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Jan 6, 2025 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy
The work of advancing nursing’s agenda continues. A polarizing presidential and general election took place on November 5, and in its aftermath, I’ve heard from many American Nurses Association (ANA) members who feel pleased about the results and many who feel despondent. Regardless of your personal perspective on the election, one thing is clear: Nurses and the nursing profession play crucial roles in healthcare, and ANA’s mandate remains to push the nursing agenda forward.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy
Nurses are uniquely qualified for public service. Nurses have a unique status in our healthcare system and our nation. Ranked in public opinion polls for 22 consecutive years as the most trusted profession we occupy rarified territory in a world teeming with distrust and discord. From this esteemed position we have the power, privilege, and indeed, responsibility, to advance the health and well-being of our patients and effect positive change in our workplaces, profession, and society.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy
ANA Membership Assembly acts on monumental issuesIn late June, nearly 400 knowledgeable and insightful nurse leaders met in Washington, DC, for the American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly, ANA’s official governing and voting body.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy
New model reconsiders profession’s contributionsGroundbreaking and crucial work led by the ANA Enterprise Institute for Nursing Research and Quality Management will have a profound impact on how nurses are viewed in our healthcare system. This work, the Economic Value of Nursing Project, involves creating and testing a conceptual model that depicts the value of nursing human capital.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy |FAAN Cite
More men in nursing supports population and workforce health. All nurses—regardless of gender—should be concerned that the nursing profession remains predominantly female. In 2023, men comprised just 12.6% of RNs and 10.2% of nurse practitioners (NPs), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These figures have changed only modestly since 2013, when 10% of RNs and 8.2% of NPs were men.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy |Chris Evans Gartley
Act now for better maternal health outcomesThe unacceptably high level of maternal mortality in the United States reflects a failing of our entire healthcare system and calls nurses, as the largest group of providers in the nation, to redouble our efforts to eliminate health disparities and optimize care for pregnant people, new mothers, and their infants.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy |FAAN Cite |Chris Evans Gartley
Nurses make powerful advocates for causes that matter. “Let me tell you about my experience.” That simple phrase, spoken by nurses to lawmakers in Congress, state legislatures, and even city councils, carries tremendous weight. Our lived experience as the largest group of healthcare providers who see patients in all care settings and all stages of life makes real what otherwise can be dry and abstract policy discussions.
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Feb 3, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy |Chris Evans Gartley
Knowledge and actions reap benefits for our patients, ourselves. Women’s heart health comes to the fore each February when women and men nationwide wear red to raise awareness of women’s risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and support them in reducing their personal risk. This cause affects nurses on several fronts. Our profession, predominantly female, reflects the CVD risk all women face: CVD remains the leading cause of death in women, yet less than half of women know about this threat.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy |Chris Evans Gartley
Actions that support nurses and the nursing professionWhen I became the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) 38th president in January 2023, the pandemic had loosened its tight grip and our society had largely moved on from this destructive public health event.
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Dec 10, 2023 | 
myamericannurse.com | Jennifer Kennedy |Chris Evans Gartley
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