Applying the phases of disaster response to COVID-19 recovery
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight. Nurses may think the mental and emotional stressors experienced at the…
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How practicing gratitude helps nurses avoid burnout
Burnout and emotional exhaustion were ongoing risks for nurses long before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now these hazards have only worsened.…
Leading through service
“The first and most important choice a leader makes is the choice to serve, without which one’s capacity to lead…
Making nurses’ voices count
Last year when world health officials declared a global pandemic, the American Nurses Foundation committed to addressing the impact of…
Mentorship: The value in vulnerability
Shortly after being selected as the inaugural recipient of the American Nurses Foundation Jeannine Rivet National Leadership Award in June…
New grant promotes nurse and pharmacist teamwork
Nurses with visionary ideas about partnering with pharmacists to optimize medication use and improve patient outcomes may be interested in…
Nurses, mood, and the COVID-19 pandemic
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Nurses Foundation created the Well-Being Initiative to support the mental health and…
Post-traumatic growth and compassion: Tools to navigate the pandemic
Having navigated COVID-19’s shattering of predictable day-to-day operations, resilient nurses are adapting to the seismic shift in pandemic-driven clinical care.…
RN Initiative: A catalyst for nursing’s future
Nurses worked heroically in 2020 as the tragic spread of the novel coronavirus took on pandemic proportions and forced innovation…
Seven steps to strengthen nursing culture
Nurses need a supportive work culture more than ever as they cope with pandemic era stresses compounded by a national…
Storytelling: Resilience and influence in minutes
During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses too often are the last and only person in the room when a patient dies.…
Survey findings reveal nurses are struggling
Findings from the third mental health and wellness survey in the Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series expose the…
The RN Initiative: Funding bold ideas to transform healthcare
Nurses, as the largest number of and most trusted healthcare professionals, are a natural catalytic force for accelerating the evolution…
Vision and values
Kate Judge reflects on 10 years of growth at the American Nurses Foundation. In the 10 years since Kate Judge…
Willie Manzano: From NYC’s COVID-19 response to a brighter future
The first patient with the new coronavirus arrived at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in March, the earliest in a wave of people…
Younger nurses’ mental health disproportionately affected by pandemic
Findings from a second annual impact assessment released by the American Nurses Foundation (the Foundation) on March 1 underscore the…
