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Delaware Excellence in Nursing Practice Awards 2010
Dover, DE (July 15, 2010) On July 15th, the Delaware Nurses Association in partnership with the Delaware Organization of Nurse Executives presented the annual Delaware Excellence in Nursing Practice Awards. The awards recognize those in the nursing field who consistently promote, excel, and bring a positive approach to their area of nursing practice. The nominations are reviewed and scored by a peer review process. This year's award winners are:
- Acute Care: Tina Keane, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
- Hospice Care: Tracy Tull, Delaware Hospice, Inc.
- Community- Based: Loretta Newson, Appoquinimink School District
- Advanced Practice: Dyane Bunnell, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
- Nurse Leader/Manager: Penny Seiple, Christiana Care Health System
- Nurse Educator: Janice Selekman, University of Delaware
- New Nurse Graduate: Megan Carville, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
Delaware RN license plate
  The Delaware Nurses Association is proud to offer the first ever Delaware license plate celebrating nursing. The funds generated from the license plates will go toward the development of the Delaware Nurses Foundation and scholarships. In order the plates to go into production; the DNA must have 200 applications.
The numbers 1-20 are being held for a silent auction to be announced at a future date.
The license plate is available for ALL registered nurses licensed in Delaware.
To order a DNA license plate, please follow the instructions below. Plates are issues in numerical sequence only. Application received without payment will not be considered complete and a plate will not be assigned.
Complete the Specialty License Plate form. License plate numbers will be assigned in the order the application and payment are received. Click here to download the required form.
As a DNA member, write a $50 check payable to the Delaware Nurses Association. The check covers the $10 DelDot fee and $40 will go toward the development of the Delaware Nurses Foundation and scholarships.
As a Delaware registered nurse, write a $70 check payable to the Delaware Nurses Association. The check covers the $10 DelDot fee and $60 will
go toward the development of the Delaware Nurses Foundation and scholarships.
Mail the completed form and payment to:
Delaware Nurses Association
5586 Kirkwood Highway
Wilmington, DE 19808
5. The DMV estimated processing time is 6-8 weeks after 200 applications are received.
Question: Is it a liability for nurses to display that they are an RN on their license plate?
Answer: 16 Del.C. c.68 §6802. states: "Any registered nurse or any licensed practical nurse, licensed as such by any state, who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of any emergency or who undertakes to transport any victim thereof to the nearest medical facility shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission in rendering the emergency care; provided, however, such act or omission is not grossly negligent or intentionally designed to harm the victim."
ANA Announcements
Bringing Immunity to Every Community
The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S., is contributing to national efforts to eliminate the scourge of vaccine-preventable diseases through its new Bringing Immunity to Every Community project, which focuses on maximizing registered nurses’ key role in increasing vaccination rates.
Under a partnership arrangement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Bringing Immunity to Every Community aims to increase the knowledge and competency of the nation’s 3.1 million registered nurses in immunization; encourage nurses to be vaccinated; and position nurses as leading advocates for immunization among health care professionals, patients and the public.
A major component of the two-year initiative is a new Web site, www.ANAimmunize.org, launched today that will be a one-stop shop for resources nurses need to be competent, educated advocates for immunizations.
New ANA Member Benefit
The American Nurses Association (ANA), launched a comprehensive new online tool available exclusively to ANA members. The customized ANA Edition of Mosby’s Nursing Consult, developed jointly with Elsevier delivers robust clinical information to ANA members like never before, in an organized, easy-to-use format.
The ANA Edition of Mosby’s Nursing Consult delivers – all in one integrated, user-friendly online application – a compendium of monographs, practice guidelines, and peer-reviewed clinical updates representing the best, most current work of nursing experts and thought leaders throughout the profession. The compilation includes the following:
- 50 evidence-based nursing monographs containing a concise review of the current evidence available on common clinical problems (including current practice and synopses of current literature), and presenting specific recommendations for nursing care
- Practice guidelines to help locate best-practice recommendations for more than 400 common health care diagnoses, conditions, and procedures – including both current safety alerts (if any) and any official organizational position statements relating to the topic
- Nearly 80 clinical updates – original, peer-reviewed, best-practice clinical articles, written by nurse experts, focusing on specific areas of patient care
For more information concerning the ANA Edition of Mosby’s Nursing Consult, visit the members-only section of Nursing World at www.nursingworld.org/membersonly.
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DNA Fall Conference
Managing Life Stressors
October 29, 2010
Delaware State University
Martin Luther King Building
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