Center for American Nurses

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January, 2010

This Month at the Center      Happy New Year!

Nursing Law and Practice

Webinar:  Delegation:  Past, Present and Future
Wednesday, January 20, 7:00 - 8:15 PM  Eastern Time                               
1.25 Contact Hours                 Find out More...


Presenter: Suzanne Edgett Collins, RN MPH, JD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, University of Tampa
  

Course Outline:      

• Define nursing delegation
• Barriers to delegation
• Nursing delegation and UAP and transition to nursing delegation and NAPs
• Five rights of nursing delegation
• ANA and NCSBN joint document on nursing delegation
• Identification of legal pitfalls for delegation: knowledge of what can and cannot be delegated, misconceptions related to nursing delegation, education and training to delegate, delegation in community settings

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Personal Health

Yoga for Nurses

If you’re looking to improve your physical and mental health in 2010, Yoga for Nurses by Ingrid Kollak, PhD, RN presents yoga exercises and practices geared specifically to nurses.  To learn more go to http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=38322

Professional Practice

The IOM Releases Report on Continuing Education for Health Professionals

The Institute of Medicine has released a new report on continuing education (CE) for health professionals.  Citing the absence of a comprehensive system of continuing education (CE) in the health professions IOM report offers a new vision for CE.  This vision will be based on an approach called continuing professional development (CPD), in which learning takes place over a lifetime and stretches beyond the classroom to the point of care. In its current form, continuing education often is associated with didactic, teacher-driven learning methods, such as lectures, conducted in traditional settings, such as auditoriums. This more holistic approach incorporates a broader variety of learning methods and theories than does CE.

The report examines CE for all health professionals and explores development of a national continuing education institute.   To learn more go to: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2009/Redesigning-Continuing-Education-in-the-Health-Professions/Report-Brief-Redesigning-Continuing-Education-in-the-Health-Professions.aspx

Center for American Nurses

Newsletter

December, 2009

This Month at the Center    Happy Holidays!
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Financial Planning for Nurses  

The CENTER has teamed up with the Women's Institue for a Secure Retirement (WISER) to provide you with the information you need to plan effectively for retirement.  There is no hidden agenda here. Education and action are the goals.

Save and share these links with other nurses!

The Busy Nurse's Guide to Planning for Retirement

Free recorded webinars on Investment Basics, Planning for Retirement and Making Savings Last as Long as You Do
5 minute podcasts:  the first in our series focuses on Understanding Annuities
Downloadable Booklet:  The Busy Nurse's Guide to Financial Planning (coming in January)
WISERNurse Newsletter

  
   In This issue: Depression (members)


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Cancellation:
Due to circumstances beyond her control, our presenter is unavailable for the December 16 Scope of Practice webinar.  We hope to reschedule in 2010.

All of us here at the Center for American Nurses wish you the blessings of the holiday season
and all the best for a great new year! 

Center for American Nurses

Newsletter

November, 2009

This Month at the Center

Free Webinars on Investing for Retirement

The Busy Nurses Guide to Preparing for Retirement
Friday, November 6 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time

A recent Center for American Nurses survey revealed that 60% of nurses aged 45-60 have done no retirement planning.   If you are among that number, or if you want to determine if you are on track, this is the webinar to attend.  There is no hidden agenda here.  Education and action are the only goals.   Register Now!

The Busy Nurses Guide to Making Savings Last as Long as You Do
Friday, November 13, 2:00 PM Eastern Time     Find Out More...

Nursing Law and Practice

Webinar:  Conflict Management: 
Past, Present and Future
Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 - 8:15 PM  Eastern Time                               
1.25 Contact Hours                 Find out More...

Presenter: Debra Gerardi, RN MPH, JD        
Ms Gerardi provides mediation and facilitation services, conflict assessment systems design, and conflict management training programs for healthcare organizations internationally.  She has provided training to more than 5,000 professionals and over 80 leading healthcare organizations. She is the primary contributor to the Joint Commission's Sentinel Alert #40 which addresses the effect of conflict in healthcare environments.  Ms. Gerardi is a licensed registered nurse with over 25 years clinical and administrative experience, ane practices law in the state of California.

   New E-Booklet

  Negligence to Malpractice:  
  The Professional Practice of Nursing is Evolving
This monograph aims to help nurses understand evolving legal risks, responsibilities, and liabilities involved with the practice of nursing in healthcare organizations.   Read More... 

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Personal Health

HHS Releases Update of "Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for Women"
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the HHS National Institute of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) has released its updated booklet in