Legislative Network for Nurses

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Articles in November, 2005 issue of Legislative Network for Nurses

• Disaster recover plans.
• Access to medicines.(World News)(Brief Article)
• Louisiana.(State News)
• AHA opposes JCAHO plan to sell hospital data.
• Performance reports.
• Pay-for-performance.
• Visiting RNs applaud CDC's whooping cough vaccination recommendation.
• Michigan.(State News)
• Senate approves more funding for RN education programs.
• HLA Competency Directory.(Healthcare Leadership Alliance)(Brief Article)
• Hospitals for a Healthy Environment.(Opportunities)
• Hospital care.
• Health care quality.
• Medical, medication or test errors.(World News)
• IOM report makes recommendations for improving care to cancer survivors.
• New York.(State News)
• Nursing, hospital groups call flu pandemic plan good first step.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program.(Opportunities)
• Maternal and child health.
• Electronic exchange of health information.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.(Opportunities)(Brief Article)
• The Health Resources and Services Administration.(Opportunities)
• Mental or substance abuse problems.
• Employment-based visas.(Legislation)
• Workforce shortage.
• Medical abbreviations.
• ANA campaign encourages RNs to get vaccinated for flu virus.(Vaccinations)
• The American Nurses Association.(Opportunities)
• Study aims to show RNs in nursing homes can improve seniors' lives.
• National Nurse Anesthetists Week.(Resources)
• Ernest Amory Codman Award.
• Schwarzenegger backs down from bid to overturn California RN ratios.
• Wisconsin.(State News)(ban on overtime pay for nurses )(Brief Article)
• Reopening of health care facilities.(Resources)
• AWHONN releases framework for near-term infant initiative.
• Health care safety net.
• Baldwin bill aims to give VA nurses full pension benefits.
• Florida.(State News)(Lift Teams save staff injury costs)(Brief Article)
• The Nursing Organizations Alliance.(Opportunities)
• CCNE says only practice doctorates with DNP degree can be accredited.
• Appropriations bill.(Legislation)
• Emergency care.
• AACN, Hartford announce awards for exceptional Gerontologic RN education.