Here's kudos to our federal government for its efforts to spread the word about the prevention, treatment and containment of the novel 2009 H1N1 influenza virus as we head into the fall flu season. From three federal agencies teaming on a series of televised PSAs with Sesame Street, to continual updates, new guidelines for employers and schools, ...

As a member of the ADVANCE for Nurses task force on healthcare reform (I'll discuss resources we will offer nurses on this topic in my Career Beat column next month), I volunteered to cover President Obama's press conference on healthcare reform July 22, from my living room. The only advantage the journalists present had that I didn't was I ...

Hopefully, many of you tuned into ABC last evening to view Prescription for America. Scheduled to be a 1-hour exchange of ideas about healthcare reform with President Obama and healthcare stakeholders, the meeting lasted 30 minutes longer, extending into ABC's Nightline, from 11:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. If you did not get to see the program, I urge ...

To ensure nurses' voices are heard during the debate on healthcare reform, the America Nurses Association (ANA) and other organizations that comprise Health Care for America Now will hold a rally in Washington, DC, June 25. Nurses will meet at 11:30 a.m. in Upper Senate Park, Constitutional Avenue and Delaware Street NE, to lobby Congress in ...

Anyone who lives in an area where a major road construction project has been planned has probably experienced this. You go to a meeting at the local high school or community center where Department of Transportation engineers explain the proposed location of each route, compare the costs of constructing each route and, of most concern to the ...

Posted April 30, 2009 The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) issued a joint statement April 30 about the then 109 confirmed cases of swine flu in the U.S., and offered recommendations to the public about when to seek emergency care in the 11 states where the disease is present ...

If the root of the nursing shortage is not a lack of interest in the career but rather a dearth of qualified instructors, then making it more attractive to become a nurse educator by forgiving student loans for those pursuing higher education in nursing makes a lot of sense to me. That's precisely the aim of the Nurses' Higher Education and Loan ...

The healthcare reform express appears to be leaving the station. Are we ready? President Obama convened the White House Forum on Health Reform March 5, bringing together about 150 participants representing government, industry, unions, education, professional associations, community organizations and advocacy groups. It is the first step toward ...