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Subject: FW: Issue 3/8/07: National Patient Safety Awareness Week/FNA Seeks Executive Director
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From: ANA Insider [mailto:Karen.Coale@ana.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 2:56 PM
To: nursingworld@lists.ana.org
Subject: Issue 3/8/07: National Patient Safety Awareness Week/FNA Seeks Executive Director

  Weekly Nursing News Update | Vol. 9, No. 10 -- March 8, 2007


The American Nurses Association's Nursing Insider, which offers current news on nursing and health care issues directly to your email box, is now graphically enhanced and designed in an easy-to-read Web format for your convenience.

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Latest stories:
  1. The American Nurses Association Partners With Crocs, Inc.
  2. Florida Nurses Association Seeks Executive Director
  3. National Patient Safety Awareness Week
  4. Cover the Uninsured Week - April 23-29
  5. Take the Center's Conflict Survey
  6. ANA Urges New Tests for Philippine Nurses Seeking to Practice in the U.S.
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1. The American Nurses Association Partners With Crocs, Inc.
03/08/07
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has partnered with Crocs, Inc., to offer ANA members a special member benefit program for Crocs “Work” shoes. This new program is available now and can be accessed by ANA members.

More... www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/2007/PR030807-CROCS.htm

2. Florida Nurses Association Seeks Executive Director
03/08/07
After more than 30 years at FNA, Paula Massey announced her retirement to the Florida Nurses Association (FNA) Board of Directors. The Board of Directors have appointed a Search Committee.

The Committee is looking for a person with a Bachelors degree in either nursing, management or a related field. A graduate degree is preferred. They have stipulated that the applicant must have five years experience in administration, leadership, personnel management, planning program and/or continuing education activities. A registered nurse is preferred.

More... www.nursingworld.org/about/cmajobs.htm

3. National Patient Safety Awareness Week - March 4-10
03/07/07
The Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) joined with The Advertising Council today (3/7/07) to launch a national public service advertising campaign designed to encourage adults to take a more proactive role in their health care. The campaign is being launched during national Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 4-10, 2007).

More... www.nursingworld.org/news/ananews.htm#PatientSafety

4. Cover the Uninsured Week - April 23-29
03/07/07
The American Nurses Association is proud to continue its efforts focusing national attention on the plight of the millions of uninsured Americans. ANA is one of the founding partners of Cover the Uninsured Week, which is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Now in its fifth year, Cover the Uninsured Week (April 23-29) brings together individuals and organizations from all 50 states and the District of Columbia to demand that our nation’s leaders find solutions for the more than 46 million Americans living without health insurance.

More... nursingworld.org/news/ananews.htm#uninsured.

5. Take the Center's Conflict Survey
03/06/07
You are being invited to participate in an important research study that explores perceptions of nurses related to conflict and conflict resolution in the workplace. The study is being sponsored by the Center for American Nurses. The purpose of the survey is to identify the challenges related to conflict encountered by nurses in practice in an effort to develop resources for nurses facing conflict in the workforce.

Take the Survey... www.centerforamericannurses.org/advocacy/survey.htm

6. ANA Urges New Tests for Philippine Nurses Seeking to Practice in the U.S.
03/06/07
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is urging the Philippine government to facilitate a retake of the nurse licensure exam without penalty for the nurses who passed the June 2006 examination. Following investigations by both the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) and the Philippine government, it was discovered a portion of the 500 question exam was known to a large number of examinees prior to the exam being administered.

ANA Press Release... www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/2007/statementPhilippine_Nurse_Exam.pdf
ANA Letter to Philippine Board of Nursing... www.nursingworld.org/inc/LetterPRC022807.pdf

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