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2009 Nursing Organizational News

April 2009

• Nursing Care Enhanced Through Technology
  
• Holistic Nursing Considers All Aspects of a Patient’s Life
  
• Hospitals Switch to Reusable Sharps Containers
  
• Switching Specialties Can Broaden Nurses’ Skills
  
• Variety of Skills Needed for Addictions Nursing
  

March 2009

• Working the Night Shift Takes its Toll on Your Health
  
• Hourly Rounds Reduce Rate of Patient Falls and Bedsores
  
• Doctorate Programs Offer Nurses Different Options
  
• Nurses Hesitate to Report Errors
  
• What are the Fastest Growing Nurse Specialties?
  
• More Nursing Schools Offer BSN Programs to Attract Working Nurses
  
• Single-Parent Nursing Students Reap Rewards of Innovative Program
  

February 2009

• RN Team Makes Significant Contribution to Nursing Diagnoses
  
• Forensic Nursing Encompasses Wide Range of Opportunities
  
• Program Helps Fill Nursing Instructor Gap
  
• Nurses Have Many MSN Choices to Advance Their Careers
  

January 2009

• Nurses Reap the Rewards of Specialty Certifications
  
• Nursing School Starts Post-Master’s Sleep Program
  

2007 Nursing Organizational News

June 2007

• New Orleans VNA Finds Alternative Ways to Deliver Care
  
• Leapfrog Launches Never Event Initiative
  
• More than Science to This Specialty
  
• Spotlight on Nurse Consumer Advocates
  

May 2007

• Nightingale Metrics Improve Care and Satisfaction
  
• National Nurses' Group Advises on Issues
  

April 2007

• Grace Model Helps Elders Function Independently
  

March 2007

• ANIA Members on the Forefront of Information Advances
  
• Organizational News for the Week of March 5, 2007
  
• Heart Association Launches Attack on Women’s Heart Disease
  

February 2007

• Nurse Organization Helps Foreign Nurses Gain Licenses
  
• Organizational News for the Week of February 5, 2007
  

January 2007

• Foundations Join Forces to Address Workforce Issues
  
• AONE Grant Aims to Transform Care Delivery
  
• Fellowships Prepare Nurses as MS Specialists
  
• Organizational News for the Week of January 8, 2007
  

2006 Nursing Organizational News

December 2006

• New York Protects Title of Nurse
  
• Organizational News for the Week of December 4, 2006
  

November 2006

• Organizational News for the Week of November 6, 2006
  

October 2006

• Regional QI Initiative Involves Nurses
  
• Organizational News for the Week of October 2, 2006
  

September 2006

• Organizations Recommend Safe Medication Practices
  
• Space Nursing Society Prepares for Future Flights
  
• Organizational News for the Week of September 11, 2006
  

August 2006

• Organizational News for the Week of August 7, 2006
  
• National Nurses Response Team Helps Lessen Danger's Destruction
  

July 2006

• ANA, State Affiliates Sue HHS over Nurse Staffing, Medicare
  
• Organizational News for the Week of July 3, 2006
  

June 2006

• Wanda Johanson, RN, MN: Creating Healthy Workplaces
  
• Organizational News for the Week of June 5, 2006
  
• HCA North Texas Launches HeartOne Network
  

May 2006

• Spotlight on Long-Term Acute-Care Nursing
  

April 2006

• Organizational News for the Week of May 1, 2006
  
• Organizational News for the Week of April 3, 2006
  
• Nightingale Tribute Honors Deceased Nurses
  

March 2006

• Organizational News for the Week of March 20, 2006
  
• Organizational News for the Week of March 6, 2006
  
• New Nurse Union Alliance Gives a Voice to the Masses
  

February 2006

• Organizational News for the Week of Feb. 6, 2006
  

January 2006

• Nurses Help with Power Restoration
  

2005 Nursing Organizational News

December 2005

• Organizational News for the Week of Dec. 26
  
• DMAT Volunteers Continue to Assist Hurricane Victims
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Dec. 12
  
• AHA Announces New CPR Guidelines
  

November 2005

• Adapting to an Aging Workforce
  
• Nurse Volunteers Help Bring Smiles to Mexico’s Children
  

October 2005

• Organizational News for the Week of Oct. 31
  
• American Arab Nurses Association Sets its Sights on Recruitment, Diversity
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Oct. 17
  
• Hospital Shock Team Saves Lives, Empowers Nurses
  

September 2005

• Organizational News for the Week of Oct. 3
  
• The Emerging Role of the Nurse Informaticist
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Sept. 19
  
• Transforming Care at the Bedside Spurs Innovation
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Sept. 5
  
• ACE Units Improving Elders’ Care
  

August 2005

• Organizational News for the Week of Aug. 22
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Aug. 8
  

July 2005

• Organizational News for the Week of July 25
  
• Hospital Elder Life Program Decreases Patient Delirium
  
• Organizational News for the Week of July 11
  
• Nurse Competence in Aging Prepares Nurses for Elder Patients
  

June 2005

• Organizational News for the Week of June 27, 2005
  
• Nurses Warn Against Fireworks Injuries
  
• Organizational News for the Week of June 13
  
• Nephrology Nurses Aid the Chronically Ill
  

May 2005

• Organizational News for the Week of May 30
  
• Vascular Nursing Requires More Than Patients
  
• Psychiatric Nursing: Helping Patients in Crisis
  
• Organizational News for the Week of May 16
  

April 2005

• Spotlight on Burn Care Nursing
  
• Organizational News for the Week of May 2
  
• Organizational News for the Week of April 18
  
• Spotlight on Radiology Nursing
  
• Organizational News for the Week of April 4
  

March 2005

• Spotlight on Psychiatric Nursing
  
• Organizational News for the Week of March 21
  
• Spotlight on Nurses in Genetics: Identification and Information Key
  
• Holistic Nursing Finds Its Niche
  
• Spotlight on Managed Care Nursing
  

February 2005

• Nursing Organizations Decry President Bush's 2006 Budget
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Feb. 21
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Feb. 7
  

January 2005

• Organizational News for the Week of Jan. 24
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Jan. 10
  

2004 Nursing Organizational News

December 2004

• Organizational News for the Week of Dec. 27
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Dec. 13
  

November 2004

• Organizational News for the Week of Nov. 29
  
• New Nursing Organization Focuses on Heart Failure
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Nov. 15
  
• Spotlight on HIV-AIDS Nursing
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Nov. 1
  
• Spotlight on Nurse Practitioners: A Growing Specialty
  

October 2004

• Spotlight on Urology Nursing: Helping Patients Manage Chronic Disorders
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Oct. 18
  
• Spotlight on Gerontological Nurse Practitioners
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Oct. 4
  

September 2004

• Spotlight on Emergency Department Nursing
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Sept. 20
  
• Spotlight on Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Nursing
  
• Spotlight on Spinal Cord Nursing
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Sept. 6
  

August 2004

• Spotlight on Med-Surg Nursing: A New Focus on Acute Care
  
• Orientation Anytime, Anyplace—With Online Technology
  
• Innovations in Assessing Competence Examined
  
• Organizational News for the Week of Aug. 9
  

July 2004

• Spotlight on National Black Nurses Association
  
• Organizational News for the Week of July 26
  
• Spotlight on School Nursing
  
• Organizational News for the Week of July 12
  
• Nurse Director Selected as a Continuing Education Appraiser
  

June 2004

• Organizational News for the Week of June 28
  
• Spotlight on AWHONN
  
• Organizational News for the Week of June 14
  
• AORN Develops JCAHO Surgical Safety Protocol Toolkit
  

May 2004

• Organizational News for the Week of June 1
  
• Conquering Challenges: Critical-Care Nurses Inspired
  
• Four ICUs Receive First Beacon Awards
  
• Spotlight on Critical-Care Nurses
  
• Organizational News for the Week of May 17
  
• Organizational News for the Week of May 3
  

April 2004

• Spotlight on Orthopaedic Nursing
  
• It Begins with an RN: Pearl Moore, ONS CEO
  
• Spotlight on Oncology Nursing
  
• Organizational News for the Week of April 19
  
• ASPAN National Conference Focuses on Future of Perianesthesia Nursing
  
• AONE—Shaping the Future
  
• AORN: Creating a Culture of Retention
  
• Occupational Health Nurses Create Safer Workplaces
  
• Spotlight on Nephrology Nursing
  

March 2004

• Spotlight on Perioperative Nursing
  
• Spotlight on Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
  

2003 Nursing Organizational News

December 2003

• New Web Site Offers One-Stop Shopping for Federal Grants
  
• Honor Society of Nursing Launches New Career Development Tool
  

November 2003

• Health Care Industry Executive Named Interim Executive Director of the ENA
  

September 2003

• The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Develops Pain Management Guidelines
  
• Pediatric Nurses Ride Winds of Change at Annual Conference
  
• Nurses Caring for the Disabled and Chronically Ill Find Work Challenging, Fulfilling
  

July 2003

• Disabilities Can’t Stop These Nurses
  

June 2003

• Safety, Wellness are the Name of the Game for Occupational Health Nurses
  

April 2003

• Alaska Nurse Alert System Coordinates Volunteers
  

January 2003

• Nursing Malpractice: What You Should Know