Workplace Advocacy Links

Mar 05, 2006 07:44 AM

by NRSKarenRN

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Updated Mar 05, 2006 at 08:21 AM by NRSKarenRN

Nursing That Works Series

This educational resource is designed to support and guide nurses personally and professionally in Workplace Advocacy issues. The series is available free online to members of the Center for American Nurses at www.centerforamericannurses.org.

Data Suggests Nurse Fatigue Threatens Patient Safety: Is Prescribing the Nurse's Work Hours the Only Answer?

Disease Management

Generational Approaches to Current Nursing Issues: How Younger and Older Nurses Can Coexist

Nurse Manager Survival in an Age of New Healthcare

Preventing Violence in the Healthcare Workplace

Strategies for a Successful Retirement

*Members of the Center for American Nurses are from 38 state nursing associations listed at www.centerforamericannurses.org/can/states. If you do reside in one of those 38 states and are not sure whether you are a member of The Center, please call your state nursing association to check your status. (Also need to obtain access code from state assoc. Karen)

The Center for American Nurses is a professional association whose mission is to create a community of nursing organizations that serve individual, non-union nurses by providing programs, tools and policies that address challenges and opportunities in their practice environments.

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**NRSKarenRN** · Mar 05, 2006, 07:53 AM

Monograph: Legal Basis for Professional Nursing Practice

Legal Basics for Professional Nursing Practice This legal monograph is designed as a legal "primer" of workforce advocacy concepts for professional nurses. This monograph summarizes key legal aspects of the work environment with an emphasis on rights and responsibilities.

From PSNA website: More Information

**NRSKarenRN** · Mar 05, 2006, 08:19 AM

Draft: Safe Patient Handling and Movement Principles

From ANA News

"Safe Patient Handling and Movement Principles" Draft Presentation Is Open for Comments to NIOSH

02/28/06
The presentation ”Safe Patient Handling and Movement Principles,” was developed by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and its partners, the American Nurses Association and the Veterans Health Administration's Patient Safety Center, to improve work practices for patient care workers. This presentation is designed for use in training by schools of nursing.

The presentation will remain available for review until May 30, 2006. After that date, NIOSH will consider all the comments submitted, and make appropriate revisions to the presentation before publishing a final version. This presentation will also undergo scientific peer review. The details of this review will be referenced on the NIOSH Web site in the near future.

The presentation is formatted in Flash and includes both audio and video. The draft presentation is available in an online version and a downloadable version at: www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/safe-patient/

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