip includes both logistical and ethical considerations. Preparation before…
Home care safety
Home care is unique, placing nurses and other healthcare professionals in patients’ homes and personal space, and doesn’t include typical healthcare organization requirements.
How to choose your first nursing job wisely
Interview tool helps nurses find the right fit. Takeaways: Asking the right questions can help ensure you choose a positive practice environment A positive…
Into the community
Beyond being trusted by the public for their roles in hospitals, ambulatory clinics, schools, and other settings, nurses have a long track record of…
May 2020 Vol. 15 No. 5
This issue of American Nurse Journal finds the world continuing to live with and battle COVID-19. The journal staff want to thank all of…
Nurses Month during a time of crisis
When the ANA Enterprise began planning the Year of the Nurse, including expanding the traditional National Nurses Week to a month-long celebration, we didn’t…
One Hospital’s journey to excellence
Follow Houston Methodist The Woodland’s Hospital as it achieves ANCC Pathway to Excellence® designation. Takeaways: A new 187-bed acute care hospital embarks on the…
Opioid-induced respiratory depression
Risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression include impaired rental clearance, high opioid tolerance, and sleep apnea history. Tools for assessing patient sedation levels include…
Promoting civility in the workplace
Bullying and incivility are rampant on my nursing unit. My manager doesn’t address the situation, which contributes to an unhealthy work environment. Things escalated…
Reflections on Nightingale in the Year of the Nurse
Nurses continue to build bridges for patients and their families. Takeaways: 2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Established by the W.H.O…
Revising a clinical ladder program to increase nurse participation
A community hospital recognizes a need and builds a program to meet it. Takeaways: To recruit and retain a strong, competent nursing workforce, healthcare…
Supporting nurses when patients die during a disaster: What leaders can do
Our communities are under unprecedented stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonessential personnel are isolated and quarantined at home. Some people may have to drop…
Unplanned Extubation: Eliminating preventable deaths
Unplanned extubations (UEs) can be reduced through the implementation of standardization of best practices, policies and procedures for institution-wide reliability for airway management safety.…
What’s new in SPHM
ANA’s revised safe patient handling and mobility standards are coming soon. (more…)