Nursing scholarships
American Nurse would like to highlight some nursing scholarships for current students, or individuals planning to go into the nursing field. (more…)
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Community highlight – Shining the Light on All the Right: Celebrating the Art of Nursing Around the World
American Nurse would like to highlight a new book released by The DAISY Foundation to celebrate its 20th anniversary, as well as the World…
Finding Your First Travel Nursing Assignment
So you’ve done the research and decided that you want to give travel nursing a try. Great! The next step is to find your…
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…
Kicking off the collaborative writing team
Writing doesn’t have to be a solitary activity; in fact, coauthors can make the process easier. I was part of a writing team for…
ANA In Brief: February 2020 Frontline
Nurses declared most honest, ethical for 18 years straight The American Nurses Association (ANA) con-gratulates nurses for maintaining the #1 spot in Gallup’s annual…
Developing a mentor program to improve support and retention
A medical intensive care unit implements mentorship to ease the transition from novice to practicing nurse. Takeaways: After orientation is complete, newly hired nurses…
ANA enterprise and foundation news: February 2020
We can’t do it alone When the ANA Enterprise launched Healthy Nurse, Healthy NationTM (HNHN) with the goal of transforming the health of the…
Ethics of bedside arraignments
I am a medical-surgical nurse and admitted a patient to my unit who was arrested and injured during the commission of an alleged crime.…
Innovating better patient care
While the idea of innovation can conjure images of high-tech gadgets and artificial intelligence, more often innovation is a result of changes in approach…
7 tips for eliminating the ‘no time’ writing excuse
An oft-cited excuse for not writing is, “I don’t have the time.” (I confess to using it myself on more than one occasion.) The…
Nursing scholarships
American Nurse would like to highlight some nursing scholarships for current students, or individuals planning to go into the nursing field. (more…)
Community highlight – Shining the Light on All the Right: Celebrating the Art of Nursing Around the World
American Nurse would like to highlight a new book released by The DAISY Foundation to celebrate its 20th anniversary, as well as…
Finding Your First Travel Nursing Assignment
So you’ve done the research and decided that you want to give travel nursing a try. Great! The next step is to…
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…
Kicking off the collaborative writing team
Writing doesn’t have to be a solitary activity; in fact, coauthors can make the process easier. I was part of a writing…
ANA In Brief: February 2020 Frontline
Nurses declared most honest, ethical for 18 years straight The American Nurses Association (ANA) con-gratulates nurses for maintaining the #1 spot in…
Developing a mentor program to improve support and retention
A medical intensive care unit implements mentorship to ease the transition from novice to practicing nurse. Takeaways: After orientation is complete, newly…
ANA enterprise and foundation news: February 2020
We can’t do it alone When the ANA Enterprise launched Healthy Nurse, Healthy NationTM (HNHN) with the goal of transforming the health…
Ethics of bedside arraignments
I am a medical-surgical nurse and admitted a patient to my unit who was arrested and injured during the commission of an…
Innovating better patient care
While the idea of innovation can conjure images of high-tech gadgets and artificial intelligence, more often innovation is a result of changes…
7 tips for eliminating the ‘no time’ writing excuse
An oft-cited excuse for not writing is, “I don’t have the time.” (I confess to using it myself on more than one…