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Advocacy

Political advocacy: A passion for shaping health care and our practice

We are engaged in a high-stakes profession—serving on the frontlines as essential players throughout our patients’ healthcare journeys, and invariably the first and last lines of defense for…

Power for positive change

ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS to nursing is not being involved in decisions about policies affecting the profession and patients. Advocacy is a cornerstone of nursing; yet…

Advocacy: A modest proposal

Nurses are with patients during some of the most important moments in their lives.

Emergency cardiac drugs: Essential facts for med-surg nurses

Advocating for patients in an era of drug-delivery problems

Learn what steps you can take to help patients avoid drug contamination and cope with drug shortages.

Speak to be heard: Effective nurse advocacy

Learn how to be a more effective advocate.

Doing the right thing: Pathways to moral courage

Learn how to prepare yourself for the ethical and moral dilemmas you’re likely to encounter in the workplace.

Caring and advocating for school children

When we think about RN staffing issues, most of us immediately think about these issues in the context of hospitals or long-term care facilities.…

The personal risks of advocating for patients

Most people take pledges at some point in their lives: They promise to live by the Girl Scout law or swear to tell the…

Nurse Advocacy for chemicals policy reform gains exposure

Through resolutions, partnerships, and conferences, ANA’s advocacy for chemicals policy reform is gaining wider exposure.

Election Day 2006: It’s nurses’ time to be heard!

Make your voice heard on election day.

Political advocacy: A passion for shaping health care and our practice

We are engaged in a high-stakes profession—serving on the frontlines as essential players throughout our patients’ healthcare journeys, and invariably the first and last lines of…

Power for positive change

ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS to nursing is not being involved in decisions about policies affecting the profession and patients. Advocacy is a cornerstone of…