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2008 National Nurses Week - 'Nurses: Making a Difference Every Day'

Mar 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The American Nurses Association (ANA) has announced the theme of National Nurses Week 2008, "Nurses: Making a Difference Every Day." National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of ...

Tri-Service Military SIG Poster Presentation

Mar 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Facilitating and Enhancing Health Literacy in a Primary Care Setting The Tri-Service Military SIC will present its poster, "Facilitating and Enhancing Health Literacy in a Primary Care Setting, " during AAACN's Annual Conference. View many other posters and hear colleagues from across ...

The Self-Diagnosed Patient

Mar 01, 2008; Koehne, Kathryn ... Telehealth Trials & Triumphs Health information is available in a vast amount of medium and is accessible 24/7. With a click of a remote or computer mouse, there is instant access to an infinite amount of information. Commercials and infomercials promoting a vast array of ...

Quick Takes: Citing Electronic Sources Part I: Periodicals

Mar 01, 2008; Douglas, Laura ... Increasingly, journals, newsletters, reports, and other scholarly publications are moving toward posting articles and information on the Internet. Commonly, authors reference articles from print periodicals that also make their content available online. According to the APA Manual, if an article ...

Achieving Success by Leading From Wherever You Are in the Organization

Mar 01, 2008; Anonymous ... I appreciate the opportunity to have served as President of AAACN, and I am very grateful for your support throughout the past year. It has been a delightful experience, and I have been able to participate in the growth of the organization and celebrate its many accomplishments. Over the past ...

AAACN NEWS

Mar 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Earn Contact Hours With the Core Curriculum The second edition of AAACN's Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Care Nursing, released in 2006, has most likely proven itself as an important reference for you and your colleagues. Remember that you can earn continuing nursing education contact ...

132 New Members Recruited By Members in 2007!

Mar 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Members were busy in 2007 informing colleagues of the benefits of membership in AAACN. During the Member-get-a-Member campaign, which ran from April 1 to December 31, 2007,132 new members were recruited by members. To qualify, new members needed to write the name of who recruited them on their ...

Health Literacy... Do Your Patients Really Understand?

Mar 01, 2008; Attwood, Carol Ann ... An elderly, non-English-speaking gentleman from Eastern Europe arrives at your ambulatory care clinic with a complaint of generalized abdominal pain. Unable to bring any family members with him because they are currently working, he has no one to translate for him, he cannot understand the ...

REAL: NURSES ISSUES SOLUTIONS

Mar 01, 2008; Spahr, Nancy ... Editor's Note: This ongoing column highlights some of our AAACN members by looking at the types of ambulatory roles they fill, their day-to-day challenges, their reasons for joining AAACN, and how AAACN membership has helped them as professional ambulatory care nurses. Only an ambulatory ...

Needlestick and Sharps Injury Prevention: Are We Reaching Our Goals?

Mar 01, 2008; Chalupka, Stephanie; Markkanen, Pia K; Galligan, Catherine J; Quinn, Margaret M ... The "Needlestick Safety & Prevention Act" became law in November 2000. This law directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to revise the bloodborne pathogen standard, making requirements for using current technology and methods in the prevention of sharps injuries more ...