5. ANA-MAINE Announces Date of the 2007 ANA-MAINE Annual Meeting & Conference
02/28/2007
MARK YOUR CALENDAR and plan to attend the 2007 ANA-MAINE Annual Meeting & Conference on October 19, 2007 at the Ramada Inn at 490 Pleasant Street in Lewiston ME.
It promises to be a great day to learn of legislative updates, workplace advocacy strategies, and how Maine nurses are undertaking a major leadership role in the health and care of the people of this great State.
As the conference information is available, it will be found on the home page of this site.
6. The Center for American Nurses Announces Plans for the 2007 LEAD Summit: Addressing Conflict in the Workplace
02/28/07
The plans for the Center’s 2007 LEAD Summit: Addressing Conflict in the Workplace are well under way for May 17-19, 2007 in San Antionio, TX.
The LEAD (Leadership, Education, Advocacy, Development) Summit, breaks new ground in nursing education by centering on you, the workforce, and the myriad of leadership, advocacy, and patient care challenges you face in your daily profession. The pre-conference and continuing education sessions over the three days will enhance the career development skills of all attendees (from those beginning their careers to current leaders) for the present and future workforce and workplace. Timely plenary and poster sessions delivered by national thought leaders will focus on key topics of staffing, workflow design, personal/social factors, physical environment, and organizational/cultural factors. In addition, evidence based practice and innovative strategies and technologies to improve both the work environment of nurses and patient care delivery will be addressed.
For more information visit the site www.centerforamericannurses.org/07conference or contact info@centerforamericannurses.org.
7. ANA Takes National Lead in Promoting Safe Patient Handling
02/28/2007
ANA’s long track record on safe patient handling is solid and strong. The leaders of ANA and ANA-MAINE believe that our nation’s nurses need relief today in the form of a different legislative approach that will be signed into law by the President. We believe the nation – now facing a serious nursing workforce shortage – can no long afford the estimated 12 percent of RNs who leave the profession because of back injuries. Learn more... [PDF]
8. ANA-MAINE Nurse is Contributor of the Newly Released ANA Public Health Nursing Standards
02/28/2007
ANA-MAINE proudly announces that Ellen Bridge, RN, BS, MTS, ANA-MAINE’s Continuing Education Committee Commissioner and Consultant for the State of Maine Public Health Nursing, recently celebrated with other members of an ANA task force the completion of ANA’s Public Health Nursing: Scope & Standards. This recently published book articulates the essentials of public health nursing, its activities and accountabilities - the who, what, when, where, and how of practice - at all practice levels and settings. It is a core resource for the nurses who focus their professional life in this area. The standards themselves - six for nursing practice and ten for nursing professional performance - are those by which all public health nurses practice. ANA-MAINE is proud of Ellen’s contribution to this very worthy initiative and applauds the level of success she and the members of this national task force achieved.
For more information, go to the press release announcing this publication, visit nursesbooks.org or call 1-800-637-0323.
9. ANA-MAINE Celebrates Maine’s Nurses and their Leadership at the 2006 ANA-MAINE Annual Meeting & Conference
2/28/2007
ANA-MAINE President, Susan Henderson, summarizes the great success had on October 20, 2006 at the ANA-MAINE Annual Meeting and Conference, “Building Nurse Leaders for Complex Environments” held in Lewiston, Maine. The conference faculty represented many shining stars with respect to Maine’s nurse leaders, from front-line, grass roots programs, to State level initiatives, and even those at the national level. Topics included: a detailed description of the effective leadership behaviors needed for today’s complex work environment; identification of the ways a nurse can promote safety from chemical workplace hazards; exploration of the grass-roots leadership nurses can make in the legislative process; and a description of how ANA-MAINE’s new relationship with the Center for American Nurses can assist nurses to attain their personal and professional goals in their work environment. Finally, the nursing leaders at Maine’s two Magnet nursing services, MMC and The Acadia Hospital, discussed their Magnet Journey. Learn more... [PDF]
10. ANA-MAINE Thanks the 2006 Annual Meeting Exhibitors
02/28/2007
Central Maine Medical Center: 
