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Overview

American Nurse Today, the official journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA) is a fresh voice of nursing across America. The journal reaches over 175,000 dedicated nurses in a multitude of specialties and practice settings.

Published monthly, American Nurse Today is a comprehensive, timely, trusted information source that nurses can rely on to:
  • Enhance patient outcomes
  • Develop their professional careers
  • Build their educational foundation of best practices

As the only full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.9 million Registered Nurses, ANA is the driving force for nurses. ANA is a recognized and respected voice that shapes nursing practice standards and defines the code of ethics for the profession. ANA keeps the interests of nurses in the forefront of national debate and is responsible for many healthcare reforms. The organization focuses its work on core issues of vital concern to the nation's registered nurses - nursing shortage, appropriate staffing, health and safety, workplace rights and patient safety/advocacy in addition to its cornerstone work, ethics and standards.

American Nurse Today echoes these initiatives and serves nurses in furthering the profession through succinct, practical, independent, evidence-based, peer-reviewed, clinical data and information:

Inside ANA - information and updates from the strongest voice and advocate for the nursing profession.

Strictly Clinical - Peer-reviewed, clinical article, including continuing education that addresses best practices, and a wide variety of useful practical information that nurses will use in their practice immediately.

Practice Matters - Legal and ethical issues, reimbursement, time management, negotiating contracts, Magnet recognition and drug topics are just some of the topics this section covers.

Career Sphere - Tips, techniques and ideas to help nurses maximize their careers.

Mind/Body/Spirit - Articles that remind nurses to take care of the caregiver.

 

Editorial Advisory Board Members

Full listing of all Editorial Advisory Board Members
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Editor-in-Chief
Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC
Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Va.

 

  
Editorial Advisory Board
Rhonda Anderson, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FACHE
Pediatric Administrator
Regional Pediatric Service Line Administrator
Banner Children’s Hospital at Banner Desert
Medical Center
Mesa, Ariz.
 Anne P. Manton, PhD, APRN, BC, FAEN, FAAN
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Behavioral Health Services
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis, Mass.
   
Rhonda Anderson, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FACHE
Pediatric Administrator
Regional Pediatric Service Line Administrator
Banner Children’s Hospital at Banner Desert
Medical Center
Mesa, Ariz.		 Kathleen A. Mikos, MSN, RN
Chief Nursing Officer
Ingalls Hospital
Harvey, Ill.
   
Nancy Dunton, PhD
Research Associate Professor
School of Nursing
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City		 Audrey Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Chief, Nursing Service for Research
Director, Patient Safety Center of Inquiry
James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital
Tampa, Fla.
   
Michael L. Evans, PhD, RN, FACHE
Dean and Professor
Goldfarb School of Nursing
Barnes-Jewish College
St. Louis, Mo.		 Barbara Safriet, JD, LLM
Senior Dean’s Fellow
Yale Law School
New Haven, Conn.
   
Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, APRN, BC,
NP-C, FAANP, CSP
President, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates,
Inc.
North Andover, Mass.
FNP, Adjunct Faculty, Family Practice Residency
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc.
Greater Lawrence, Mass.		 Franklin A. Shaffer, EdD, RN, FAAN
Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Cross Country Healthcare
Executive Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Cross Country Staffing
Boca Raton, Fla.
   
Karen F. Flaster, RN
Chief Operating Officer
HRN Services Inc.
Beverly Hills, Calif.		 Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, CMAC, FNAP, FAAN
Vice President, Nursing Informatics
Cerner Corp.
Kansas City, Mo.
   
Rita A. Frantz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Area Chair: Systems & Practice
College of Nursing
University of Iowa
Iowa City		 Judy Smetzer, BSN, RN, FISMP
Vice President
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Horsham, Pa.
   
Lillee Gelinas, MSN, RN, FAAN
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
VHA Inc.
Irving, Tex.		 Patricia Sparacino, PhD, RN, FAAN
Vice Chair, Administration and Academic Coordinator
Clinical Professor, Family Health Care Nursing
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco
   
Gwendylon E. Johnson, MA, RNC
Nurse Coordinator, Women’s Health
Howard University Hospital
Washington, DC		 Deborah G. Spratt, MPA, BSN, RN, CNOR,
NEA-BC
Clinical Director of Perioperative Services
University of Rochester Medical Center
Highland Hospital
Rochester, NY
   
Norma M. Lang, PhD, RN, FRCN, FAAN
Professor and Dean Emeritus
School of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wisconsin Regent Distinguished Professor and Aurora
Professor of Health Care Quality and Informatics
College of Nursing
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee		 Rebecca Wheeler, MA, BSN, RN
Former President
National Student Nurses Association
Atlanta, Ga.
   
Gail Pisarcik Lenehan, EdD, RN, FAEN, FAAN
Nurse Clinical Specialist
Emergency Department
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston		 Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Associate Professor and Director for the Master’s
Program
School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.
   
Judith “Ski” Lower, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN
Consultant and Lecturer
Former Nurse Manager
Neurocritical Care Unit
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Md.		 May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Dean, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
   
Courtney H. Lyder, ND, GNP, FAAN
Dean and Professor
UCLA School of Nursing
Los Angeles, Calif.		 Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP, FAANP
President and CEO
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in
Women’s Health
Washington, DC

 

American Nurses Association

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Continuing Education

Every issue of American Nurse Today contains at least one CE article and test