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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…