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ANA Releases Letter Urging Nurses to Get Vaccinated

As the influenza season begins, the American Nurses Association (ANA) calls on all registered nurses to get the seasonal influenza vaccine. After all, as nurses, we have an ethical obligation not only to protect ourselves, but also to protect our patients and our families from influenza illness. ANA has long emphasized to nurses that vaccination is one simple step that everyone should take. Simultaneously, during the 2009-2010 influenza season, this nation is also facing a major health threat caused by the H1N1 virus.

The above is an excerpt from a letter by President Rebecca Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR, of the American Nurses Association (ANA) urging nurses to get vaccinated for both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus (swine flu). To read the full letter, click here: ANA Letter to Nurses.

Jacob Molyneux, senior editor/blog editor2009-11-03T12:40:36-05:00November 3rd, 2009|nursing perspective|2 Comments

What Obama Told Us (Nurses) in the West Wing Yesterday About Health Care Reform

Nurses do know the importance of these elements of health care reform.

Jacob Molyneux, senior editor/blog editor2016-11-21T13:22:32-05:00September 11th, 2009|career, health care policy, nursing perspective|23 Comments

Obama Follows Up Reform Speech By Addressing Nurses (including AJN’s Diana Mason) at White House

Said President Obama this morning, to a White House audience of nurse leaders (including Diana Mason, AJN‘s editor-in-chief emeritus): “You’re the bedrock of our medical system. . . Few people understand . . . as you do why we need reform.” Click the image above to go to a page where you can watch the full speech, and be sure to check back here for Mason’s account of her visit to the White House.

Jacob Molyneux, senior editor/blog editor2016-11-21T13:22:35-05:00September 10th, 2009|career, health care policy, nursing perspective|0 Comments

Nurse Organizations Oppose Move to Allow Non-Licensed Personnel to Give Insulin to Students (Despite ADA Testimony Supporting the Practice)

A scenario is playing out in California that may have far-reaching consequences for nursing and for school children with diabetes. At issue is a move by the California Department of Education to allow non-nurse, unlicensed school personnel—so, teachers, aides, administrators, and others—to administer insulin to children while at school or at school functions if licensed personnel are unavailable.

Jacob Molyneux, senior editor/blog editor2016-11-21T13:23:03-05:00August 25th, 2009|nursing perspective|1 Comment