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Welcome To the ANA\C Home Page
Disaster
Assessment-Emergency Preparedness Information Survey
ANA\C & the
Golden State Nursing Foundation is asking for your assistance
in determining the level of professional
readiness
of California nurses by taking this survey. You do not
have to be a member of ANA\C to take the survey. Only 10-15
minutes of your time will provide valuable information on
how
to plan educational programs for nurses and other health
care members in the state. Funding for this project has
been provided
by WebMD Health Foundation. The survey will be available
from February 25 through April 31st. Our goal is to get
4,000 responses-Click
here to take the survey NOW.
Please review the supporting documents
if you have any questions.
Informed Consent (word doc only)
Informed Consent (pdf
file only)
Note: This survey is being conducted
at SurveyMonkey.com. At the end of the survey you will
be
returned to the
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- Organizing Framework and Proposed
CNS Core Competencies: In May 2006 representatives
from Clinical Nurse Specialist stakeholder groups were convened
to participate in
a National Consensus Initiative for Core CNS Competencies with
the goal of identifying and reaching consensus on core CNS competencies
relevant to the entry-level CNS, regardless of specialty, population,
or setting. Draft competencies and related specific behaviors
have been identified. This is your opportunity to provide feedback
about
these core competencies, which reflect CNS practice and will
guide future educational preparation. Review
the Proposed Core Competencies.(pdf only)
Let us know how these
competency statements reflect your current practice and you
academic preparation for the CNS role. Use the following survey
to provide your feedback. Survey participants will be asked to
rate competency statements and the related specific behavior
statements for relevance
and specificity.
You have until May 24, 2008 to provide your important feedback.
You may The survey can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=nsURtU6cmiMgQKNp0WyFXQ_3d_3d
Thank you in advance for your feedback on this important initiative.
- What Is the Difference Between ANA\C and CNA? This is a common
question that comes into the office of ANA\C and given all the
current publicity about CNA and other groups ANA\C wanted to
provide a short explanation on the difference between these two
group. Read or Print this article.
- California
Study Offers New Perspective on Relationship Between Staffing
Ratios
and Patient Safety: A study
of the potential impact of state mandated nurse-to-patient
staffing
ratios in California hospitals revealed little impact on patient
outcomes in two critical areas of patient care-patient falls
and prevalence of pressure ulcers-the findings are published
in the March 2008 issue of Policy, Politics & Nursing
Practice. Read
a press release about the publication of these findings. Read
a 2007 article published on the same topic.
- CNSA Annual Nurses Night At
the BallPark: The California Nursing Student's Association has organized
the second annual nurses
night out at several ballparks. All proceeds benefit the CNSA
Foundation Scholarship Fund and your local area schools of nursing.
Last year over $6,000.00 was raised. Here are the dates: April
24th at PETCO Park; April 25th at AT&T Park; April 26th and
27th Dodger Stadium. For more details on these games visit www.acnl.org.
- New Nurse Space Page Available:
ANA Nurse Space is an online social network similar to MySpace
or Facebook but exclusively
for nurses. There are many ways to contribute to and participate
in this professional online nursing community including starting
your own groups on any topic; blogging about your experience
in your personal journal; adding a guestbook; sending invitations
to friends and colleagues to visit ANANurseSpace; and tracking
latest news in the industry. Go to www.ananursespace.org
- Magnet Hospitals
in California: Three new hospitals have been granted
Magnet Status bringing the total to 14 in California. These
new designees are John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek,
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Sharp Memorial Hospital/Sharp
Cabrillo Skilled Nursing Center in San Diego. Congratulations
to these 3 hospitals-Great Job! Read more about the benefits
of Magnet Status and review a list of all the California Hospitals.
- Looking For a Legal Nurse Consultant? ANA\C
gets asked frequently about where to find a Legal Nurse Consultant.
As a new service to members, ANA\C will now list the web addresses
of nurses who are members of ANA\C and who work Legal Consultants.
If you would like your name listed, please
send your
request
to the web manager along with your full name and your web address.
Your membership in ANA\C will be verified and then you link will
be added to the Resources Page.
- Celebrate Nursing Bracelets Now Available: Get
your apricot colored Celebrate Nursing All Year Long Bracelet
today for only $3.00/piece. To order print the order form (word) or
(pdf).
- Refresher Courses/NCLEX-RN
Review Courses: ANA\C receives lots
of requests for information about refresher courses in nursing.
For your convenience, the list of refresher
courses found on the BRN's web site are now available to you
as a (pdf) or
as a (Word)
document. You can also access this information from the BRN's
web site at www.rn.ca.gov/schools/refrshrcrs.htm.
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Online Membership
Option Now Available: What to become a member of ANA and ANA\C? Visit
the Membership page where you can review the benefits and rights
of being an ANA\C member. There is information about the dues
and how to be directed to the secure server of ANA. Membership
applications are still accepted via regular mail and that process
is explained too.
There are a variety of different documents
found on the web site but most are pdf or word documents. If
you experience
any difficulty downloading a document contact the web
manager for
assistance. To view any pdf document you will need
Adobe Reader. This is available as a free down
load from www.adobe.com
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