Webinar: State of the World's Nursing Report

August 29, 2019

The World Health Organization's (WHO) State of the World's Nursing Report will launch on World Health Day, April 7, 2020. The report aims to provide evidence to make a stronger case for governments to invest in nursing. 

To learn more about the report and see how you can contribute to its development and launch, join the State of the World's Nursing Report webinar on Sept. 10 at 8:00 GMT or 14:00 GMT (find time conversions here). Speakers from WHO, the International Council of Nurses, Nursing Now, and Jhpiego will present during the one-hour webinar. Participants are encouraged to ask questions during the webinar and in advance via email to [email protected]. 

Register for the 8:00 GMT webinar here.  
Register for the 14:00 GMT webinar here. 

CNA 2019 Elections

Deadline To Vote Is Sept. 19!

Online voting for the CNA 2019 elections is now open! Deadline to vote is Thursday, Sept. 19 at 5 p.m. (Please note that there will be no on-site voting during the CNA Annual Conference & Membership Assembly.)

Only current CNA members are eligible to vote.

The CNA Nominating Committee presents the following slate of candidates for the 2019 ballot:

• Secretary
  Nan Morgan
• Region 1 (DNA 8, 9)
  No candidate - write in only
• Region 2 (DNA 3, 12, 16, 20, 23)
  Shawn Elliott
  Carol O'Meara
• Region 3 (DNA 4)
  Melvin Vinney
• Region 4 (DNA 6)
  No candidate - write in only
• Region 5 (DNA 7)
  Nora Flucke
• Region 6 (DNA 5)
  Ann Cox
• Recent Graduate Director At Large
  Dylan Chodos
• At Large SIG Directors (vote for 2)
  Karen Lyda
  V. Sean Mitchell
• Nominations Committee
  Elizabeth Welch-Carre
• Membership Assembly Representative (vote for 2)
  Mary Ciambelli
  Jennifer Chrisman
  Carol O'Meara

MEMBERS, here's how to vote:

CLICK HERE to access the Ballot and candidate profiles.
You'll be required to log in using the following:

• LAST NAME
• YOUR ANA MEMBER ID #

Select your candidates and click "submit".
(Members were sent the first email announcement for the elections on August 20. This email had the member's last name (as per their ANA profile), and their ANA ID# for easy reference)

Questions? Please contact the association office at [email protected].

ANA President Grant Urges Action on Gun Violence

August 12, 2019

The American Nurses Association (ANA) on Aug. 7 released a statement from President Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, regarding the recent mass shootings in the United States. The statement read, in part:  

As a nation, we are yet again grappling with senseless gun violence in the wake of the horrific mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH.  

Our hearts are heavy, and we offer our deepest condolences to the families that have lost loved ones to such hateful acts of violence. We are inspired by the unwavering courage of the nurses, first responders, administrators, EMTs, police officers, and all others who saved countless lives.  

Nurses are on the frontlines of care and witness first-hand the unimaginable devastation, heartbreak, and finality of these and other acts of violence. ANA has for decades called on lawmakers to pass common sense policies at the state and federal level that will stem gun violence. 

National Quality Forum Call for EHR Data Quality Experts

August 1, 2019

NQF will convene a technical expert panel (TEP) to identify the causes, nature, and extent of EHR data quality issues and recommend best practices for addressing these issues to increase scientific acceptability (i.e. reliability, validity), use and usability, and feasibility of eCQMs. NQF is seeking nominees with expertise in electronic health record data standards and vocabularies; experts in electronic clinical quality measures, including both those who develop and those who implement these measures; architects of information networks that facilitate data exchange or ensure data quality; providers with concurrent expertise in informatics, electronic clinical quality measurement, and applications in various common care settings; federal, state and local government agencies that have developed and implemented policies to encourage data standardization and quality; informaticists; data architects; privacy and security experts; consumer representatives; standards-setting organizations; and EHR vendors.

August 19 - September 16 Nominate Technical Expert Panel Member