The American Nurses Association (ANA) is deeply concerned about the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for health care settings, citing insufficient [...]
The pandemic has escalated the need for increased access to mental health care among patients of all ages. And mental health nurses are among the providers who are feeling the pressure. In 2020 [...]
Suicide is a preventable and growing public health risk, and nurses are in a prime position to provide assessment and follow-up care. Many nurses lack sufficient education to assess suicide, but [...]
As the entire New Jersey National Guard leadership watched, Maj. Melinda F. Moyer, D.N.P., was awarded the Army Nurse Corps Association 2021 Military Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Award. Moyer, [...]
The editorial team at American Nurse Journal wanted to know what leaders in the field are thinking, so they convened a virtual roundtable. Leaders in different roles and in different geographic [...]
For nearly two years, our nation’s physicians, nurses and other health care professionals have seen firsthand the tragic impact of COVID-19 on the patients and colleagues they have lost as well [...]
On December 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) protecting nurses and other health care personnel from COVID-19 was set to [...]
While voice-powered technology in patients’ rooms might sound a bit futuristic, apparently it’s already been rolled out. Cedars-Sinai installed Amazon Echoes in 100 patient rooms in 2019 and [...]
What does it mean to have a caring relationship with ourselves? What nursing interventions can we apply to self-care and how do we create a self-nursing practice that sustains us in times of [...]
Behavioral or mental health nurses are never short on opportunities. According to experts in the field, they play a significant role in psychiatry, and there’s a dire need for their services. In [...]
