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Nursing & Healthcare NewsCOVID and Flu VaccinesDosing, timing, and what’s changedA new round of vaccines arrived earlier this summer. Here’s what nurses need to know. New Covid Vaccines As a respiratory infection, COVID is easily transmissible. With the near-total abandonment of infection prevention measures like isolation and...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsANA\California Calls for CandidatesUpcoming elections will choose a new board of directorsIf you’re an ANA\C member and want to help shape the future of nursing in California, consider becoming a candidate in their upcoming elections. Deadline: Oct. 21, 2024 Biennial Elections Members of the ANA\C board of directors normally serve...
FeatureThe StethoscopeThe origins and evolution of this humble but essential diagnostic tool.A FEW YEARS AGO, a familiar piece of medical equipment quietly celebrated its 200th birthday: the humble stethoscope. This is the story of the origins and evolution of this important tool. Laennec's Brainstorm Listening to the sounds of a patient’s...

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsNational Sample Survey of Registered NursesLatest results reveal how the nursing workforce has changed since the pandemic beganNew federal survey data released this spring gives a snapshot of the U.S. nursing workforce before and after the start of the COVID pandemic. COMPARING RESULTS FROM 2018 and 2022 Established in 1977 and conducted at regular intervals by the National...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsA Win-Win ScenarioNew survey suggests making time for mentorship could improve retentionA recent survey from the American Nurses Foundation and McKinsey & Company suggests that creating more opportunities for intergenerational mentorship could be a way to improve retention for both early- and later-career nurses. Different Experience,...
FeatureNurses Day and Nurses WeekSome historical highlights from 75 years of celebrationsNATIONAL NURSES WEEK has been an annual tradition for longer than many current nurses have been practicing, but it’s only the latest in a long line of nursing- related observances. Here are some things you might not know about nursing celebrations past....

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsWill RN Staffing Ratios Go National?What a federal staffing mandate could mean for CaliforniaCalifornia has mandated minimum nurse staffing ratios for more than 20 years, but proposed federal rules could mean changes for our state too. Here’s what California nurses should know. HR-2530 and S-1113 The ANA recently endorsed HR-2530 and S-1113,...
Profiles In NursingNella Larsen Imes (1891–1964)Nurse administrator and novelist of the Harlem RenaissanceNow considered one of the finest authors of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen Imes was also a public health nurse and a respected nurse administrator in New York City. The 1918 Flu Epidemic The biracial daughter of Danish immigrants (a white...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses and Charitable GivingOnly 1 percent of all private donations to healthcare go to nursingWhile healthcare now draws over $50 billion a year in philanthropic giving, a new report from the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) finds that only a small fraction of that money goes to nursing — and not always in the areas that most need it. A Penny...

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