2011 Press Releases

Press Releases

• ANA Urges Adequate Staffing, APRN Recognition in CMS Comments on Hospital Conditions of Participation (12/20/11) 

  
  

• ANA Survey Shows Improved RN Work Environment, Yet More Can Be Done to Promote Safety (12/14/11) 

  
  

• Nurses Keep Top Spot for Honesty and Ethics in Poll Ranking Professions (12/13/11) 

  
  

• Immunization Champions Garner ANA’s National Immunity Award (12/8/11) 

  
  

• ANA Statement on the Nomination of Marilyn Tavenner to Head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (11/28/11) 

  
  

• ANA Alerts Public about Chemical Exposures from Thanksgiving Meal (11/16/11) 

  
  

• HCA letter (11/10/11) 

  
  

• Justice is Served: Texas Physician Pleads Guilty (11/8/11) 

  
  

• ANA Calls Iowa Decision a Setback for Patients (11/04/11) 

  
  

• Final ACO Rules Adopt ANA’s Recommendations on Nursing Leadership, Patient-Centered Care (10/25/11) 

  
  

• ANA and NCSBN Unite to Provide Guidelines on Social Media and Networking for Nurses - Joint Release (10/19/11)  

  
  

• ANA Condemns Bahrain Court for Prison Sentences on Nurses - Statement (10/4/11)  

  
  

• Fitzpatrick Named American Nurses Foundation Chair (10/03/11) 

  
  

• Sept 2011 ANA Immunity Award: Public Health RN, Yeatts, Ensures High Student Vaccination Rate (09/30/11) 

  
  

• ANA Holds Congressional Briefing Supporting Home Health Care (9/28/11)  

  
  

• ANA Hosts Meeting to Promote Quality in Electronic Health Documentation (9/27/11) 

  
  

• ANA Welcomes Nurses Organization in Michigan as Newest Affiliate (9/23/11) 

  
  

• ANA Supports Efforts to Empower Americans to Get Better Health Care (9/16/11) [pdf]  

  
  

• ANA Releases New Social Networking Principles (9/15/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Pledges to Help Patients Improve Care Through Use of Electronic Health Information (9/12/11) 

  
  Association Joins National Consumer eHealth Program Launch

• The American Nurses Association Mourns Past Associate Executive Director Adele Herwitz (9/9/11) [pdf]  

  
  

• ANA Recognizes Emergency Nursing as Specialty Practice (8/23/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Back-to-School Healthy Student Checklist (8/16/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Remembers Bernadine Healy - 1944-2011 (8/12/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• New ANA-PAC Board Members Elected (8/2/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• July 2011 ANA Immunity Award: Public Health Nurse Ensures Hepatitis Vaccine Goes to Vulnerable Patients, Not to Waste (7/29/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• The Leapfrog Group Will Publicly Report on Nursing Excellence (7/27/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Reaffirms Support for Medicare as Program Marks 45th Anniversary (7/1/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Applauds the Release of Environmental Safety Report (6/30/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• June 2011 ANA Immunize Award: Navy Nurse Protects Military Personnel From Disease Threats Around the World (6/29/11) [pdf] 

  
  ANA Press Release

• ANA Supports Bill to Improve Health Care Access for Medicaid Patients (6/23/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Urges Support for Home Health Care Legislation (6/22/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Three Members Appointed to Board of Largest Nurse Credentialing Body (6/16/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Justice Served - Winkler County Sheriff Found Guilty of Retaliating Against Nurses (6/16/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Testifies Before Senate About Clean Air Act (6/15/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA, Co-Publisher to Release School Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition (6/14/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Provides Testimony, Launches Website to Help Preserve Medicaid (6/9/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ACO Proposed Rule Needs More Focus on Nursing Contributions (6/2/11) [pdf] 

  
  ANA Press Release 6/2/11

• May 2011 ANA Immunity Award: Creator of Low-income Children’s Immunization Clinic at Firehouse (6/2/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Applauds Joint Commission Standards for ‘Medical Homes’ (5/24/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Vote for Nominated Nurses - Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People (5/24/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Announces Leadership Video Contest Winner (5/18/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA President Joins U.S. Delegation to 64th World Health Assembly (5/12/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Full Library of ANA’s Specialty Standards is now Available as eBooks (5/9/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Focuses on Leadership for National Nurses Week 2011 (5/4/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Mourns Past President Jo Eleanor Elliott (5/3/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• April 2011 ANA Immunity Award: First Nurse Appointed to Key CDC Immunization Committee (4/26/11) [pdf] 

  
  ANA Press Release

• ANA Urges Support for Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 (4/14/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Joins Partnership for Patients (4/12/11) 

  
  New coalition supports safer, more reliable, less costly care

• March 2011 ANA Immunity Award: Public Health RN (04/12/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Leads Coalition Urging Broader Vaccination to Protect Infants from Pertussis (3/28/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Pertussis Vaccine Outreach Letter and Dosing Guide [PDF] 

  
  Letter, co-authored by nine of the largest healthcare professional organizations that deal with maternal-child health, urges pertussis vaccination of all age groups to stop the outbreak of this disease. It also includes a comprehensive pertussis vaccine dosing guide for clinicians to use in practice. Updated April 2012.

• Celebrate One Year of the Affordable Care Act with ANA (3/21/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Study Confirms ANA Goal to Match Nurse Staffing Levels to Patients’ Needs (3/17/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Expresses Sympathy to People of Japan, Directs Nurses to Disaster Relief Efforts (3/16/11) 

  
  

• ANA Speaks out on Health Impact of Proposed Cuts to EPA Budget at Capitol Hill Event (3/10/11) 

  
  

• U.S. Army Nurse Wins February 2011 ANA Immunity Award for Protecting Soldiers against Diseases (3/9/11) [pdf] 

  
  ANA Press Release

• Garcia Named Chief Programs Officer for American Nurses Association (3/4/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Commends Obama’s Support for Accelerating State Health Program Waivers (3/3/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• New Resource to Help Consumers Navigate Health Care Law – HealthCareandYou.org (3/1/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Releases Volume Three of the NDNQI Monograph Series (2/18/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• President Obama's 2012 Budget Proposal Supports Nursing Workforce Programs (2/15/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Alarmed by Proposed CR Funding Cuts (2/15/11) [pdf] 

  
  ANA Press Release

• ANA Calls on Nurses to Help Secure Health Care's Future (2/9/11) [pdf] 

  
  ANA Press Release

• January 2011 ANA Immunity Award: RN Earns Award for Innovative Approaches to Vaccination (1/31/11) [pdf] 

  
  ANA Press Release - January 2011 Award

• Wylecia Wiggs Harris Named First ANA Chief of Staff (1/31/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA Awards 5 Hospitals for Outstanding Nursing Quality (1/27/11) 

  
  Hospitals Receive the 2010 NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality® - ANA Press Release

• Statement on the State of the Union Address (1/26/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Nursing School Dean Michael Evans Appointed Next ANCC President (1/24/11) [pdf] 

  
  

• Nursing Leaders Convene to Share Strategies on Improving Patient Outcomes (1/20/11) 

  
  5th Annual NDNQI® Conference

• Families USA Press Conference Comments (1/19/11) [pdf] 

  
  ANA CEO Marla J. Weston, PhD, RN

• ANA Affirms Support for Affordable Care Act (1/19/11) [pdf]