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Saba, Virginia K., EdD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Home Health CAre Classification System (HHCC): An Overview (Aug. 20, 2002)
Sabo, Brenda, PhD, RN
Reflecting on the Concept of Compassion Fatigue (Jan. 31, 2011)
Saint-Eloi, Suzelle, MS RN
The Power of Professional Nursing Practice – An Essential Element of Patient and Family Centered Care(Jan. 31, 2007)
Salehi, Tahmine, Msc, BSc in Nursing
Ethics: Patients’ Rights and the Code of Nursing Ethics in Iran (July 14, 2010)
Sand-Jecklin,Kari, EdD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC
Educating Nursing Students about Health Literacy: From the Classroom to the Patient Bedside (July 23, 2010)
Sanford, Kathleen D., DBA, RN, CENP, FACHE
Overview and Summary: Nurse Advocates: Past, Present, and Future (Jan. 31, 2012)
Sarsfield, Eileen, MSN, RN
The Nursing Shortage: What Does the Nurse Reinvestment Act Mean to You? (Dec. 12, 2002)
Sattler, Barbara, RN, DrPH, FAAN
Healthy Choices: Transforming Our Hospitals into Environmentally Healthy and Safe Places (May 31, 2007)
Schloman, Barbara F., PhD, AHIP
- Information Resources Column: Overview and Summary: Information Resources (Dec. 31, 1998)
- Information Resources Column: Whom Do You Trust? Evaluating Internet Health Resources (Jan. 28, 1999)
- Information Resources Column: Needle in a Haystack? Finding Health Information on the Web (Aug. 19, 1999)
- Information Resources Column: Breaking Through the Foreign Language Barrier: Resources on the Web (June 30, 2000)
- Information Resources Column: Information Literacy: the Benefits of Partnership (Mar. 7, 2001)
- Nursing Faculty and Scholarly Publishing: Survey of Perceptions and Journal Use (Apr. 1, 2001)
- Information Resources Column: Using Health Statistics: a Nightingale Legacy (Aug. 31, 2001)
- Information Resources Column: The Internet as Community: Communication Avenues for Health Professionals and Health Consumers (Dec. 31, 2001)
- Information Resources Column: Plumbing the Depths: Using the Invisible Web (Apr. 22, 2002)
- Information Resources Column: Images on the Web: Findable, Usable, but What's Legit? (Sept. 16, 2002)
- Information Resources Column: Quality of Health Information on the Web: Where Are We Now? (Dec. 16, 2002)
- Information Resources Column: Now You See it, Now You Don’t: The Ephemeral Nature of Digital Information (Apr. 2003)
- Information Resources Column: Creative Commons: An Opportunity to Extend the Public Domain (Oct. 13, 2003)
- Information Resources Column: Health Literacy: A Key Ingredient for Managing Personal Health (Feb. 19, 2004)
- Information Resources Column: The Digital Divide: How Wide and How Deep? (May 7, 2004)
- Information Resources Column: Securing Your PC and Protecting Your Privacy (Oct. 22, 2004)
- Information Resources Column: Google Extends its Reach (Feb. 14, 2005)
- Information Resources Column: Health Care Report Cards: Pass or Fail? (May 9, 2005)
- Information Resources Column: Staying Current: What RSS Can Do for You (Oct. 7, 2005)
- Information Resources: Is it Time to Visit the Blogosphere? (Oct. 20, 2006)
Schmitt, Terri L., PhD, RN, FNP-BC
Social Media Use in Nursing Education (Sept. 30, 2012)
Schneider, Susan M., PhD, RN, CS, AOCN
Cancer-Related Fatigue (Sept. 23, 2003)
Schutte, Debra L, MSN, RN
Genetic Testing and Mental Health: The Model of Huntington Disease (Sept. 30, 2000)
Schwiran, Patricia M., PhD, RN
- Informatics: The Standardized Nursing Terminologies: A National Survey of Nurses’ Experiences and Attitudes (Feb. 25, 2011)
- Informatics: The Standardized Nursing Terminologies: A National Survey of Nurses’ Experience and Attitudes - SURVEY II: Participants, Familiarity and Information Sources (May 21, 2012)
Sechrist, Karen R., RN, PhD, FAAN
The Nursing Shortage In California: The Public Policy Role Of The California Strategic Planning (Jan. 31, 2001)
Sedlak, Carol , PhD, RN, CNS, ONC, CNE
Faculty Perceptions of Implementing an Evidence-Based Safe Patient Handling Nursing Curriculum Module (Aug. 18, 2008)
Selanders, Louise C., RN, EdD, FAAN
The Voice of Florence Nightingale on Advocacy (Jan. 31, 2012)
Seymour, Rosalee, EdD, RN
The Nursing Shortage In California: The Public Policy Role Of The California Strategic Planning (Jan. 31, 2001)
Shaner-McRae, Hollie, RN, MSA, FAAN
Environmentally Safe Health Care Agencies: Nursing’s Responsibility, Nightingale’s Legacy (May 31, 2007)
Sharps, Phyllis W., PhD, RN
Intimate Partner Violence In African American Women (Jan. 31, 2002)
Sherman, Rose O., EdD, RN, NEA-BC, CNL
- Leading a Multigenerational Nursing Workforce: Issues, Challenges and Strategies (May 31, 2006)
- Growing Future Nurse Leaders to Build and Sustain Healthy Work Environments at the Unit Level (Jan. 31, 2010)
Siantz, de Leon, M.L., PhD, RN, FAAN
Migration of Nurses: A Latin American Perspective (May 31, 2008)
Sieckert, Ann M., BAN
Nurse-Physician Workplace Collaboration (Jan. 31, 2005)
Silva, Mary Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Financial Compensation and Ethical Issues in Health Care (June 10, 1998)
- Organizational and Administrative Ethics in Health Care: An Ethics Gap (Dec. 31, 1998)
- Whistleblowing As a Failure of Organizational Ethics (Dec. 31, 1998)
- Ethics Column: Overview and Summary
  (July 2, 1999)
- Interstate Nursing Practice and Regulation: Ethical Issues for the 21st Century (July 2, 1999)
- Nursing Around the World: Cultural Values and Ethical Conflicts (Aug. 14, 2000)
- Overview and Summary: The Genetic Revolution: What? Why? How? (Sept. 30, 2000)
- Ethics Column: Domestic Violence, Nurses, and Ethics: What Are the Links? (May 14, 2002)
- Ethics Column: Ethical Grounding for Entry into Practice: Respect, Collaboration, and Accountability (Aug. 30, 2002)
- Ethics Column: Ethics and Terrorism: September 11, 2001 and its Aftermath (Jan. 31, 2003)
- Ethics Column: Errors, The Nursing Shortage and Ethics: Survey Results (Aug. 15, 2003)
- Ethics: What Would You Do? Ethics and Infection Control (Nov. 6, 2006)
Simms, Lillian M., PhD, RN, FAAN
Factors Influencing Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes in Taiwanese Nursing Homes (Aug. 3, 1999)
Sims-Giddens, Susan S., EdD, RN
Social Media Use in Nursing Education (Sept. 30, 2012)
Singleton, Kate, MSW
Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Barriers to Health Literacy (Sept. 30, 2009)
Sitterding, Mary, MSN, CNS, CNRN
Overview and Summary: Creating a Culture of Safety: The Next Steps (Sept. 30, 2011)
Skiba, Diane J., PhD, FAAN, FACMI
Adapting Your Teaching to Accommodate the Net Generation of Learners (May 31, 2006)
Small, Deborah C., RN, MSN, NE-BC
Patients First! Engaging the Hearts and Minds of Nurses with a Patient-Centered Practice Model (May 31, 2011)
Small, Robert M., MBA
Patients First! Engaging the Hearts and Minds of Nurses with a Patient-Centered Practice Model (May 31, 2011)
Smeltzer, Suzanne C., EdD, RN, FAAN
Accessible Online Health Promotion Information for Persons with Disabilities (Nov. 14, 2003)
Smith, Timothy G., PhD, MPA, BA, LPN
A Policy Perspective on the Entry into Practice Issue (Oct. 5, 2009)
Smith-Stoner, Marilyn, PhD, RN, CHPN
Teaching Patient-Centered Care During the Silver Hour (May 31, 2011)
Smolenski, Mary C., EdD, RN, CS, FNP
Assuring Continued Competence - Policy Questions and Approaches: How Should the Profession Respond? (June 30, 2000)
Snyder, Mariah, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Overview and Summary: Complementary Therapies: Are These Really Nursing? (May 31, 2001)
- Issues in Complementary Therapies: How We Got to Where We Are (May 31, 2001)
Sochalski, Julie, PhD, RN
An Overview of Health Care Spending Patterns in the United States: Using National Data Sources to Explore Trends in Nursing Services (June 10, 1998)
Sorrell, Jeanne Merkle, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Whistleblowing as a Failure of Organizational Ethics (Dec. 31, 1998)
- The Ethics of Diversity: A Call for Intimate Listening in Thin Places (Aug. 25, 2003)
- Ethics: The Expanding Circle of Environmental Ethics (Nov. 30, 2007)
- Ethics: Ethics in Healthcare Organizations: Struggling with New Questions (Aug. 20, 2008)
Sparber, Andrew RN, MS, CS
State Boards of Nursing and Scope of Practice of Registered Nurses Performing Complementary Therapies (Aug. 31, 2001)
Spasser, Mark A., PhD, AHIP
Classifying Nursing Work (Mar. 2001)
Spector, Nancy, PhD, RN
Guidelines for Using Electronic and Social Media: The Regulatory Perspective (Sept. 30, 2012)
Spellman, Joy, MSN, RN
Overview and Summary: Emergency Preparedness: Planning for Disaster Response (Sept. 30, 2006)
Speros, Carolyn I., DNSc, APRN, ANP/FNP-BC
More than Words: Promoting Health Literacy in Older Adults (Sept. 30, 2009)
Stack, Joan M., RN, BSN, MS
Empowerment Theory in Action: The Wisdom of Collaborative Governance (Mar. 31, 2008)
Stallknecht, Kirsten
American Nurses Association Convention Speech- June 24, 2000 Indianapolis, Indiana (Mar. 31, 2001)
Star, Susan Leigh, Ph.D.
Classifying Nursing Work (Mar. 2001)
Stein-Parbury, Jane, RN, PhD, FRCNA
Nursing Around the World: Australia (May 31, 2000)
Strobel, Karen, RN, MSN
Measuring Fall Program Outcomes (Mar. 2, 2007)
St-Amant, Oona, MScN, RN
Compassion Fatigue Within Double Duty Caregiving: Nurse-Daughters Caring for Elderly Parents (Jan 31, 2011)
Sullivan, Paula L., DHSc, MSN, APRN
Influenza Vaccination in Healthcare Workers: Should it be Mandatory? (Nov. 2, 2009)
Summers, Barbara, MSN, RN
Educating Nursing Students about Health Literacy: From the Classroom to the Patient Bedside (July 23, 2010)
Suresky, Jane, ND, APRN, BC
- Hirsh Institute: Psychiatric/Mental Health - Evidence for Psychiatric Nursing Practice: An Analysis of Three Years of Published Research (Dec. 19, 2003)
- Hirsh Institute: Psychiatric/Mental Health - Moving from Tradition to Evidence: A Review of Psychiatric Nursing Intervention Studies (May 14, 2007)
Swanson, Jane W., PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Improving the Culture of Patient Safety Through the Magnet® Journey (Sept. 30, 2011)
Swayze, Sonia C., RN, MA
Promoting Safe Use of Medical Devices (Oct. 17, 2011)
Taft, Susan H., PhD, MSN, RN
- An Inclusive Look at the Domain of Ethics and its Application to Administrative Behavior (Nov. 8, 2000)
- Overview and Summary: Nursing Shortage (Jan. 31, 2001)
Taglaireni, M. Elaine, EdD, RN
Career Pathways in Nursing: Entry Points and Academic Progression (Sept. 30, 2008)
Tao, Hong
Legislative Column: Obesity: From a Health Issue to a Political and Policy Issue (Mar. 28, 2005)
Taylor, Laura, MS, RN
The Nursing Shortage: What Does the Nurse Reinvestment Act Mean to You? (Dec. 12, 2002)
Taylor, Robert E., M.D., PhD, FACP, FCCP
The Cultural Lens of Genomics (Jan. 31, 2008)
Terhaar, Mary, DSNc, RN
Using Maslow’s Pyramid and the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators™ to Attain a Healthier Work Environment (Dec. 7, 2010)
Thatcher, Esther, MSN, RN
Evolving Public Health Nursing Roles: Focus on Community Participatory Health Promotion and Prevention (May 31, 2012)
Thede, Linda Q., PhD, RN-BC
- Development of an Online Journal (Aug. 16, 2000)
- Overview and Summary: Telehealth: Promise of Peril? (Sept. 30, 2001)
- Informatics: Electronic Personal Health Records: Nursing’s Role (Dec. 12, 2008)
- Informatics: The Electronic Health Record: Will Nursing Be on Board When the Ship Leaves? ( Aug. 18, 2008)
- Informatics: Electronic Records and Organizational Culture (June 15, 2009)
- Informatics: Electronic Health Records: A Boon or Privacy Nightmare? (Mar. 30, 2010)
- Informatics: The Standardized Nursing Terminologies: A National Survey of Nurses’ Experiences and Attitudes (Feb. 25, 2011)
- Informatics: Where Is It? (Jan. 23, 2012)
- Informatics: The Standardized Nursing Terminologies: A National Survey of Nurses’ Experience and Attitudes - SURVEY II: Participants, Familiarity and Information Sources (May 21, 2012)
Thompson, Barbara, RN, Dip Medical Nursing
A Journey, Not an Event – Implementation of Shared Governance in A NHS Trust (Jan. 31, 2003)
Thrower, Carol, RN, Diploma in Nursing
A Journey, Not an Event – Implementation of Shared Governance in A NHS Trust (Jan. 31, 2003)
Tidwell, EdD, RN-BC, Candice A.
Improving the Culture of Patient Safety Through the Magnet® Journey (Sept. 30, 2011)
Tõke, Joanna, MPH
Early Detection and Surveillance for Biopreparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan. 31, 2006)
Tomajan, Karen, MS, RN, NEA-BC
Advocating for Nurses and Nursing (Jan. 31, 2012)
Turner, Martha, PhD, RN
Genomics and Nursing Practice: Advancing the Nursing Profession (Jan. 31, 2008)
Tyrrell, Rosalie, RN, MS
The Power of Professional Nursing Practice – An Essential Element of Patient and Family Centered Care (Jan. 31, 2007)
Unruh, Lynn Y., PhD, RN, LHRM
Legislative: Economics of Nursing Invitational Conference Addresses Quality and Payment Issues in Nursing Care (Dec. 15, 2007)
Vanhook, Patricia M., PhD, APRN, BCM
Cost-Utility Analysis: A Method of Quantifying the Value of Registered Nurses (Sept. 30, 2007)
Veenema, Tener Goodwin, PhD, MPH, MS, CPNP
Early Detection and Surveillance for Biopreparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan. 31, 2006)
Vesala-Husemann, Maija, MSc, RN, RHV, QNT
Nutrition and Disaster Preparedness: Focusing on Vulnerability, Building Capacities (Sept. 30, 2006)
Vidal, Kathleen, MSN, RN
Mindful Communication: A Novel Approach to Improving Delegation and Increasing Patient Safety (May 31, 2010)
Vigue, Brenda, PhD(c), MS, APRN, BC
Legislative Column "Safe Staffing in Massachusetts: A Year of Legislative Action" (May 15, 2006)
Villaire, Michael , MSLM
Enhancing Written Communications to Address Health Literacy (Sept. 30, 2009)
Visovsky, Constance, PhD, RN, ACNP
- Cancer-Related Fatigue (Sept. 23, 2003)
- Exercise and Cancer Recovery (Mar. 28, 2005)
Washington, Deborah, PhD(c), RN
The Power of Professional Nursing Practice – An Essential Element of Patient and Family Centered Care (Jan. 31, 2007)
Walker, Charles A., PhD, RN
Application of a Marketing Concept to Patient-Centered Care: Co-Producing Health With Heart Failure Patients (April 3, 2012)
Walker, Patricia Hinton, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Competency Assessment: Methods for Development and Implementation in Nursing Education (Sept. 30, 1999)
- Collaboration: Leadership in a Global Technological Environment (Jan. 31, 2005)
Walton-Moss, Benita J., DNS, RNCS, FNP
Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Nursing (Jan. 31, 2002)
Ward, Jackye, MSHRM, RN, CNAA-BC
A Healthy Work Environment: It Begins With You (Jan. 31, 2010)
Ward-Griffin, Catherine, PhD, RN
Compassion Fatigue Within Double Duty Caregiving: Nurse-Daughters Caring for Elderly Parents (Jan 31, 2011)
Warino, Linda S., BSN, RN, CPAN
Tractional and Non-Traditional Collective Bargaining: Strategies to Improve the Patient Care Enviornment (Jan. 31, 2004)
Waters, Thomas, PhD, CPE
State of the Science in Ergonomics (Apr. 22, 2005)
Watson, Joanne, MSN, RN
Educating Nursing Students about Health Literacy: From the Classroom to the Patient Bedside (July 23, 2010)
Watson, Mary, MSN, ARNP, BC
Measuring Fall Program Outcomes (Mar. 2, 2007)
Watts, Rosalyn J., Ed.D, RN, FAAN
Race Consciousness and the Health of African Americans (Jan. 31, 2003)
Weaver, Betsy, EdD
Communication Technology and Social Media: Opportunities and Implications for Healthcare Systems (Sept. 30, 2012)
Weckman, Heather N., MS, CNL-BC, BSN, RN-BC
The Critical Nature of Early Nursing Involvement for Introducing New Technologies (May 31, 2009)
Weiner, Elizabeth, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN
Preparing Nurses Internationally for Emergency Planning and Response (Sept. 30, 2006)
Welker-Hood, Kristen, DSc, RN
Regulatory, Institutional, and Market-Based Approaches Towards Achieving Comprehensive Chemical Policy Reform (May 31, 2007)
Welton, John M., PhD, RN
Mandatory Hospital Nurse to Patient Staffing Ratios: Time to Take a Different Approach (Sept. 30, 2007)
Werner, Kathryn E., MPA
Moving Forward Together: The Practice Doctorate in Nursing (Sept. 30, 2005)
West, George
Some Do's and Don'ts in Establishing Your Electronics Journal (Jan. 31, 2000)
Weston, Marla J., PhD, RN
- Integrating Generational Perspectives in Nursing (May 31, 2006)
- Strategies for Enhancing Autonomy and Control Over Nursing Practice (Jan. 31, 2010)
Weydt, Alice, RN, MS
Developing Delegation Skills (May 31, 2010)
White, Pamela, MS, MLS, RN
Legislative: Searching for Health Policy Information on the Internet: An Essential Advocacy Skill (March 30, 2010)
Whittaker, Susan, MSN, RN
Assuring Continues Competence - Policy Questions and Approaches: How Should the Profession Respond? (June 30, 2000)
Wilburn, Susan Q., MPH, RN
- Needlestick and Sharps Injury Prevention (Sept. 30, 2004)
- Overview and Summary: Environmental Health: Important Choices for a Greener World (May 31, 2007)
- Regulatory, Institutional, and Market-Based Approaches Towards Achieving Comprehensive Chemical Policy Reform (May 31, 2007)
Willard, Barbara, ND, RN
Difficult Professional Choices: Deciding Between the PhD and the DNP in Nursing (Dec. 22, 2006)
Williams, Janet K., PhD, RN, CPNP, CGC
Genetic Testing and Mental Health: The Model of Huntington Disease (Sept. 30, 2000)
Williamson, Susan H., MPH, RN
Nursing Regulation for the New Millennium: The Mutual Recognition Model (May 31, 1999)
Winfrey, Marion, EdD, RN
The Power of Professional Nursing Practice – An Essential Element of Patient and Family Centered Care (Jan. 31, 2007)
Woods, Stephanie J., PhD, RN
One Year Later: The Impact and Aftermath of September 11 (Sept. 30, 2002)
Wright, Marilyn, BSN, RN.C
Measuring Fall Program Outcomes (Mar. 2, 2007)
Wright, Marion E., BSc, MSc, PhD, RN, RM, RHV
Nutrition and Disaster Preparedness: Focusing on Vulnerability, Building Capacities (Sept. 30, 2006)
Wynd,Christine A., PhD, RN, CNAA
A Proposed Model for Military Disaster Nursing (Sept. 30, 2006)
Wyss, Lora L., PhD, RN, CNS
Using Theory to Interpret Beliefs in Migrants Diagnosed with Latent TB (Nov. 16, 2006)
Yang, Ke-Ping A., PhD, RN
Factors Influencing Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes in Taiwanese Nursing Homes (Aug. 3, 1999)
Yin, Jeo-Chen T., PhD, RN
Factors Influencing Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes in Taiwanese Nursing Homes (Aug. 3, 1999)
Young, Heather M., PhD, ARNP, FAAN
Challenges and Solutions for Care of Frail Older Adults (May 31, 2003)
Zauszniewski, Jaclene A., PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
- Hirsh Institute: Psychiatric/Mental Health - Evidence for Psychiatric Nursing Practice: An Analysis of Three Years of Published Research (Dec. 19, 2003)
- Moving from Tradition to Evidence: A Review of Psychiatric Nursing Intervention Studies (May 14, 2007)
Zielstorff, Rita D., MS, RN, FAAN
What's in a Name: Characteristics of a Good Nursing Nomenclature from an Informatics Perspective (Sept. 30, 1998)
Zimmerman, Vanessa, MSN, RN
Accessible Online Health Promotion Information for Persons with Disabilities (Nov.14, 2003)

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