ANA is keeping the pulse of nursing today. These videos focus on what nurses have to say, as well as highlighting the work ANA is doing. Watch the nursing and health videos listed below and stay tuned for more!
Nurses urge everyone 6 months and older to get the seasonal influenza vaccination. Immunization is a safe and easy way to prevent illness. The flu can be deadly, especially for people with diseases like asthma and diabetes, but it is preventable. (0:57)
ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) enables participating hospitals to gather data on nursing quality measures and compare performance on patient safety and outcomes to other hospitals. It’s improving nursing care, for nurses and by nurses. (3:30)
When hospitals participate in ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®), they don’t just get access to a database for recording numbers and measuring performance. They get consultative support with the process of developing more effective care strategies and improving quality. (2:41)
You think you are providing high-quality care to patients, but how do you know? ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) allows you to establish benchmarks by comparing results to similar units in other hospitals, and identify areas for quality improvement. (2:13)
ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) participants, from staff nurses to chief nursing officers, share successes and struggles related to improving the quality of care and patient outcomes at the annual conference. (3:58)
Nurses representing ANA join other advocates of the Affordable Care Act in a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the court considers questions about the law’s constitutionality in 2012. (0:40)
The careers and lives of two west Texas nurses were jeopardized when they were prosecuted for reporting a physician at their hospital for unsafe practices. In the end, ethics and justice prevailed, with support from the Texas Nurses Association and ANA. (3:23)
It’s a time of great opportunity for student nurses entering a profession recently energized by health care reform and the Future of Nursing report, says ANA President Karen Daley in this video.
ANA President Karen Daley highlights the expanded opportunities for nurses brought about by health care reform and the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing initiative, and urges nurses to unite to advocate for the profession and shape the future of health care.
Participants share solutions that work for patients and nursing staff at the Nursing Quality Conference, focusing on strategies developed through the use of ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®). (3:23)
Efforts to repeal or diminish the Affordable Care Act represent a “huge step backwards,” says ANA President Karen Daley, who stands firm on protecting advances in insurance coverage and new emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion. (2:38)
ANA supports efforts to prevent the transmission of communicable disease and provide access to treatment post-exposure. Too many health care workers still are at risk for contracting potentially deadly diseases that are highly preventable, says ANA President Karen Daley. (4:10)
ANA President Karen Daley tells her personal story of a needlestick injury that infected her with hepatitis C and HIV. The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act protects health care workers from preventable sharps injuries. (3:15)
President Obama took the stage at ANA’s House of Delegates (HOD) Wednesday June 16 to thank ANA and nurses for their strong commitment to ensuring access to health care and system reform.
ER nurse Ambi Zeller-Hahn describes patient at risk of stroke who couldn’t afford ER visit or hospital stay
ANA Archivist, Richard Barry, describes the symbols and people in the ANA murals that tell nursing’s story.
CEO's vision for ANA's involvement in the healthcare reform debate, addressing the nursing shortage and partnering with the constituent and state nurses associations...