What's ANA been doing for NURSES lately??

[NRSKarenRN]

what else has ana been doing???? look here:

nurse leaders take action on range of workplace and patient care issues at ana's house of delegates

7/11/03

nurse leaders representing the american nurses association's 54 constituent member associations set policy on a range of issues important to the profession, including protecting the rights of nurses, supporting the critical role of public health nurses and the public health system and promoting ana's role in shaping the current debate on health care system reform to ensure access to care for all.

http://www.ana.org/pressrel/2003/pr0708.htm

ana ceo stierle highlights ana accomplishments in hod address

7/10/03

ana ceo linda stierle, msn, rn, cnaa,bc, highlighted ana's many accomplishments in her annual address to the house of delegates and urged delegates to pass the bylaws proposals in order for ana to be "the house of nursing."

http://www.ana.org/about/hod03/stierle.htm

ana house of delegates approves new structure to better meet the needs of nation's nurses

7/01/03

a landmark restructuring of the american nurses association (ana) will allow the organization to be more inclusive and better meet the needs of all nurses. overwhelmingly passed at the june 25-27 ana house of delegates (hod), the bylaws amendments create new membership categories that provide alternative pathways for organizations and individuals to connect with ana.

http://nursingworld.org/pressrel/2003/pr0630.htm

bylaw revision:

http://www.ana.org/bylaws/

ana government affairs: http://www.ana.org/gova/

federal advocacy

http://vocusgr.vocus.com/grconvert1/webpub/ana/multihome.asp?xsl=home&pubtypelist=federal+center;federal+asset

state advocacy

http://www.ana.org/gova/state.htm

2002 ana ceo 's stakeholder report:

http://nursingworld.org/about/lately/stkhld02.pdf

nursing's agenda for the future

nursing profession unveils strategic plan to ensure safe, quality patient care and address root causes of growing shortage nursing's agenda for the future calls for broad support from other stakeholders

http://nursingworld.org/naf/

2003 press releases from

the american nurses association

http://www.ana.org/pressrel/2003/index.htm

[ainz]

Your point is well-taken -jt. Those are tangible results!!

Sorry if I have gone on and on, just really frustrated with the ANA, it is almost out of my system :)

Of course we are asking what have individual nurses been doing to improve the state of nursing. The profession, the ANA, all are made up of individuals. In the 1950s approx 55% of nurses we members of the ANA.

I suppose, as is in most things, there are a few that are interested in leading the masses. The "masses" want to depend on the few to look out for their interests. I don't know. Why do only 20% or so of Americans vote? Perhaps most nurses just aren't angry enough yet or would rather find something else to do than to put up with all of the crap that goes with being a nurse.