The American Nurses Association was proud to welcome President Barack Obama as a guest speaker to its biennial House of Delegates. He spoke to an estimated crowd of more than 1,000 nurses and guests during the opening session.
“Nurses are the beating heart of our health care system,” the president commented. “It is because you know the system so well that you have become such fierce advocates for reform,” he noted as he thanked the nurses and the ANA for their staunch support during the health care debate. He remarked on ANA’s long commitment to health care reform, singling out Jo Eleanor Elliott of Colorado for her strong leadership; ...
\ The federal government has launched a very user-friendly website to help citizens to find health care insurance policies that will meet their needs: www.HealthCare.gov. It integrates information from several websites. Currently there is no information on costs, but that will be in place in October.
CEUlectures.org/nmna is an exciting new series of online seminars encompassing eighteen clinical topics, such as heart disease, diabetes, orthopedics and emergency care as well as non-clinical areas, such as domestic violence and spousal abuse. NMNA subscribers will have unlimited access to all 130+ seminars; each accredited by the ASNA through the Governor Richardson signed a proclamation supporting nurses and their work in New Mexico, making 1/28/2010 Nurses Day in New Mexico, for the effort by nurses across the globe to have 2010 the International Year of the Nurse, honoring the legacy of Florence Nightingale and other nurses, midwives, and health care workers of the past and present, who have shown how personal actions can make a world of difference. You may read about the international effort by going to: www.http://www.2010iynurse.net/NMDeclaration.aspx
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