Practice
The following pages are dedicated to the interests of the practicing Clinical Nurse Specialist:
AHRQ Pod Cast
AHRQ has a new audio newscast series to help keep people informed of the Agency's latest health care research findings, news, and information. AHRQ's mission is to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. They are the lead agency in the effort to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors. Please go to AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to hear the newscasts through your computer or download them to a portable digital player such as an iPod.
Opportunity to engage in online discussions of hot-topic practice issues!
CNS Listserv
Join the CNS LISTSERV. This LISTSERV is currently managed by our colleagues in Canada with active participation by CNSs from all over North America. Discussion is always lively and informative. Recent conversations have included family presence, sedation protocols, fall risk assessment, etc. You'll have an opportunity to discuss hot topics and find solutions to the problems we all face. All you need to participate is an email service. Click here to find out how.
TO SIGN UP, simply send a blank email to cns-listserv-on@mail-list.com from the email address that you will use to read the list. The list manager will approve your subscription, then you will receive a welcome message.
Access the searchable archive of the cns-listserv here (discussion is archived for one year)
Resources
• Principles for Nurse Staffing (PDF)
• Guidelines For Consultants - NACNS Member Consulting Recommendations (PDF)
• The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) has launched a website with adult vaccination recommendations at www.adultvaccination.com
• The new CMS policy – CMS Acute Care Present on Admission (POA) Indicators / Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) Policy – is the most significant regulation to affect pressure ulcer care in the United States in this millennium. Concerned about the impact of these regulations on pressure ulcer care across the continuum of care, eight thought leaders in wound care came together on February 2, 2008 in Chicago to dialogue about the issues. This meeting was sponsored by an educational grant from Medline Industries, Inc. The result is the consensus paper titled:
New Opportunities to Improve Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment: Implications of the CMS Acute Care Present of Admission (POA) Indicators / Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Policy (PDF)
• Essentials of Nursing Competencies and Curricula Guidelines for Genetics and Genomics
www.genome.gov/17517037
• ConsultGeriRN.org is the clinical nursing website of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing and the NICHE program (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders). ConsultGeriRN.org is an online resource for nurses in clinical and educational settings. ConsultGeriRN.org has geriatric protocols for managing common geriatric syndromes and conditions, linkage to specialty nursing associations, hospital competencies, opportunities to acquire continuing education materials and much more! ConsultGeriRN.org is funded in part by a grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc. and The John A. Hartford Foundation.
Research Resources from NACNS Research Experts
The purpose of an abstract is to provide reviewers with a window into your research project. If not well composed, reviewers will not have sense of your wonderful work! Find out how to write a winning abstract!
Tips for Writing an Abstract (PDF)
A Vision of the Future for Clinical Nurse Specialists
Download a PDF copy of the consensus paper. Please see Page 11 for copyright, reproduction and disclosure information. We have also attached a copy of the press release announcing the paper.
NACNS leaders and members collaborated over the past year to create a comprehensive vision of our future. Download A Vision of the Future for Clinical Nurse Specialists (PDF)
Online Continuing Education: Nursing Ethics Advocacy Program
This Web-based continuing education program for practicing RNs is offered by the New England Research Institutes, Watertown, MA. The development of the program was funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health (Grant #R44 NR05355). The program was developed by Sharon L. Tennstedt, Ph.D., RN, and Sara T. Fry, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief" Approved CE credits available.
New England Research Institutes is an approved continuing education provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 13253 and by the Vermont State Nurses Association, Inc., which is accredited as an Approver of Continuing Education in Nursing by the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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