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Affirmation of focused practice competencies

October 11, 2017

In August 2017, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Board of Directors approved the inclusion of an additional component to ANA’s newly revised recognition of a nursing specialty, approval…

ANA News

July 14, 2017

ANA elects board, committee members Eligible voting members at ANA’s Membership Assembly elected four members to the nine-member board of directors. Ernest James Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, of…

Arrested Utah nurse reaches settlement, plans donations

November 6, 2017

Alex Wubbels plans to donate some of the $500,000 she receives from Salt Lake City and the University of Utah (both entities agreed to split the cost of…

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Early recognition and response

September 13, 2017

Nurses work to prevent potentially fatal complication of childbirth By Susan Trossman, RN Although the United States can be credited with many scientific advances, from launching shuttles into…

Getting to know incoming ANA President Ernest Grant

August 8, 2018

Special September Frontline Preview This summer, Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, was elected to serve as president of the American Nurses Association (ANA) effective in January 2019. This…

March 10: ANA Conference Nurses Transforming Health Care

March 17, 2017

ANA’s 2017 conference on Friday continued to equip nurses for leading transformational change in health care and provided learning opportunities to translate quality into practice. “We must prepare…

Nurse leader Neville Strumpf brings vision, expertise to board presidency

July 27, 2017

As part of its ongoing initiative sponsored by the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation to recognize nurses in board leadership roles, the American Nurses Foundation interviewed Neville Strumpf,…

Nurses and aid in dying

September 9, 2019

By Julie Cullen, Managing Editor, American Nurse Today Nurses can be incredibly helpful at the end of life. Helpful to patients, friends, and families. They comfort and explain…

Nurses head to the Hill for ANA event, Washington listens

July 14, 2017

Nearly 430 participants in the American Nurses Association’s (ANA’s) Hill Day event shared their expertise, patient stories, and passion with Congressional members and staff during more than 300…

Nursing care: The quest to eliminate preventable harm

February 4, 2019

Defining the value of nursing AS PART OF OUR NURSING PRACTICE, we engage in critical thinking, prioritize patient needs, communicate with other members of the interprofessional healthcare team,…

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RNs offer creative solutions to healthcare challenges

December 16, 2020

Creativity reigned at the second annual NursePitch™, a collaboration between the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Inc. (HIMSS) and sponsored by…

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Strengthening nurses’ role in antibiotic stewardship

October 11, 2017

By Sharon A. Morgan, MSN, RN, NP-C The recent worldwide outbreak of Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant fungus, underscores the criticality of robust institutional and community- based antibiotic stewardship…

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