Headlines from the Hill
To mark the 2-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, ANA took part in a celebration recognizing the law’s patient protections.
Legal & Ethics
Doing the right thing: Pathways to moral courage
Learn how to prepare yourself for the ethical and moral dilemmas you’re likely to encounter in the workplace.
Healthy and wise
A coalition of medical societies has joined together to put the brakes on healthcare overuse and excesses.
Standardized patient “hand off” reduces medical errors
Using the patient “hand off” tool I-PASS reduced medical errors by 40% according to a study at Boston Children’s Hospital. I-PASS stands for: I…
Genetic counseling, abortion, sex-selection, and autonomy—a response to readers’ comments
Author Leah Curtin responds to readers’ comments on one of her recent articles.
Study: Pay for performance doesn’t affect 30-day mortality
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that the hospital-based, pay-for-performance program Medicare Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration failed to reduce…
Headlines from the Hill
By taking part in ANA’s Lobby Day, nurses can join forces to educate elected officials on the critical issues facing nursing today. This article…
Genetic counseling, abortion, sex-selection, and autonomy
Anya, a 36-year-old woman and her 41-year-old husband, Dev, came to the Woman’s Center to discuss issues about “advanced maternal age.” This would be…
From our readers…Practical approaches to patient advocacy barriers
Nurses know that patient advocacy is an expected and important role for their practice, but the practical implications of acting as an advocate are…
Headlines from the Hill
CMS has proposed major changes to the rule for Medical Conditions of Participation, which can significantly affect nursing practice. This article is available to…
Ethics case study: Poor staffing results in brain-damaged patient
Author Leah Curtin discusses the ethical issue of short staffing.
Headlines from the Hill
To mark the 2-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, ANA took part in a celebration recognizing the law’s patient protections.
Doing the right thing: Pathways to moral courage
Learn how to prepare yourself for the ethical and moral dilemmas you’re likely to encounter in the workplace.
Healthy and wise
A coalition of medical societies has joined together to put the brakes on healthcare overuse and excesses.
Standardized patient “hand off” reduces medical errors
Using the patient “hand off” tool I-PASS reduced medical errors by 40% according to a study at Boston Children’s Hospital. I-PASS stands…
Genetic counseling, abortion, sex-selection, and autonomy—a response to readers’ comments
Author Leah Curtin responds to readers’ comments on one of her recent articles.
Study: Pay for performance doesn’t affect 30-day mortality
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that the hospital-based, pay-for-performance program Medicare Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration failed…
Headlines from the Hill
By taking part in ANA’s Lobby Day, nurses can join forces to educate elected officials on the critical issues facing nursing today.…
Genetic counseling, abortion, sex-selection, and autonomy
Anya, a 36-year-old woman and her 41-year-old husband, Dev, came to the Woman’s Center to discuss issues about “advanced maternal age.” This…
From our readers…Practical approaches to patient advocacy barriers
Nurses know that patient advocacy is an expected and important role for their practice, but the practical implications of acting as an…
Headlines from the Hill
CMS has proposed major changes to the rule for Medical Conditions of Participation, which can significantly affect nursing practice. This article is…
Ethics case study: Poor staffing results in brain-damaged patient
Author Leah Curtin discusses the ethical issue of short staffing.
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