Happy Nurses Week 2012! National Nurses Week is celebrated each year from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale. The ANA Nurses Week theme for 2012 is “Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring .”
The January 2012 OJIN topic, Nurse Advocates: Past, Present, and Future, is timely to this 2012 theme of celebrating nurses and nursing. The 5 new articles in the current OJIN topic emphasize advocacy by nurses and for nurses on individual and professional levels. ANA members always have the first opportunity to access the most recent OJIN topic. For National Nurses Week, we have compiled all of the topic articles listed below into a single downloadable file to put all of the great information included in this topic at your fingertips!
I hope you can take time to read some or all of the fine work by the contributing authors. Within you will find words of wisdom for your journey as a caring nurse leader and advocate!
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Jackie Owens, PhD, RN
Editor-in-Chief, OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
Overview and Summary: Nurse Advocates: Past, Present, and Future
Kathleen D. Sanford, DBA, RN, CENP, FACHE
Articles:
The Voice of Florence Nightingale on Advocacy
Louise C. Selanders, RN, EdD, FAAN; Patrick C. Crane, MSN, RN
Patient Advocacy in the Community and Legislative Arena
Mary A. Maryland, PhD, MSN, APN-BC; Rose Iris Gonzalez, PhD, RN
Role of Professional Organizations in Advocating for the Nursing Profession
Jennifer H. Matthews, PhD, RN, A-CNS, CNE, FAAN
Advocating for Nurses and Nursing
Karen Tomajan, MS, RN, NEA-BC
Advocating Globally to Shape Policy and Strengthen Nursing’s Influence
David Benton, BSc, MSc, MPhil, RGN, RMN, FRCN