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Tennessee State Board of Nursing 426 Fifth Avenue North 1st Floor - Cordell Hull Building Nashville, TN 37247 Phone: (615) 532-5166 Fax: (615) 741-7899

Contact Elizabeth Lund, MSN, RN, Exec. Director

Fees Initial licensing fee, RN: $105.00 License renewal, RN: Not listed on web

 

Events Calendar ? Dates, places, times, locations and themes of meetings/events.
AORN's Ambulatory Surgery Administrator Certificate Program

National AORN & Direectory Services ? Information on national events and services.
AORN Member Bulletins for 2007


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Violent Behavior in the Healthcare Environment Online Survey

Centers for Disease Control
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American Society of Anesthesiologists
www.asahq.org

 

Tennessee Medical Association
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Title: Amercian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology - Head-Neck Surgery
http://www.entnet.org/
Description: Forms to join SOHN, order form for publications and products, contact information. Professional nursing organization

Title: American Academy of Family Physicians: Diabetes Study
http://www.aafp.org/acf/1999/
Description: Annual study of the association. Last year: Heart Disease. Offers multiple resources on diagnosis and treatment.

Title: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
http://www.aaos.org/
Description: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons provides education and practice management services for orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals.

Title: American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/
Description: Web site includes areas on research, advocacy, professional education, and patient concerns.

Title: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
http://www.aacn.org
Description: A professional organization dedicated to critical care nurses. Info on membership, education, publications, links.

Title: American Association of Immunologists
http://mercury.faseb.org/aai/default.asp
Description: Professional organization site. Full text of The Journal of Immunology online. Information and updates regarding the group's activities.

Title: American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
http://www.aann.org
Description: The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses is a specialty organization serving nurses throughout the world. Networking and continuing education resource.

Title: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
http://www.aana.com/
Description: A professional organization for nurse anesthetists. Information on membership, publications, events. Some patient information.

Title: American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/
Description: Charitable organization dedicated to preventing and seeking a cure for cancer. Supports research and spreads information about cancer.

Title: American Gastroenterological Society
http://mars.gastro.org
Description: Information about the org as well as news about gastroenterology developments, links, events calendar, etc. Bulletin boards on many subjects.

Title: American Nephrology Nurses' Association
http://anna.inurse.com
Description: Professional organization for nurses working in the fields of nephrology, transplantation, and related therapies. Continuing education for members, publication, conferences.

Title: American Pyschoanalytic Association
http://www.apsa.org/
Description: A professional organization of psychoanalysts throughout the United States, comprised of Affiliate Societies and Training Institutes in many cities and has about 3,000 individual members.

Title: American Society of Anethesiologists
http://www.asahq.org/
Description: An educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient. Continuing education, placement information, annual meeting.

Title: American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
http://www.aspan.org
Description: A professional society serving nurses practicing in ambulatory surgery, preanesthesia, and postanesthesia care. Conferences, continuing education.

Title: Anesthesiology
http://anesthesiology.miningco.com/
Description: Site features a monthly column on an anesthesiology related subject and internet links resource focused on anesthesiology.

Title: Association of Rehab Nursing (ARN)
http://www.rehabnurse.org/
Description: Professional organization offering education, certification, and job searches to its members.

Title: Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses
http://www.awhonn.org
Description: Professional nursing organization dedicated to the health of women and newborns. Conferences, advocacy,education, and research assistance to members.

Title: Bloodline-The Online Hematology Resource
http://www.bloodline.net
Description: Hematology site. Free registration required to enter. Clear layout with defined subspecialty areas. Also an image atlas.

Title: Congenital Heart Disease Information and Resource Site
http://www.tchin.org
Description: Resource site for patients, families, and professionals. Internet links, listservs, book reviews conferences, information for adults.

Title: Dr. Bob's Mental Health Links/ Psychophramacology site
http://www.dr-bob.org
Description: Group of links, a discussion group, psychopharmacology information, and a whole lot more assembled by a University of Chicago Doctor. Info for professionals and patients. Psychiatric and mental health info.

Title: Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Blues Band
http://www.managedmusic.com
Description: A humorous site, especially for users with audio capabilities, featuring Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Blues Band. Available to provide continuing education about "managed music" via live demonstration at conferences and the like, Dr. Sam and his band sing the blues about our managed care world. Check it out.

Title: HandWorld
http://www.eatonhand.com/
Description: Site dedicated to hand surgery: anatomy, decision trees, email forum, treatment documentation, among other catagories. Created by a hand surgeon.

Title: Heart Surgery Forum
http://www.hsforum.com/
Description: Full text online journal, listserv email discussion groups, international email registry of cardiovascular specialists, learning center featuring glossary, articles and lessons. Jobs, meetings, links, case reports of "Monster Cases", other case presentations. Well designed and well organized. A LOT of cardiac surgical info.

Title: Institutue for Health and Aging: UCSF School of Nursing
http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/iha/
Description: "...to optimize the health and aging of the individual, community and society through research, training and public service, in the social, behavioral and policy sciences." Publications, links, contacts to research and researchers.

Title: International Transplant Nurses Society
http://www.itns.org/
Description: Membership organization with conferences, newsletter, grant program. Site for membership and news information.

Title: MedScape
http://www.medscape.com
Description: A wide-ranging site for the medical professional. Current news and clinical developments, presented by areas of specialization. Some areas are password protected, requiring a free registration with the service. Well organized.

Title: National Gerontological Nurses Association
http://www.ngna.org/
Description: Single page site with contact information to the organization.

Title: National Institutes of Health Office of Rare Diseases
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
Description: Rare Disease Information offers users information on rare diseases and conditions. Here they can find links to definitions, causes, treatments, and publications, as well as connections to the various institutes, centers, and offices of NIH and a glossary.

Title: Oncolink- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/
Description: An extensive and well designed site dedicated to the cancer patient and health care pro. Information regarding treatment, support for patients and families, listings of meetings, discussions of new drugs, financial concerns. Very complete.

Title: Practical ENT For Primary Care Physicians
http://icarus.med.utoronto.ca/carr/manual/outline.html
Description: Ear, Nose and Throat information set up to inform physicians of general and unusual ENT conditions.

Title: Resource Nurse
http://www.resourcenurse.com
Description: This site has information about continuing education, a reference center, career center, planner, calendar of events, and more.

Title: The Electronic Textbook of Dermatology
http://telemedicine.org/stamford.htm
Description: An online text book with descriptions and photos of skin diseases, causes, and treatments.

Title: Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society
http://www.wocn.org
Description: Professional organization. Site features articles edited by professionals regarding relevant topics. Also, publications, conferences, education.

To Stay Healthy and Strong, America Needs More Nurses

Knoxville News-Sentinel
May 13, 2006
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/perspectives/article/0,1406,KNS_2797_4695416,00.html

If you're like many Americans, you probably don't realize that this week has been National Nurses Week. Most of our patients don't have to consider what it's like to be a nurse in today's health-care environment until they're in a hospital or have a loved one who needs care in a hospital.

They may hear on the news that there's a nurse shortage, but the reality of it won't hit most people until they end up in the hospital and see firsthand the effects that short staffing, long hours and salaries that don't value the critical role we play are having on our nation's nurses and the quality of patient care.

As registered nurses, we have chosen our profession because we want to make a difference in our patients' lives. From welcoming a new baby into the world to providing answers about a diagnostic test, nurses are there for their patients and their medical colleagues.

The worst situation we face as nurses is one in which we have to struggle to provide the care we know our patients need because hospitals have made choices about staffing that too often place their financial interests above the health of our patients.

Numerous studies have shown the effects short staffing has on patient care. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that, for each additional medical-surgical patient in a registered nurse's care, the risk of death increases by 7 percent.

In hospitals with eight patients per nurse, patients have a 31 percent greater risk of dying than those in hospitals with four patients per nurse.

Hospitals' choices have made working conditions nearly impossible for Tennessee nurses to provide the highest quality care, and many of us have gotten so frustrated we're leaving the bedside.

Nearly 500,000 registered nurses have left the profession for more rewarding careers, and nationally the nurse turnover rate averages 21 percent in acute-care hospitals.

At the same time that nurses are leaving the bedside, we can also expect the need for more qualified nurses in hospitals to increase. Baby-boomer nurses are turning in their scrubs in order to retire just as we need more of them to assist with an aging population. And more senior citizens mean the demand for nurses in physicians' offices and nursing homes will increase.

Typically, in a free market economy, wages rise with demand. Surprisingly, though, research by the Institute for Women's Policy Research - using U.S. Department of Labor data - confirms that nurses' wages didn't increase as the nursing shortage has worsened.

Rather than raising wages to meet their patients' staffing needs - hospitals use staffing practices that make the situation worse. Often they will attempt to meet the need by overworking nursing professionals through mandatory overtime.

They also rely on contingent workers and one-time hiring bonuses. Most troubling of all, they simply don't staff the floors with enough nurses to provide top-notch care for all patients.

I'm an intensive care unit nurse, and my patients require the time and attention from me that too many patients aren't able to get as a result of the conditions inside hospitals.

That's why I'm working with nurses across the state to support legislation to ban practices like forced overtime to ensure that our patients have the highest quality care.

As dedicated professionals, we refuse to let short staffing or any other burden prevent us from providing the absolute best care we know how to offer.

This month, rather than just recognizing the contributions of nurses, as members of the Nurse Alliance of Service Employees International Union we're working hard to find solutions to the patient-care crisis.

We urge everyone who has been touched by the strength, commitment and compassion of a nurse to join us in urging at the national, state and local levels that our hospitals place the priority back on patient care and target their resources to working with us to bring nurses back to the bedside.

The stakes are too high for us to wait any longer.

-- Kay Golden