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Articles in Feb 2003 issue of Nevada RNformation

• ANCC's Institute for Research, Education, and Consultation (IREC) receives major funding for research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Nevada's U.S. Senator John Ensign reviews 2002 health care achievements
  by Ensign, John
• Satisfaction guaranteed? A sampling of strategies to keep experienced nurses on the job
  by Trossman, Susan
• New law funds nursing's role in bioterrorism response the American Nurses Association establishes the National Nurses Response Team
  by Donnellan, Christopher
• ANA raises concerns about smallpox immunization
  by Blakeney, Barbara A
• Senators get funding to help Nevada rural hospitals
• Update on new health privacy law resources and enforcement
  by Bunch, Cynthia
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes new Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Competencies
• Coming to a theater near you
• New Nevada medical marijuana regulations
• Update on Medicare's rules and regulations
• Man's best friend?
• Nurse Reinvestment Act, The
  by McKeon, Erin
• Juggling work and family responsiblities: Can long term care insurance help?
  by Bauer, Kathleen
• ANCC board certification exams for APN's now VA-approved
• Harvard university study identifies inadequate nurse staffing as a major factor in medical errors
• Nation's seniors to represent more than half of all US hospital admissions by 2027, according to new Solucient findings
• Nurturing tomorrow's nurses today
  by Desjardins, Michael C
• JAMA article links hospital staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction: ANA's president calls on hospitals to utilize principles for nurse staffing to address problem
• Nevada legislative update: Over 150 proposals for new laws that could impact nursing and health care in Nevada
  by Black, Lisa
• RWJF & the American Nurses Association to launch "Cover the Uninsured Week" in 2003
  by Parker, Susan G
• global reach of the nursing shortage: The American Nurses Association questions the ethics of luring foreign-educated nurses to the United States, The
  by Trossman, Susan
• Analyzing mortality in Nevada
• Governor Guinn announces $250,000 from FEMA to train individuals in emergency response skills
• Nevada's U.S. Senator Harry Reid reviews 2002 health care achievements
  by Reid, Harry
• Former presidents lend support to national grassroots initiative for the uninsured
• Though enrollments rise at U.S. nursing colleges and universities, increase is insufficient to meet the demand for new nurses: Labor department projects the need for 1 million new and replacement nurses by 2010
• District One report (Northwest Nevada) winter 2002
  by Razor, Beatrice (Betty)
• ANA reacts to Redbook article disparaging NPs
  by Blakeney, Barbara A
• Read the label
• Log on to mobilize Political Power
  by Artz, Michelle
• CDC issues guidelines for hand hygiene
• Results of a "Consumer Reports magazine" hospital patient survey reinforce need for adequate nursing care
• Nevada Electronic Emergency Medical Services: Data system (NEEDS)
  by Heath, Bob; Swinney, Richard
• Churchill County childhood leukemia cluster
  by Heath, Bob; Swinney, Richard