ADVANCE received the following comment from Karen Tweedy, RN, CCRN, in response to an opinion poll asking users if they still planned to vote in the general election after Hillary Clinton dropped out. The question should have been addressed specifically to Clinton supporters. As Tweedy's comments go well beyond this issue, we invited her to be ...

I am thankful ADVANCE for Nurses has political coverage on their home page; I am not sure how well informed I would be about our current Presidential candidates without it. This winter my son and I kept up on the happenings because of his interest in politics. But, alas, it is now summertime. Swimming, camp, and the great outdoors have reclaimed ...

Many of my friends, colleagues and family members have been working, on an average, more than 30 years in their various professions. Although most of their jobs have much to offer employees and the community, none is as diversified and challenging as the healthcare profession, nursing in particular. Most of the baby boomer generation's parents ...

  A resolution to be considered during the American Medical Association House of Delegates June 14-18 in Chicago is proposed by the Georgia Delegation, Resolution 214 (A-08). Its purpose is to oppose the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) participating in any credentialing procedures for Doctors of Nursing Practitioners (DrNP) and ...

  On Saturday, June 14, the American Medical Association House of Delegates will open its 157th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Among the resolutions being discussed in the HOD is one proposed by the Illinois Delegation, Resolution 303 (A-08), which would restrict the use of terms Doctor, Resident and Residency in a medical setting to physicians ...

Recently, I was privileged to attend events with leading presidential candidates, or their surrogates. I say ''privileged'' because I was able to hear a pointed, whole message from these candidates. Not the fragmented sound bites or curtailed answers to debate questions. Despite the proliferation of political cable talk shows (which I admit I am a ...

I've been thinking about all the press AIDS received back in its early days. There was a lot of media attention back then and a lot of awareness. Now, 27 years later, we see news reports and celebrities traveling to Africa to shed light on an epidemic that has infected millions. But these front-page stories and images we used to see here have all ...

This blog is not about me. It's about my passion for AIDS awareness. That's why the AIDS ribbon appears as my avatar, not my headshot. I'd like to chat a bit about the symbolic meaning of ribbons today. In the past few years there has been an explosion of ribbon displays. It seems there is a ribbon for every cause. I do not know the origin of ...

Many nurses and members of the general public think the only purpose of the state nursing board is to license and re-license RNs and LPNs. While licensing is a function of the board its primary mission is to protect the health, safety and welfare of its citizens. How does the board maintain the mission's integrity? One method is through a ...

How has your week been? Things are a little less hectic in my home care world, but I know from networking with other agencies that not everyone is faring as well. I'm trying to remember that there are things I just can't control and that I have to just do the best I can - as nurses, that's generally hard for us to do, and it has been quite a ...