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Articles in Aug 2003 issue of Nevada RNformation

• National Student Nurses Associations' video "not for ourselves, but for others" wins three awards
• JCAHO to shift to unannounced surveys by 2006
• American Nurses Association House of Delegates passes historic ANA structural changes
  by Black, Lisa
• Show bedside nurses the money: New UAN poll offers solutions to the staffing crisis
  by Martin, Suzanne
• Institute of Medicine report-health professions education: A bridge to quality
  by Peterson, Cheryl
• Compliance with 2003 National Patient Safety Goals
• Nurses helping nurses: Nurses house...a national fund for registered nurses in need
• Health care spending pace in 2002 slowed slightly but remained high: Rapid spending growth threatens affordability to health insurance
• Caring knows no gender: Break the stereotype and boost the number of men in nursing
  by Trossman, Susan
• New JCAHO 2004 standards now online
• CMS letters - NPs, CNSs and PAs in skilled nursing facilities
• Aspirin as effective as ticlopidine in African American antiplatelet stroke prevention study
• Secretary Thompson appoints ANA president Blakeney to attend World Health Assembly
• Matthew Arant elected 2003-2004 NSNA president
• U.S. government awards $13.8 million to improved health care in rural America--Nevada gets a portion
• Prejob screening: Evaluate the 'environment of care' before you take the position
  by Lowe, Thomas J
• ANA and NNA at work advocating for your nursing practice
  by Black, Lisa
• Joint Commission president testifies before U.S. Senate on critical strategies for reducing medical errors
• JCAHO establishes Nursing Advisory Council
• CDC recommends smallpox vaccination to protect persons exposed to monkeypox
• Key to hepatitis virus persistence found
• New laws that may affect your nursing practice
• NSNA 51st annual convention draws 3,000 attendees
• ANA hails introduction of bill to expand access to nurse practitioners
• Nevada nurse delivers keynote address to National Nursing Sorority
• Smallpox compensation legilsation passes: Adequate funding still needed for successful program
  by McKeon, Erin
• AACN Partners with CampusRN.com to offer new scholarship program and online career center
• Nurses defeat proposal that would have effected overtime pay for nurses
  by Bunch, cynthia