2013 Press Releases

Press Releases

• American Nurses Foundation Names New Director of Development (09/18/13) 

  
  

• ANA Releases New Edition of Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (8/27/13) 

  
  

• ANA Calls for Health Protection Measures in California Schools (8/12/13) 

  
  

• Nursing Alliance for Quality Care Moves to American Nurses Association (8/12/13) 

  
  

• ANA and the Rheumatology Nurses Society Co-publish First Standards for Newly Recognized Nursing Specialty (8/1/13) 

  
  

• ANA Recommends Requiring Health Plans to Include APRNs to Qualify for State Health Insurance Exchanges (7/29/13) 

  
  

• ANA Statement: "Health Care Workers Unprotected": Clarion Call for Culture of Safety (7/17/13) 

  
  

• ANA Supports Federal Bill to Eliminate Manual Patient Handling (7/10/13) 

  
  

• ANA and the American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses Update Plastic Surgery Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition (7/9/13) 

  
  

• ANA Holds Inaugural Membership Assembly (6/29/13) 

  
  

• ANA Launches Leadership Institute with New Organizational Partners (6/27/13) 

  
  

• ANA Urges Support for Bill Recognizing APRNs’ Ability to Sign Home Health Plans of Care for Medicare Patients (6/27/13) 

  
  

• ANA Lauds Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality (6/26/13) 

  
  

• American Psychiatric Nurses Association Upgrades to Organizational Affiliate Premier Member of ANA (6/26/13) 

  
  

• ANA Kicks off Lobby Day by Honoring Nurse Advocates (6/26/13) 

  
  

• ANA Releases National Standards for Safe Patient Handling and Mobility To Spur Commitment to Culture of Safety (6/25/13) 

  
  

• American Nurses Foundation to Develop E-tools to Aid Nurses in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment (6/20/13) 

  
  

• ANA to Release Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Interprofessional National Standards on June 26 (6/6/13) 

  
  

• ANA Hails Iowa Court Ruling as Nurses’ Scope of Practice Win (5/31/13) 

  
  

• ANA Gains Radiologic and Imaging Nurses as Organizational Affiliate (5/30/13) 

  
  

• American Nurses Association Urges the California Supreme Court to Protect Children with Diabetes (5/29/13) 

  
  

• American Nurses Association Publishes New Staffing 101 Guide (5/23/13) 

  
  

• ANA Applauds Confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner to Lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (5/15/13) 

  
  

• Clean Air Takes Over Capitol Hill (5/15/13) 

  
  

• ANA Empowers Nurses to Create Solutions to Staffing Challenges (5/14/13) 

  
  

• Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Bill Introduced in Congress (5/8/13) 

  
  

• National Nurses Week Emphasizes Quality Care and Innovation, May 6-12 (4/29/13) 

  
  

• American Nurses Foundation Announces New Scholarship Fund Supported by Grant from Fresenius Kabi (4/23/12) 

  
  

• ANCC Announces New Appointments for Commission on Magnet Recognition (4/22/13) 

  
  

• ANA to Release New Poetry Book for Nurses in time for National Nurses Week (4/16/13) 

  
  

• ANA and the Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing Co-Publish Radiologic and Imaging Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (4/15/13) 

  
  

• President Obama's 2014 Budget Proposal Supports Stronger Health Care System (4/11/13) 

  
  

• New Scope and Standards for RNs Caring for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (4/4/13) 

  
  

• ANA and the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses Co-Publishes Neuroscience Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition (03/13/13) 

  
  

• National Quality Organization Endorses Performance Measures Used by ANA to Assess Nursing Care in Hospitals (3/5/13)  

  
  

• ANA Calls on Lawmakers to End Painful Cuts (3/1/13) 

  
  

• ANA and American Holistic Nurses Association Co-Publishes Holistic Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition (2/28/13) 

  
  

• Statement on National Federation of Nurses Affiliation with the American Federation of Teachers (2/14/13) 

  
  

• Public Health Nurses Seeking to Immunize Underserved Populations Earn ANA’s Immunity Award (2/11/13)  

  
  

• ANA Supports Nomination of Marilyn Tavenner to Head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2/8/13) 

  
  

• 6 Hospitals Earn ANA’s 2012 Award for Nursing Quality (2/7/13) 

  
  

• American Nurses Foundation to Award $200,000 in 2013 Research Grants (2/1/13)  

  
  

• American Nurses Foundation Appoints Two New Board Members (1/22/13) 

  
  

• ANA Publications Win AJN’s Book of the Year Awards (1/11/13) 

  
  

• ANA Calls Fiscal Cliff Compromise an Important Step Forward (1/2/13)