American Nurses Association news and information

Members of the National Federation of Nurses said affiliating with the American Federation of Teachers will give them the leverage they need to improve working conditions and protect themselves from unfair attacks from hospital management.
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While hospitals face staffing challenges because of the severity of the current flu season, the lessons learned from 2009's swine flu epidemic have left them better prepared to handle this year's outbreak.
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Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots.
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Pina Violano, the injury prevention coordinator at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, has worked to take many dangerous guns off the streets, including an AK-47, an Uzi, a TEC-9 semiautomatic pistol and two Bushmaster-made assault rifles like the one used in the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre.
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Healthcare providers are lining up against legislation the House will vote on Thursday that would replace part of the mandatory federal spending reductions scheduled for 2013 while maintaining billions in Medicare cuts.
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The private-equity firm that recently bought one of the largest safety net health systems in New England is also the owner of the nation's largest gun-manufacturing corporation—but that's about to change, following last week's horrific schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut.
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The National Quality Forum has endorsed 12 patient safety-related measures covering topics such as patient falls, nurse staffing levels and healthcare-associated infections.
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With pressure mounting on federal lawmakers to craft a deficit-reduction deal on taxes and spending, healthcare experts are in two camps on the outcome. Either way, there will be cuts.
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The New York State Nurses Association, which represents 20,000 members, has voted to leave the American Nurses Association, according to a news release.
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A coalition of interest groups for doctors, nurses, hospitals and health IT experts led by the National Association for Healthcare Quality released a report calling on healthcare providers to establish tough policies for reporting patient-safety problems.
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