Nurse on duty when tornado hit hospital in Missouri

Angie Abner, a paramedic and emergency room nurse at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO, was on duty when the tornado tore through the city. In an interview with National... 
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Winner of nurse leadership video announced

The American Nurses Association (ANA) has chosen a winner for its first video contest on nurse leadership. The winner, Mandy Mayer, RN, BSN, won with a video portraying her role as... 
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Happy National Nurses Day

Today marks National Nurses Day, the last day of Nurses Week, and the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who developed modern nursing. Nurses all over the world have celebrated their... 
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Threat of strike intensifies over staff cuts

Staffing levels are the center of attention at Tufts Medical Center in Boston as registered nurses announced on Monday the threat of a one-day strike. The Massachusetts Nurses Association,... 
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Enter video contest to share what “I am a Nurse; I am a Leader” means to you

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is holding a contest for nurses to make their own videos sharing what leadership means to them. In two minutes or less, the ANA asks registered... 
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Program puts some 911 callers in touch with a nurse

An ambulance service in North Carolina has launched a new program that lets people who call 911 with minor concerns speak to a nurse before deciding whether to be transported to a hospital... 
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Spicing up annual competency assessments

Annual competency assessments can sometimes be a tiresome task for nurses and for educators. Every organization completes assessment differently. At St. John Medical Center in Tulsa,... 
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Study finds nurses scared to speak up about physicians’ mistakes

A just-released study says nurses are afraid to speak up if they notice physicians making mistakes. The study, The Silent Treatment: Why Safety Tools and Checklists Aren’t Enough... 
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