American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing

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April 11-15, 2023

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HEALTH BYTES - National Suicide Prevention Month

September is National Suicide Prevention Month

From the NIH: Suicide is a major public health concern. More than 48,000 people die by suicide each year in the United States; it is the 10th leading cause of death overall. Suicide is complicated and tragic, but it is often preventable.

HEALTH BYTES: Patient Safety Awareness Week

March 10-16 is Patient Safety Awareness Week (PSAW). The focus this year is on improving safety in the ambulatory setting. A free webcast entitled Advancing Patient Safety Beyond the Hospital will be held on March 13, 2019. The webinar will address the state of ambulatory patient safety in the United States...

Exciting News on Ambulatory Care Nurse-Sensitive Indicators

The identification and measurement of nurse-sensitive indicators (NSIs) is critical in describing the contributions and value of registered nurses (RNs) in ambulatory care settings. Since 2015, AAACN has partnered with the Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes (CALNOC) to develop and pilot test ambulatory care NSIs. We are pleased to share an exciting step forward in this work. Press Ganey has acquired the CALNOC registry, including the CALNOC database, nursing measures and indicators...

HEALTH BYTES: 50 States Ranked by Amount of NPs

California contains the most professionally active nurse practitioners in the U.S. with 15,374 NPs, according to a ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The ranking is based on October 2018 ... In total, 164,914 professionally active NPs are working in the U.S...

Magnet Program VP Joining Pre-Conference Session as Speaker

We are pleased to share that Rebecca Graystone, MS, MBA, RN, NE-BC, Vice President, Magnet Recognition Program^® & Pathway to Excellence^®, American Nurses Credentialing Center, has been added as an additional speaker for the Pre-Conference Session on Wednesday, May 8, at the AAACN Annual Conference.