Welcome
We welcome you to the South Carolina Nurses Association. The purpose of the association is to promote the professional status of nurses and to improve health care in South Carolina. South Carolina upholds the "Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, 2001". SCNA is also a source of information for the nurse, the health care community and the public.
We are committed to making a difference for nurses in South Carolina. The South Carolina Nurses Association is the official voice of nursing in this state, speaking out on health care issues on behalf of nurses and the public. Through SCNA, nurses can become powerful advocates for our patients and for our profession.
Call for SCNA Awards
Criteria and Applications for the SCNA Awards are available. The Awards Recipents will be honored at the SCNA State Convention Awards Luncheon on Friday September 11th. This year's award winners will join the list of recipents from the 2007 SCNA State Convention who were: Distinguished Nursing Award--Carrie Houser James, MSN, RN, CNA, BC, CCE; Joy of Nursing Award--Debra Gibbs, FNP; Friend of Nursing-- Judith Curfman Thompson, IOM; and Emerging Professional Award--Preston Fitzgerald, RN, DC. Nomintations will close on August 15th, 2009.
ANA COMMENDS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S NEW “UNITED WE SERVE” INITIATIVE, URGES U.S. NURSES TO JOIN DISASTER RESPONSE NETWORKS
6/18/09
The American Nurses Association (ANA) proudly supports President Obama’s United We Serve campaign being launched on June 22, and urges the nation’s 2.9 million registered nurses (RNs) to be “disaster ready” by taking action now and pre-registering with one of the many disaster registries and response organizations that already exist.
Created as part of the “Serve America Act” signed into law in April, the United We Serve campaign calls upon all Americans to make a focused effort to volunteer in their communities over the next three months, culminating in a National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11, 2009. The United We Serve initiative encourages Americans to play an active role in the nation’s economic recovery by stepping up to volunteer in service projects at this critical time in our nation’s history, when help is needed and resources are stretched thin.
“In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the increase in the level of the pandemic alert of the H1N1 flu virus, now more than ever it is critical that nurses heed the call to serve by signing up on national disaster registries,” said ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR. “ANA strongly believes that in order to respond effectively, now is the time for nurses to get prepared -- not when the disaster occurs, but before it strikes.”
For more information on the United We Serve effort, visit http://www.serve.gov.
New Facebook and LinkedIn Online Community Groups
6/18/09
The American Nurses Association (ANA) today announced the launch of its new Facebook and LinkedIn online community groups, providing nurses with access to two popular social networking sites that offer fast, free, and convenient new ways to share information and make professional connections online. By signing up to become a "fan" of ANA (http://nursingworld.org/facebook), users will be able to post news, share photos, download ANA video clips and join in on discussion boards on timely nursing issues. By joining LinkedIn, (http://www.nursingworld.org/linkedin), users will be able to connect with a vast network of professional contacts within the nursing field.
ANA CALL TO ACTION:
PROTESTING NEGATIVE PORTRAYAL OF NURSING IN SHOWTIME’S “NURSE JACKIE” AND TNT’s “HAWTHORNE”
6/9/09
SILVER SPRING, MD - Two new upcoming television shows, Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” and TNT’s “Hawthorne” portray nurses in what some reviews describe as a more “realistic” light. ANA, however, disagrees with that assessment and has serious reservations about what it feels are controversial—and very unlikely—situations highlighted in the shows.
“ANA is disappointed in the distasteful portrayal of nurses and nursing in ‘Nurse Jackie’ and TNT’s ‘Hawthorne.’ ANA's concern is that negative images such as those in ‘Nurse Jackie’ and in ‘Hawthorne’ erode the highly valued trust of patients who rely on the expertise of nurses in health care situations. These harmful images also play a role in shaping the values, impressions and ultimately the career choices of young people, and may very well contribute to the nursing shortage that is reaching crisis proportions in our nation," said ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR.
Letters of complaint can be mailed to the following:
Showtime Networks Inc., ATTN: Robert Greenblatt, President, Entertainment, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. A sample letter is available here: http://www.nursingworld.org/DocumentVault/NewsAnnouncements/Sample-Letter.aspx
Facebook members may also leave comments on the “Nurse Jackie” page here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Nurse-Jackie/73064394772?ref=ts
Or viewers may leave comments on Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” message board here: http://www.sho.com/site/message/boards.do?groupid=1618
Nursing Schools and Hospitals Save 20% and Free Shipping on Bulk Purchases of Selected ANA Publications
Now through Labor Day, the American Nurses Association's (ANA) online bookstore, nursesbooks.org, is offering 20% off list price and free shipping to nursing schools and hospitals ordering 20+ copies of ANA's Foundation of Nursing, the new Ethics Package, or the newly revised Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice!
You must use promo codes indicated on free shipping forms (see forms below). Order online at www.nursesbooks.org, call 1-800-637-0323 to order by phone, Fax to 301-628-5003 or mail to Nursesbooks.org, P.O. Box 931895, Atlanta, GA 31193
ANP Foundation Flyer [pdf] ANP Ethics Flyer [pdf] ANP Nurse Admin Flyer [pdf]
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