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COLORADO - Throughout Colorado, health care facilitiesare celebrating nurses and the many contributions they makeon a daily basis during Nurses: Caring Today for a HealthierTomorrow, as part of National Nurses Week, May 6-12. Thepurpose of Caring Today for a Healthier Tomorrow is to raiseawareness of the value of the nursing profession to society.

Nurses consistently rank as very high with the Americanpublic for their honesty and integrity. Nurses have ranked asf i rs t in the Gallup Poll every year but one after being

added to the list in 1999.National Nurses Week is a designated time

to help educate the public about the rolenurses play in meeting the health care needsof Americans from an office or clinic visit,

to emergency preparedness and responseservices, to helping prevent and

stop the spread of diseases.National Nurses Day, also

known as National RN RecognitionDay, is always celebrated on May

6th and opens National Nurses Week.National Nurses Week begins each yearon May 6th and ends on May 12th, thebirth date of Florence Nightingale.

National Nurses Week is one of the

Nurses to be honoredthroughout Colorado

AURORA – The Universityof Colorado College of Nursinghas been awarded $2.6 millionin American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act (ARRA)funds to advance thewidespread adoption andmeaningful use of Health

Information Technology (HIT) by educatingprofessionals to work in this rapidly growing field.

To achieve these goals, Health and Human Services(HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sibelius has enlisted thetalent and resources of some of the nation’s leadinguniversities, community colleges, and major researchcenters.

The stimulus funds, awarded by the Office ofthe National Coordinator for Health InformationTechnology, will enable the College of Nursing tohelp educate the estimated 50,000 professionalsneeded to convert the entire country to electronichealth records by the year 2014.

The Recovery Act authorizes an estimated $40billion to achieve this goal. Funding was providedin a competitively awarded grant to the ColoradoHealth Information Education Collaborative (HITEC).Diane Skiba, PhD., FAAN, FACMI, professor at theCollege of Nursing, is the project director.

Skiba has successfully managed three previoustraining grants from HHS. “Through this recovery

Skiba awarded $2.6million ARRA grant

Honor and recognize a nurse you know by saying thank you during National Nurses Week, May 6-12!

DENVER - Nur s e s a tDenver’s Craig Hospital areconstantly working to improvequality of life for their patients,and a recent research effort bya team of Craig nurses is noexception. It even earned theteam a prestigious award.

Diedre Bricker, JeanineRundquist and Connie Pardeereceived the Best StandardResearch Poster Award at the21st Annual Rocky MountainRegional MultidisciplinaryResearch and Evidence Based

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act funding, we will be able to preparemore professionals in a shorter timeframe without financial burdens,” saidSkiba. “These professionals will promotethe adoption and meaningful use ofhealth information technology andinsure patient safety and promoting

quality health care.”The grant will produce trained

profess iona l s for v i ta l , h ighlyspecialized health IT roles. Mosttrainees will complete intensive coursesof study in 12 months or less andreceive a certificate of advancedtraining. Other trainees will receivemasters’ degrees requiring up to twoyears, and the completion of a thesisor equivalent research project on ahealth IT topic.

“The award to Dr. Skiba recognizesher nat ional and internat ionalleadership in health informationtechnology,” said Patricia Moritz, PhD,dean and professor at the College ofNursing.

The goal of Colorado HITEC is toexpand and integrate ex i s t ingeducation programs at the Universityof Colorado Denver to prepare aworkforce of over 100 professionals thatare capable of serving as ClinicalLeader s , Hea l th In format ionManagement Exchange Specialists,Health IT Sub-Specialists, as well asMaster ’ s prepared Health CareInformatics Research DevelopmentScientists. This expansion combinesfaculty and existing coursework fromthe College of Nursing, Schools ofMedicine, Pharmacy, Public Health,Dental Medicine, and Business.

The Colorado HITEC will provideaccessible interdisciplinary learningopportunities that will lead to one ofthree one-year certificate programs ora two-year graduate degree in healthcare informatics.

Recruitment efforts will form 15partnerships with key organizationsto insure that 25 percent of graduatesrepresent critical access or statedesignated disproportionate sharehospitals and 25 percent representcertified rural health clinics andfederally designated community healthclinics.

“The review committee notedrepeatedly that Dr. Skiba has been aconsistent advocate for interdisciplinarytraining in health informatics,” statedMichael Kahn, MD, PhD., associateprofessor, Department of PediatricsUniversity of Colorado School ofMedicine. “As Co-Chair of the CCTSIInformatics Education Committee at UCDenver, Dr. Skiba helped create anintegrated set of informatics corecompetencies that spanned threeexisting training programs. That samecommitment to interdisciplinarytraining appears in this award.”

The project descr ibed wassuppor ted by Award NumberT15OC000051 from the Office of TheNational Coordinator For Health

Information Technology, Os, Hhs. Thecontent is solely the responsibility ofthe authors and does not necessarilyrepresent the official views of theOffice Of The National CoordinatorFor Health Information Technology,Os, HHS or the National Institutes ofHealth. Located at the AnschutzMedical Campus in Aurora, Colo., theUniversity of Colorado College ofNursing offers some of the highestranked programs in the country - frombachelor’s through doctoral degreesand post-graduate certificate programs.

The college offers several specialtiesthrough its master’s program and theonly PhD program in clinical researchin Colorado. It also is the birthplaceof nurse practitioner education andthe caring movement, and was one ofthe first schools in the country to offera Doctor of Nursing Practice program.

This year, U.S News & WorldReport ranked the UC Denver Collegeof Nursing nurse practitioner andclinical nurse specialist programsamong the top ten in the country.

The University of Colorado Denveroffers more than 120 degrees andprograms in 13 schools and collegesand serves more than 28,000 students.UC Denver is located on the DenverCampus and the Anschutz MedicalCampus in Aurora, Colo.

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Practice Symposium held March 4-5at the University of Colorado Hospital.

The poster reflected the researchof the study, “Satisfaction and Qualityof Life After Spinal Cord Injury andNeurogenic Bowel.”

It competed with more than 50other posters presented at thesymposium to earn the blue ribbon,which was awarded by professionaljudges and attendees.

Pardee, Ph.D., RN-BC and NursingStaff Development Coordinator atCraig, said surveys were sent to 1,200former patients and 240 respondedregarding this important quality oflife issue following a spinal cordinjury. “We investigated the qualityof life in individuals with neurogenicbowel from their perception,” she said.

Bricker, RN, BSN, CRRN andProgram Coordinator for Craig’s NurseAdvice Line, explained that afterspinal cord injury, patients no longerhave control over their bowel orbladder and therefore must implementa bowel program, which essentiallyre-trains the body to go to thebathroom at the same time every day.

“It’s really one of those thingspeople don’t like to do,” Bricker said.“It causes stress and is why we wereinterested in looking at what elementsgive them satisfaction and quality oflife and which do not, so we canbetter inform and consult withpatients.”

The research concluded that“overall most people were satisfiedwith whatever program they wereusing,” Pardee said.

However, the study found asignificant relationship between pain,time, poor bowel results, and a weakassociation between satisfaction andthe use of suppository.

“When we looked at quality oflife, those who were dissatisfied hada lower quality of life,” Pardee said.“It reaffirmed the goals of what we’reteaching our patients.”

The study provided research tosupport what Craig nurses intuitivelyalready knew, Bricker said.

As nurses teach patients bowelmanagement programs, it reinforced,“that we should attempt to teach themthings that take the least amount oftime, don’t cause any pain and arethe most successful.”

Rundquist, RN, MSN, CRRN and

Magnet Program and Clinical ScholarCoordinator at Craig, said the studywas driven by the nursing researchcommittee.

Charlotte Popovich, CherisseTebben , Chr i s t iMacRae , L i s aMcGraw , andseveral other staffnurses also assistedin the study, withDr. Janet Houserserving as researchconsultant.

The s tudyoriginally set out todetermine if therewas a better qualityof life for patientswho had acolostomy or do abowel management program, but therewere not enough responses from those

with a colosotomy, Rundquist said.However, that will be the focus

of a future study, she said.Rundquist and Bricker presented

the poster at the conference and weresurprised when theyreceived the award.

“I was jumpingout of my seat,”Rundquist said.

“I didn’t knowthey gave awayawards; we werejust happy to bethere.”

Bricker also gavea poster presentationabout the study ata spinal cord injuryconference last year,and Tebben wi l l

present the research at a nursesconference later this year.

“When we looked atquality of life, thosewho were dissatisfiedhad a lower quality oflife. It reaffirmed thegoals of what we areteaching our patients.”

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nation’s largest health care events,recognizing the contributions andcommitments nurses make andeducating the public about thesignificant work they perform.

The American Nurses Association(ANA) supports and encouragesNational Nurses Week through stateand district nurses associations,educational facilities, and independenthealth care companies and institutions.

The week-long celebration isdesigned to accommodate the varietyof schedules nurses are required towork.

Activities during National NursesWeek typically include banquets andrecognition dinners, state and cityproclamations, continuing educationseminars, and other community events.

Nurses are typically honored withgifts, dinners, and flowers by friendsand family members, coworkers suchas doctors and administrators, andpatients who want to show theirappreciation.

The history of Nurses Day can betraced back to 1953 when DorothySutherland of the U.S. Department ofHealth, Education, and Welfare sent aproposal to President Eisenhower toproclaim a “Nurse Day” in October ofthe following year.

The proclamation was never made,but the following year National NursesWeek was observed from October 11 –16, marking the 100th anniversary ofFlorence Nightingale’s mission toCrimea.

In 1974 , Pre s ident Nixonproclaimed a “National Nurse Week.”

In 1981, a resolution was initiated bynurses in New Mexico to have May6th declared “National Recognition Dayfor Nurses.” This proposal waspromoted by the ANA Board ofDirectors and in 1982, with a jointresolution, the United States Congressdesignated May 6th to be “NationalRecognition Day for Nurses.”

The proposal was signed byPresident Reagan, making May 6 theofficial “National Recognition Day forNurses.”

It was later expanded by the ANABoard of Directors in 1990 to a week-long celebration (May 6-12) known as“National Nurses Week.”

National Student Nurses Day iscelebrated each year on May 8th. Atthe request of the National StudentNurses Association, the ANA Board ofDirectors designated May 8th asNational Student Nurses Day beginningin 1998.

And as of 2003, the ANA hasdeclared that National School NurseDay is celebrated on the Wednesdaywithin National Nurses Week.

International Nurses Day iscelebrated around the world on May12th of each year.

The International Council of Nurses(ICN) commemorates this day each yearwith the production and distributionof the International Nurses’ Day Kitwhich includes educational and publicinformation materials for use by nurseseverywhere.

The ICN has ce l ebra tedInternational Nurses Day since 1965.

Additional information on NationalNurses Week may also be viewed atthe American Nurses Association’s Website, www.nursingworld.org. Or, visitthe Colorado Nurses Association’s Website at www.nurses-co.org.


Aroundthe State

DENVER – The Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation (RWJF) and The HitachiFoundation has received the Critical

Impac t Award during the annual conferenceof the Council on Foundations. The two

foundations collaborated on the launcha n d support of a national initiative that

addresses the needs of low wagehealth care workers while inspiring

innovations in job training, careeradvancement and health care delivery.

T h e Critical Impact Award honors RWJFa n d The Hitachi Foundation for makinga difference in their grantmaking while

providing an example of howphilanthropy seeks to enhance thecommon good.

Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Caresupports 17 partnerships of employers,educational institutions and othercommunity based organizations. Thepartnerships focus on creating systemsto advance and reward the skill andcareer development of frontline healthand health care workers. The $15.3

million initiative is managed by Boston-based Jobs for the Future and is also supportedby the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration.

“The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has a long history of investing in thepeople that comprise the health and health care workforce. Skilled frontline workersare an essential element in the equation of quality health care for everyone,” notedRisa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO.

“Frontline workers compose the majority of all health care workers and havemore contact with patients than any other sector of the health care work force. Therewards of career training and opportunity extend far beyond the frontline workersto employers, health care institutions and the clients they serve. Jobs to Careersanswers two of the most pivotal demands for our nation’s economic recovery: sustainableemployment and health reform,” Lavizzo-Mourey concluded.

“As the heated health care debate dominated the nation, these sites — representingeverything from community clinics to long-term care to acute care hospitals — wereworking hard to create solutions,” said Barbara Dyer, president and CEO, The HitachiFoundation. “Ultimately, quality, affordable care cannot be achieved without skilledworkers and effective workplaces. These sites are developing work-based learningapproaches applicable to the millions of men and women working on the front lines;providing them not merely jobs, but meaningful careers.”

More than six million people work in frontline occupations. Collectively thissegment is growing faster (32.6%) than the growth rate of all health and health careoccupations (28.3%), and significantly faster than the growth rate for all occupations(14.8%) in the United States workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.One-third of frontline workers are part of a racial minority (18 percent AfricanAmerican, 10 percent Hispanic and 4 percent Asian) and 79 percent of the workforceis female.

Their ranks include but are not limited to medical assistants, health educators,laboratory technicians, substance abuse counselors, and home health aides.

RWFJ and HitachiFoundation make a difference

COLORADO - Marilyn Krajicek, EdD, FAAN, professor in the College ofNursing and Director of the National Resource Center for Health and Safetyin Child Care and Early Education, and Deborah Hamilton, MA, AssistantDirector of the Center, received the 2009 Effective Practice Award from theAmerican Public Health Association (APHA) Maternal and Child Health Sectionat the Martha May Eliot Luncheon Awards during APHA’s annual conferenceheld last November in Philadelphia. Krajicek and Hamilton accepted theaward on behalf of their team at the National Center.

The National Center was the first agency to be awarded the newly-established Effective Practice Award. They were nominated by Sandra Cianciolo,MPH, Project Director of the National Training Institute for Child CareHealth Consultants at the University of North Carolina School of PublicHealth. Cianciolo cited the Center as a group that “has consistently had ameasurable outcome in the improvement of child health and has beenresponsible for developing and publishing guidelines for out-of-home childcare.”

The American Pediatrics Association supported the nomination, statingthat the Center “has demonstrated a true commitment to excellence in theprovision of health and safety resources for licensing agents, parents, childcare health consultants and early education and child care providers.”

The Center has been lauded for its cooperative work with many groupsin the child care field to secure subject matter experts for technical reviewpanels and for developing and coordinating such a necessary project.

Michael Fraser, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Maternaland Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and Karen Trierweiler, AMCHP RegionVIII Director, Colorado Department of Health and the Environment, offeredDr. Krajicek their congratulations on this important award.

Krajicek and team receiveEffective Practice Award

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Dr. Howard Koh, assistant secretaryfor health, U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services, has announced aninitiative to expand oral health services,education and research in America.Through the initiative, the department isincreasing support for and expanding itsemphasis on access to oral health careand the effective delivery of services tounderserved populations.

Speaking at the National Oral HealthConference in St. Louis, Dr. Koh told oralhealth professionals that eight HHSagencies had collaborated to launchinitiatives and spread public awarenessunder the message Oral Health Is Integralto Overall Health. “In the U.S., 53 millionchildren and adults have untreated toothdecay in their permanent teeth,” said Dr.Koh. “There is a silent epidemic of dentaland oral health diseases that burdenmillions of children and adults across thestates. With this initiative, we plan toimprove oral health by removing barriersto care.’’

This joint effort will be led by Dr.Koh and Dr. Mary Wakefield, administratorof the Health Resources and ServicesAdministration, with support from the U.S.Public Health Service Oral HealthCoordinating Committee and the HHSOffice of Minority Health.

“This emphasis on oral health acrossthe department will give it the attentionit deserves,” said Dr. Wakefield. “It iscritically important that the publicunderstands that good oral health is amajor part of good overall health.”

“Poor oral health remains a seriousnational health problem,” says GarthGraham, deputy assistant secretary forminority health. “We are diligently workingtogether with other HHS agencies andthe Office of the Surgeon General tosignificantly increase awareness of theimportance of oral health for racial andethnic minorities and other populationsthat experience higher levels of oraldiseases. We are also establishing strongerpublic-private partnerships improve oralhealth.”

The initiative will use a systemsapproach to create programs thatemphasize health promotion and diseaseprevention, increase access to care,strengthen the oral health workforce, andeliminate oral health disparities. As partof the initiative, HHS agencies willemphasize a number of activities. Amongthem are the following:�� The Administration for Children

and Families will secure dental homes –

ongoing sources of comprehensive dentalcare - for Head Start children, and educateHead Start staff and parents about theneed to establish healthy habits to reducetooth decay at an early age.�� The Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention and National Institutes ofHealth will develop a long-range plan tomonitor oral diseases, conditions and oralhealth-related behaviors in the U.S.population.�� The Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services are reviewing eight stateMedicaid programs to identify andhighlight innovative service strategies toincrease access to care.�� The Indian Health Service will

expand its Early Childhood Caries (toothdecay) Initiative through interdisciplinaryefforts including early childhoodassessments by partners like Head Start,WIC, and community healthrepresentatives,to include development ofa national surveillance system for AmericanIndians/Alaskan Natives.�� The Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) is supporting twonational studies that will recommend short-and long-term strategies for HRSA andother HHS agency service programs.�� The Office of Minority Health will

develop online cultural competencytraining modules for oral health clinicalproviders.�� The Office on Women’s Health

will incorporate enhanced oral healthmessages in its websites(www.womenshealth.gov andwww.girlshealth.gov) and its products andcampaigns.�� The NIH National Center for

Research Resources, will fund thedevelopment of a Web-accessible clinicalresearch toolkit for researchers to facilitatethe standardization of dental research anda national dental research consortiuminfrastructure.

CMS is encouraging all states topromote oral health services and education,“A few states are trying new approachesto increase access to care for children,”said Cindy Mann, director of the Centerfor Medicaid and State Operations at CMS.“These new approaches include allowingdental hygienists and other mid-leveldental providers to provide communitybased preventive services for children andallowing pediatricians and primary caredoctors to provide fluoride–varnish tochildren at high risk for tooth decay. Otherstates are also promoting the use of dentalsealants to prevent tooth decay. We

encourage states to take up these highlyeffective approaches.”

The Children’s Health InsuranceReauthorization Act authorized expandeddental coverage under the Children’sHealth Insurance Program.

Agency coordination of these programsis taking place through the PHS Oral

HHS launches new oralhealth initiative in U.S.

An archived version of the highly-attended Second Annual Safe HandlingAwareness Day Continuing Education (CE) Webinar, originally presented onApril 20, 2010, is now available on-demand. More than 1300 registered participantstook advantage of the live airings of the webinar, which details new ways toapproach implementing a program for the proper handling of hazardousdrugs (such as chemotherapy) as well as potential areas for creating cost-savings in pharmacy.

Intended for nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy techs and healthcare riskmanagers, the webinar is supported by an unrestricted educational grantprovided by Carmel Pharma, Inc. – the official sponsor of National SafeHandling Awareness Month (April) and Day (April 20) and the maker of thePhaSeal® closed-system drug transfer device (CSTD) for the safe handling ofhazardous drugs.

To access the archived program – and to take advantage of additional CEprograms for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses and healthcare riskmanagers – please visit www.carmelpharmausa.com/CE.

In 2004, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)released an alert stating that “working with or near hazardous drugs inhealthcare settings may cause skin rashes, infertility, miscarriage, birth defectsand possibly leukemia or other cancers.”[i] Further evidence to support theneed to take action in this area may be found below:�� The World Health Organization predicts a 50 percent increase of cancer

cases over the next 20 years; this, combined with more potent chemotherapydrugs – as well as an increase in the use of hazardous drugs to treat non-malignant illnesses – will continue to elevate risk of exposure.[ii]�� Two separate studies investigating the toxicity in healthcare personnel

who handle cytotoxic (hazardous) drugs revealed a 40-50 percent increasedrisk for miscarriage. A total of 7094 pregnancies of 2976 pharmacy and nursingstaff were examined.[iii],[iv]�� A national survey conducted by the Environmental Working Group, the

American Nurses Association, Health Care Without Harm and the EnvironmentalHealth Education Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursingshowed that there are links between nurses’ occupational exposure to hazardousdrugs and the health problems they develop such as cancer, asthma, miscarriagesand children’s birth defects.[v]

Now in its second year, National Safe Handling Awareness Month (April)was petitioned to raise awareness of the occupational risks associated withhandling hazardous drugs and educate healthcare providers on the U.S.guidelines and safety measures that may be taken to prevent hazardous drugexposure. As the highlight of National Safe Handling Awareness Month,National Safe Handling Awareness Day (April 20) brings together national andregional educational opportunities collectively aimed at preserving the healthand wellbeing of the oncology healthcare professionals who devote their livesto helping others. National Safe Handling Awareness Month and Day areofficially endorsed by the International Society of Oncology PharmacyPractitioners (ISOPP) and are officially sponsored by Carmel Pharma, themaker of the PhaSeal® System – today’s only clinically proven closed-systemdrug transfer device (CSTD) for the safe handling of hazardous drugs. Foradditional details on National Safe Handling Awareness Month/Day, visitwww.carmelpharmausa.com/aware5 or call 866-487-9250.

Health Coordinating Committee, a groupof health professionals from across HHSchaired by the chief dental officer of theU.S. Public Health Service CommissionedCorps. For more information about theOral Health Initiative, visit http://www.hrsa.gov/publichealth/clinical/oralhealth/.

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AURORA - A neuro-rehabnurse for several years, ShariRedden, RN, began working withstudents on clinical rotation at thehospital.

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with students who would one daytake care of patients.

A car wreck forced her off thefloor, but Redden never wanted tobe away from students.

That’s why she’s now the

Director of Nursing for Concorde Career College in Aurora.“I love this school. I love our population of students and I have no

intention of ever going anywhere,” the veteran nurse said.Located just east of downtown Denver, Concorde Career College

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Concorde Career College - Aurora provides a fast track for thoseseeking a rewarding health care career by providing intensive trainingprograms that help graduates entering the job market as soon aspossible.

With the growing demand for health care services at clinics andoutpatient care centers throughout the nation, the need for nurseshas never been greater.

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“She gave us credit for her having the knowledge to get a job in anemergency room,” Redden said.

“We get a lot of positive feedback from students who have goneon to become nurses.”

The practical nursing program continuously carries an enrollmentof 100 students with classes starting every 10 weeks.

“We have a lot of students that are first time college students thatmaybe don’t want to wait on a list at another nursing school,” Reddensaid. “We have a lot of people that are interested in our RN program.”

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Greetings! As wecelebrate NationalNurses Week 2010(NNW) May 6 - 12,the American NursesAssociation (ANA),the largest nursingorganization in the US,and its constituentmember associations(CMAs) salute nursesacross the country withthe theme “Nurses:Caring Today for aHealthier Tomorrow.”

Every day, nursesmake a commitment tobuilding an even morepowerful nursingprofession to addressthe complexities ofpatient care, reshape the workenvironment, and influence broaderhealth policies to benefit patients andthe public.

“Nurses: Caring Today for aHealthier Tomorrow” exemplifiesnurses’ caring and professionalism - beit at the bedside or in the halls ofCongress. This past year, we sawhistory made, as health reform wasmade into law. I know the many monthsof debate proved divisive at times, butI truly believe that the reforms put intoplace will help us to build a ‘healthytomorrow.’

ANA continues to be a leadingvoice toward building better health caresystems now that will ensure patientshave access to affordable high-quality,affordable care now and in the future.

Serving as the ANA President, I wasprivileged to attend meetings at theWhite House at the inception of thereform talks. I also was proud to standwith my fellow nurses beside PresidentObama as he urged lawmakers to passhealth reform legislation.

I’d like to thank all of the ANAmembers who took part in town hallmeetings over the summer, voicing thenurse’s perspectives on health reform.I also encourage nurses to continueadvocating for meaningful solutions forhealth system reform, qualityimprovement, workplace standards andenvironmental issues.

Annually, National Nurses Weekfocuses on highlighting the diverseways in which registered nurses are

working to improvehealth care. Nursingis about growing andadapting to meet thepublic’s needs.

Now is the timefor all nurses to fullyembrace and providea new, even strongerlevel of leadership,partnering withp h y s i c i a n s ,pharmacists, andother health careprofessionals todirect and managecare effectively.

Today’s nursesmust have thestrength to care forpatients during times

of disaster and crisis; the commitmentto remain involved in continuingeducation throughout their careers; andthe compassion to provide hands-onpatient care at the bedside – as we havedone throughout the centuries.

Moreover, at 3.1 million strong,nurses represent the largest group ofhealth care workers in America, and wehave the power to achieve much-neededreform in nursing and in health care.That is why it is important to take timeout during National Nurses Week tothank nurses for all we do and to remindthe public just how vital our nation’snurses are to the well-being of societyat large.

Of course, giving thanks,recognition and acknowledgement isonly part of the reason we celebrateNational Nurses Week every year.Another equally important reason is toremind the public of nursing’scontributions to the health and well-being of the nation.

So, as you celebrate NationalNurses Week this year, I hope you willalso take a few moments to reflect onsome of the challenges that also facenursing today, and the advocacy effortsof ANA in these areas:�� Alerting nurses about pandemic

plans. This year, the H1N1 virus wasdeclared a national emergency and aglobal pandemic. ANA advocated forbetter adherence to the standards onprotective equipment, educated andencouraged nurses to get immunizedand addressed policy concerns over

mandatory vaccinations.�� Advocating for staffing levels

that promote a safe and healthy workingenvironment for nurses and to ensurethe highest possible patient care. ANAcontinues to be a driving force ingathering data to make the case for safenurse staffing plans. ANA is active intracking and identifying nursingsensitive indicators and their effects onthe quality of nursing care.

To find out more about what youcan do to advance safe staffing, pleasevisit www.safestaffingsaveslives.org.This Web site serves as a one-stopsource of helpful information with user-friendly tools. On the site, you will beable to find ANA’s “Principles on SafeStaffing”, background research on safestaffing, federal and state legislationand ANA’s legislative and legal action.�� Driving interest and support for

addressing educational preparation forthe RN workforce. Evidence shows thathigher levels of nursing education arelinked with lower patient mortalityrates, fewer errors and greater jobsatisfaction among RNs.�� Leading efforts for safe patient

movement equipment to reduce the riskof on the job injuries for nurses. ANAhas been a strong advocate for reducingexposure to chemicals in the workplace,and encourages nurses to work withintheir environments to find healthy

alternatives to potentially harmfulchemicals

On a personal note, this will be thelast National Nurses Week message Ihave the honor of delivering as ANA’sPresident. As my tenure with ANAcomes to an end, I am proud of whatANA as an organization, and nursingas a profession have been able toachieve in the past year; contributingto the health care debate, working toeducate and vaccinate millions againstboth seasonal and H1N1 viruses,continuing efforts to improve workingconditions for nurses, encouragingyoung adults to enter the nursingprofession and educating the publicabout the critical roles that nursesperform.

The more nurses are engaged andspeaking with a united voice, the moreinfluence nursing and its values willhave on health care over the nextdecade. Nurses are the experts atknowing what their patients want andneed, and always respond to both.That’s the power of nursing. I hope eachof you has the opportunity to reflect onthe work that you do, and acknowledgethe work done by your nursingcolleagues. Recognizing the excellentwork done by nurses, and inspiring eachother to make a difference each andevery day, is perhaps the best way wemay build a healthy tomorrow.

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I solemnly pledge myself beforeGod and in the presence of thisassembly, to pass my life in purityand to practice my professionfaithfully.

I will abstain from whatever isdeleterious and mischievous, andwill not take or knowinglyadminister any harmful drug.

I will do all in my power tomaintain and elevate the standardof my profession, and will hold inconfidence all personal matterscommitted to my keeping and allfamily affairs coming to myknowledge in the practice of mycalling.

With loyalty will I endeavor to aidthe physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare ofthose committed to my care.

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There are nearly 3.1 million registered nurses in the

United States. And, 2.4 million of them are actively employed.

The American Nurses Association was founded in

1896.

Isabel Adams Hampton Robb was the first president

of the American Nurses Association

According to projections released in February

2004 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, RNstop the list of the 10 occupations with thelargest projected job growth in the years2002-2012. Although RNs have listed

among the top 10 growth occupations in the past, this is the first time in recenthistory that RNs have ranked first.

The nation's registered nurse (RN) workforce is aging significantly and the

number of full-time equivalent RNs per capita is forecast to peak around the year2007 and decline steadily thereafter, according to Peter Buerhaus of VanderbiltUniversity's nursing school. Buerhaus also predicted that the number of RNs wouldfall 20 percent below the demand by 2010. (Journal of the American MedicalAssociation, June 14, 2000)

Schools of nursing were forced to reject more than 147,000 qualified

applications to nursing programs at all levels in 2005 – an increase of 18 percentover 2004, according to a report by the National League for Nursing (NLN). TheNLN Blamed the problem in part on a continuing shortage of nursing educators.

There are over 240,400 advanced practice nurses in the United States. Of

these, approximately 144,200 are nurse practitioners, 69,000 are clinical nursespecialists, 14,600 are both nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, 13,700are nurse midwives, and 32,500 are nurse anesthetists.

The Congressional Nursing Caucus - a bi-partisan initiative, co-chaired by

U.S. Reps. Lois Capps (D-CA) and Steven LaTourette (R-OH), with 56congressional members -- was formed in March 2003. The purpose of the caucusis to educate Congress on all aspects of the nursing profession and how nursingissues impact the delivery of safe, quality care. The caucus was formed afterconsultation between congressional leaders and ANA.

The January 5, 2000, edition of the Journal of the American Medical

Association (JAMA) reported the results of a study which revealed patients faredjust as well when treated by nurse practitioners as they did when treated byphysicians.

The nation's nurses rank first for their honesty and integrity, with 82 percent

of Americans rating them "high" or "very high," according to a 2005 Gallup Poll.Nurses have consistently rated first every year but one after being added to the listin 1999.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the only full-service professional

organization representing the interests of the nation's 3.1 million registered nursesthrough its constituent member nurses associations, its organizational affiliates,and its workforce advocacy affiliate, the Center for American Nurses.

Did You Know? A Brief Historyof National Nursing Week

1953 Dorothy Sutherland of the U.S. Department of Health, Education,and Welfare sent a proposal to President Eisenhower to proclaim a "NurseDay" in October of the following year. The proclamation was never made.

1954 National Nurse Week was observed from October 11 - 16. Theyear of the observance marked the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale'smission to Crimea. Representative Frances P. Bolton sponsored the bill for anurse week. Apparently, a bill for a National Nurse Week was introduced inthe 1955 Congress, but no action was taken. Congress discontinued its practiceof joint resolutions for national weeks of various kinds.

1972 Again a resolution was presented by the House of Representativesfor the President to proclaim "National Registered Nurse Day." It did not occur.

1974 In January of that year, the International Council of Nurses (ICN)proclaimed that May 12 would be "International Nurse Day." (May 12 is thebirthday of Florence Nightingale.) Since 1965, the ICN has celebrated"International Nurse Day."

1974 In February of that year, a week was designated by the WhiteHouse as National Nurse Week, and President Nixon issued a proclamation.

1978 New Jersey Governor Brendon Byrne declared May 6 as "NursesDay." Edward Scanlan, of Red Bank, N.J., took up the cause to perpetuatethe recognition of nurses in his state. Mr. Scanlan had this date listed inChase's Calendar of Annual Events. He promoted the celebration on hisown.

1981 ANA, along with various nursing organizations, rallied to support aresolution initiated by nurses in New Mexico, through their Congressman,Manuel Lujan, to have May 6, 1982, established as "National RecognitionDay for Nurses."

1982 In February, the ANA Board of Directors formally acknowledgedMay 6, 1982 as "National Nurses Day." The action affirmed a joint resolutionof the United States Congress designating May 6 as "National RecognitionDay for Nurses."

1982 President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation on March 25,proclaiming "National Recognition Day for Nurses" to be May 6, 1982.

1990 The ANA Board of Directors expanded the recognition of nurses toa week-long celebration, declaring May 6 - 12, 1991, as National NursesWeek.

1993 The ANA Board of Directors designated May 6 - 12 as permanentdates to observe National Nurses Week in 1994 and in all subsequent years.

1996 The ANA initiated "National RN Recognition Day" on May 6, 1996,to honor the nation's indispensable registered nurses for their tirelesscommitment 365 days a year. The ANA encourages its state and territorialnurses associations and other organizations to acknowledge May 6, 1996 as"National RN Recognition Day."

1997 The ANA Board of Directors, at the request of the National StudentNurses Association, designated May 8 as National Student Nurses Day.

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