​Each September, people from all over the world unite to raise awareness and to advocate for support and research efforts. As we approach World Alzheimer’s Day, which takes place every September 21, we have more reasons than ever to continue…

Volunteering Benefits Your Health and Community The first part of the year is traditionally the time to take stock of our health and make some resolutions for the months ahead. Gyms and fitness classes often fill up as people start…

June is a wonderful and usually busy month known for its graduations, vacations, and weddings. But did you know how important the month of June is to our nursing profession? A good source of information is the nursing calendar created…

This quarter, on behalf of our members, the Board of Directors: ANA-NY’s Elections closed this month; did you cast your vote for: President, Treasurer, two Directors, and three Nomination & Elections Committee members? President Dollinger continues to speak all over…

My full written report is in the Annual Book of Reports on our website. I will hit some high points here: Brittany has been working all of 2024 to create an ANA-NY app. Watch for information on how to install…

Tuesday, November 5 was Election Day. While the Presidential election dominated headlines, there were significant State races that will impact the upcoming legislative session. Former President Donald Trump won the election and will be sworn in as the 47th President…

Tammy Aiken, DNP, MSN, RN, SANE, received the Emergency Nurse Association’s 2024 Gail P. Lenehan Advocacy Award. The ENA describes the award as peer-nominated recognition of a nurse who “has had a positive impact on emergency nurses through a sustained…

I am your new ANA-NY president- no kidding! I hope you understand that joke and enjoy my last rendition of the No Kidding! column that I’ve had the joy of contributing to this newsletter (now news magazine!) since March of…

In today’s digital world, social media is a vital tool for connection and communication. However, for nursing professionals, social media can present potential risks.

Just like Taylor, ANA-NY has eras! The leader of our Advocacy Era has been our out-going President, Dr. Marilyn Dollinger. Under President Dollinger’s leadership ANA-NY has held in-person and grassroots advocacy days with our state legislators leading to the passing…

ANA-NY’s seven-member delegation attended the ANA Membership Assembly in Washington D.C. June 27-29. Each year members of state associations from across the country meet to discuss current issues that guide ANA’s advocacy and program initiatives. ANA-NY member delegate candidates submit…

Members of the Audit Committee typically meet twice a year prior to the May 15 filing deadline for the 990. The first meeting is to approve the CPA who will be contracted to perform the annual financial review and complete…

New York’s 2025-2026 budget was due on April 1. Certain policy issues delayed the final budget, as the Governor proposed a series of major policy changes that took some time for the Governor and Legislature to negotiate. As of this…

Sarah Kaplan, MSN, RN-BC, NPD-BC, Jessica Varghese, PhD, RN, Giselle Gerardi, PhD, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, and Pam Ginex, EdD, MPH, RN, OCN all had poster presentations at the Eastern Nursing Research Society’s (ENRS) 37th Annual Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, PA…

The ANA-NY Health Equity Task Force is sponsoring a 4-part virtual series on “Strategies and Skills to Broaden Inclusive Communication in Healthcare”. Task Force members worked with Northwell Health Trainer Alice Fornari to customize this successful program into four sessions…

Nurses Deal in Advocacy The American Nurses Association-New York Political Action Committee (ANA-NY PAC) was established to raise funds to support state legislators and candidates seeking elected office who champion the nursing profession. Registered nurses (RNs) around the state lead…

Nurses Deal in Advocacy The American Nurses Association-New York Political Action Committee (ANA-NY PAC) was established to raise funds to support state legislators and candidates seeking elected office who champion the nursing profession.  Registered nurses (RNs) around the state lead…

How will you spend your summer? Here at the office, once we wind down from Nurses Month, we will be juggling staff vacations in preparation for going full steam ahead toward our Annual Conference. Come visit us at our ANA-NY…

Climate change is the greatest public health crisis of the 21st century and has a significant impact on Americans. Locally, nationally, and internationally, average temperatures are rising. New York State (NYS) has seen average temperatures increase faster than the average…

Climate change is the source of widespread global impacts extending across air, sea, and land. These changes are creating environmental imbalances that have a negative effect on health and wellbeing.

The Wheels on the Bus go ‘Round and ‘Round – Transitioning to Electric School Buses Today, most school buses in New York run on diesel fuel. New York State legislature has made a historic decision to transition the entire state…

Members of the Nursing Education Committee are nurse educators who meet monthly to discuss current trends and issues in nursing education. Periodically the Executive Secretary of the NYSED Board for Nursing, Suzanne Sullivan, joins the committee calls to hear directly…

Members of the Nursing Education Committee are nurse educators who meet monthly to discuss current trends and issues in nursing education. Committee members are also encouraged to submit their own, colleagues’, or students’ work for articles in our quarterly magazine.…

Last year, I had the privilege of participating in one of ANA panels, an experience that I am honored to have been a part of.  This year, I am honored to contribute to their platform by sharing some reflections on…

Domestic violence is a silent epidemic, affecting tens of thousands of New Yorkers every year. As a nurse, you are not only a caregiver—you are often the first trusted professional a survivor meets. Every patient interaction is an opportunity to…

Purpose: This quality improvement (QI) project aims to integrate the use of interactive team chat technology among multidisciplinary healthcare team members into the discharge process thereby enhancing communication and efficiency of patient discharges. Target audience: All nursing staff, discharge coordinators…

Purpose: This EBP project was needed to improve the compliance, competence, and confidence of bedside nurses in the use of CPR using the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) program. Target audience: All nursing staff (RN, LPN, and NA), and house medical…

Implementing a transition to practice program in Rural NY: Improving retention and satisfaction of New Graduate Nurses during the first year of practice. The practice problem to be addressed in this evidence-based practice (EBP) project is the retention and satisfaction…

Purpose: The purpose of this Quality Improvement (QI) project was to measure the impact of a designated Neuro Transport RN on length of time primary RNs were off the unit, nursing staff perception of missed care, and satisfaction with the…

Firearm violence is a significant public health issue in the United States (U.S.) (The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory 2024). In 2022, more than 48,000 total people died from firearm-related injuries, including intentional self-inflicted, unintentional, interpersonal, legal intervention, and undetermined causes…

How do nursing faculty introduce and promote the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the American Nurses Association – New York (ANA-NY) within nursing education programs? How do practicing nurses engage with and use ANA and ANA-NY? These important questions were…

Jeanine Santelli, PhD, RN, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN, Faith Community Nurse We are looking forward to seeing you in person and empowered at our Annual Conference! We’ll be grooving to a 60’s theme at the TWA terminal at JFK. Here’s a fun…

Summer is a time for travel and as you read this column, I will have completed a vacation through Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia in mid-June. This column is the paper I presented at Saint Mary’s University at the Annual…

Gertrude B. Hutchinson, DNS, RN, MA, MSIS One of my first memories of getting ready to go back to school was a musical one – the jingle of an advertisement for Robert Hall clothing stores: “School bells ring and children…

The Noah Tubbs Family Trust Nursing Research Grant Award Intent: To assist qualified registered professional nurses to pursue nursing research. Special consideration will be given to nurses pursuing research in the field of geriatrics. Amount of Award: Total amount awarded…

Genesee Valley Nurses Association – May 2025 This month, during National Nurses Week, we were proud to host the Genesee Valley Nurses Association for a specialty tour exploring Susan B. Anthony’s connections to the field. The organization played a pivotal…

This June during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Association® is encouraging all Americans to take charge of their brain health. Today, there are nearly 7 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s. The lifetime risk for the disease at age…

Thursday, June 6, was the last scheduled day of New York’s 2024 legislative session, but we went into overtime. The Senate completed their business on Friday, June 7 around 8:30 p.m. while the Assembly worked through the night and completed…

Amy Kellogg, Caiti Anderson Thursday, June 12, was the last scheduled day of New York’s 2025 legislative session. The Senate completed their business early on Friday, June 13.  The Assembly returned the following week and concluded their business on Wednesday,…

In nursing school, we spend countless hours learning how to care for patients, how to assess, plan, and intervene. But one of the most eye-opening lessons we learn is that health starts long before someone arrives at a clinic or…

Karine Austin, BSN, MSN, DNP, NEA-BC, CENP, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer and Abbi-Gail Baboolal, BSN, MSN, DNP, FNP, Chief Nursing Officer at NYC Health + Hospital/Queens are one of the teams in the Nurse Innovation Fellowship: 2025-2026 Cohort by Johnson…

Who puts the culture into agriculture? Farmers I have always lived in rural America and consider rural nursing a personal passion and specialty in many regards. If you want to know a dirty little secret of mine: I actually live…

Nurse License Protection Case Study with Risk Management Strategies Presented by NSO This is sponsored content and is supplied by Nurses Service Organization. The content has been reviewed by our HCM internal editorial staff but is not peer-reviewed. A State…

Nurses House Inc, the only national fund for registered nurses in need, will be holding its annual fundraiser walk at the ANA-NY conference at the TWA Hotel in Queens, NY on Saturday October 11th. ANA-NY members who are registered for…

Connie J. Perkins, PhD, RN, CNE Spring was a great time to be a member of ANA-NY! In April, we met in Albany for an in-person board meeting and lobby day. At the board meeting, we discussed the hard work…

With nearly 7 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease today, including 426,500 New Yorkers, researchers are working tirelessly to advance science that will lead to earlier detection, preventions and additional new treatments for Alzheimer’s and all dementia. At the end…

Introduction On July 19th, 2023, New York State (NYS) Governor Hochul signed the Non-Patient Specific Orders bill #A6030C- Paulin/S6886 Rivera into law. Previously, Registered Nurses (RNs) in NYS were permitted to perform Non-Patient Specific Orders for vaccinations, Tuberculin PPD testing,…

Syphilis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC), and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) are three treatable bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STI) that cause health and economic burden worldwide (STI Incidence, Prevalence, Cost Estimates | CDC, 2022).

No Kidding! When I was going through nursing school it was drilled into our heads that long polished or artificial nails were only for our days off and if we broke that rule, every patient we touched would certainly die.…