ANA House of Delegates to Focus on Health Care Reform, Human Rights, Nurse Fatigue, Other Key Nursing and Patient-Care Issues (5/27)
MEDIA ADVISORY
May 27, 2005
CONTACT:
Cindy Price, 301-628-5038
Carol Cooke, 301-628-5027
rn=realnews@ana.org
ANA House of Delegates to Focus on Health Care Reform, Human Rights, Nurse Fatigue, Other Key Nursing and Patient-Care Issues
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Over 600 RNs attending the American Nurses Association (ANA) House of Delegates (HOD) meeting will be discussing a range of issues affecting nurses and their patients, including the pressing need for health care reform, the implications of nurse fatigue on nurse and patient safety, and nurses' ethical obligations in protecting the human rights of prisoners and detainees. This year, the HOD convenes in Washington, DC. ANA's HOD meets annually to take action on broad policy issues that affect RNs, the nursing profession and patients.
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This year's ANA HOD session will consider such far-reaching issues as the implications of nurses working while fatigued, the need to create infant and child safety awareness programs and the role of RNs in protecting the human rights of prisoners and detainees.
Also key among proposals is that ANA use its leadership role to drive badly needed reforms in the health care industry. Several of ANA's state affiliates are pushing for RN-driven reforms to focus on promoting universal health care coverage and reining in escalating health care costs.
In addition, a measure that speaks to how nursing practice should be viewed in the age of telehealth and other technological advances is being proposed.
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June 17-19, 2005
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Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW Washington, DC 20008, Park Tower Suite 8228 (press room)
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| Contact: |
Cindy Price, 301-628-5038 or Carol Cooke, 301-628-5027 (American Nurses Association) |
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HOD Schedule
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Fri., June 17
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.: HOD
3:30 – 5:00 p.m
Reference Hearing
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.:
Forum on Fatigue and Overtime
8:00 – 9:00 p.m.:
Reference Hearing |
Sat., June 18
9:00 a.m. - Noon: HOD
1:30 – 5:00 p.m.: HOD |
Sun., June 19
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.:
Practice/ Education Forum
8:30 a.m. – Noon: HOD |
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The ANA is the only full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.7 million registered nurses through its 54 constituent member nurses associations. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.