According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), advocacy is a pillar of nursing. Nurses instinctively advocate for their patients in their workplaces and their communities. ANA defined advocacy as “the act or process of pleading for, supporting, or recommending a…

Imagine simply walking out the front door right this moment only to find yourself returning home weeks to months later. This is often the reality for many newly diagnosed cancer patients when visiting the emergency department to discover an abnormal…

Nursing Professional Development (NPD) is a specialty practice of nursing “that improves the professional practice and role competence of nurses and other healthcare personnel by facilitating ongoing learning, change, and role competence and growth with the intention of improving population…

ANA-Ohio proudly hosted the 2024 Inaugural Nurse Summit on April 16, 2024, at the Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions Dublin Integrated Education Center in Dublin, Ohio. The theme for the summit was Colleagues, Communication, and Collaboration, and…

Sitting in my fourth-grade classroom, I smiled as I realized I had friends. Having friends was a big deal in fourth grade, as I felt loved, I belonged to a group, and, most importantly, I had a friend’s house where…

Nurses can and should vote to exert their political advocacy in favor of candidates and issues that align with nursing values and beliefs. Yet nurses can express their political advocacy beyond voting by becoming more involved with political campaigns or…

I recently found an envelope that belonged to my parents with all my elementary, junior high, and high school report cards. In the early years, the report cards were on cardboard stock folded in half with handwritten grades on the…

ANA-Ohio was well represented at the American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly (MA) on June 28th and 29th. Members who attended the MA were: Becky Patton, Board President Deb Arms, Board Vice-President and Elected Representative Linda Warino, Board Member and…

Telephone advice nurses first came into practice in the 1970s. At that time, nurses would talk with patients over the phone to discuss home care for illnesses, manage medication refills, and discuss lab results (Mataxen & Webb, 2019). Telephone advice…

ANA-Ohio President Rebecca Patton and ANA board member and UHHS Director of Policy Khaliah Fisher-Gracfe represented ANA-Ohio at the University Hospitals Health System Nursing Leadership Conference in Cleveland Ohio. Dr. Patton is also pictured with Rear Admiral Aisha Mix DNP,…

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, with more than 48,100 people losing their lives to suicide per year (National Institute of Mental Health, 2024). Death by suicide impacts subpopulations in the United States at varying…

Do you want to become more involved with ANA-Ohio? We are seeking diverse members with various expertise and backgrounds to serve on committees. This article outlines the process to apply for a committee appointment. Applicants must be an ANA-Ohio member…