June 2010 Nursing Insider

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• Meet the New ANA President!

  
  Read ANA Press Release and Watch the Video of her HOD Adress

• California Pertussis Outbreak Declared Epidemic, Vaccine Urged

  
  The California Department of Health has declared a pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic in the state.

• 2010 West Coast Safe Patient Handling Conference

  
  ANA is co-sponsoring the 2nd Annual West Coast Safe Patient Handling Conference.

• Introducing 15% off Your Monthly Bill at SPRINT for ANA Members!

  
  

• ANA President Attends White House Meeting

  
  Read ANA Press Release

• ANA Elects Karen Daley as New President

  
  Read ANA Press Release

• Oil Spill Health Effects to Be Explored at IOM Workshop June 22-23

  
  

• ANA’s Delegates Take Action to Reduce Abuse in the Workplace, Work Toward Greater Health Literacy

  
  

• ANA Confers National Awards

  
  ANA, the largest nursing organization in the U.S., conferred national awards to 19 registered nurses for outstanding contributions to the nursing profession at ANA’s biennial House of Delegates meeting in Washington D.C. June 16-19. Read ANA Press Release.

• HOD – New President Takes the Reins

  
  Karen Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, a member of the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses (MARN) became ANA’s 35th president Saturday, following a vote by nurse leaders attending ANA’s House of Delegates (HOD).

• HOD - Seeds of Action

  
  In her first address as CEO of ANA on Friday, Marla Weston, praised the contributions of past, visionary nurse leaders who planted the seeds that established ANA and state nurses associations as influential advocacy organizations.

• Norma Lang Receives First Prestigious ANA President’s Award

  
  Nursing researcher and educator Norma Lang receives the first prestigious ANA President’s Award at ANA's House of Delegates meeting.

• HOD – Reflection and Action

  
  HOD – Reflection and Action

• Alert: Shortage of Epinephrine Emergency Syringes

  
  Read the Alert and Find Out More...

• President Obama Addresses ANA HOD

  
  Read ANA Press Release

• HOD: Obama is in the House

  
  Read the full transcript of the president’s speech... Watch the speech... Read ANA Press Release...

• May/June 2010 The American Nurse

  
  Read Current Issue of The American Nurse online at Nursingworld.org/TAN

• ANA House of Delegates Lobby Day

  
  Find out how you can contact your Member of Congress

• HOD - Let's Get It Started!

  
  President Obama is expected to speak to as many as 675 nurse delegates from around the country who will be attending ANA's biennial House of Delegates (HOD) on Wednesday, June 16.

• Recognize ANA Leaders as Powerful People

  
  Vote for Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Powerful People

• Take Time to Honor a Special Nurse Today

  
  Honor a special nurse in your life by donating to the American Nurses Foundation. Your gift will fund nursing research.

• California Appellate Court Upholds Decision to Recognize the California Nursing Practice Act

  
  The American Nurses Association (ANA), the nation’s largest nursing organization, is pleased to announce a significant victory on the issue of allowing unlicensed personnel to administer insulin in California schools. The California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District upheld the decision of the trial court that allowing unlicensed school personnel to administer insulin violated California laws, including the California Nursing Practice Act.

• Findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)

  
  According to preliminary data, the rate of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after reciept of 2009 H1N1 vaccine is consistent with seasonal influenza vaccine - 1.92 cases per million people.

• ANA’s Newly Revised Foundational Texts Available for Fall Semester

  
  ANA’s Newly Revised Nursing’s Social Policy Statement and Nursing Scope & Standards of Practice Available for Fall Semester

• OJIN Current Topic - Delegation Dilemmas: Standards and Skills for Practice

  
  Read Current Topic of OJIN...

• ANA Hall of Fame - Mary Sewall Gardner

  
  The ANA Hall of fame celebrates Nursing's past.

• Healthcare Professionals Warned Not To Use Certain Intravenous Metronidazole, Ondansetron, and Ciprofloxacin

  
  Read official CDC Health Advisory.

• Conference and Convention Attendance Important to Majority of Online Poll Respondents

  
  According to the May 2010 "Have Your Say" online poll, 76% of respondents confirmed attending nursing conferences/conventions.