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.

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…

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…

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…

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).