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News for the nursing profession | December 11, 2007
 
 
Editor's Viewpoint
  • Looking back at 2007
     
    Kathryn Doherty, ANA SmartBrief Lead Editor
    Over the course of 2007, I have been pleased to deliver you the industry news that matters to your business. Part I of this ANA SmartBrief special year-end report rounds up the most important trends, stories and events of the past year. Part II, which will hit your inbox on Thursday, will provide a glimpse into what's in store for 2008.

    This year was one of news on safety: nurses' safety as a result of inadequate staffing levels, violence and bullying, as well as patient safety with regard to drugs, devices and hospital infections. Medical professionals, health industry officials, lawmakers and the public continue to be concerned about the nationwide shortage of nurses and nurse educators, and some groups are launching new recruitment and retention efforts to meet the challenge head-on. In the policy arena, presidential candidates have led a renewed focus on providing health insurance coverage to more Americans.

    This year's conferences took ANA members to a policy conference on "Nursing Care in Life, Death and Disaster" and to the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators conference. Members everywhere celebrated National Nurses Week in May, and ANA marked the occasion with a luncheon on the importance of safe patient handling for congressional health staff. It was an exciting year, indeed.

    And now, here's what was most important to YOU in 2007.

  Best of 2007 
  Your Favorite SmartQuotes 
  • Here are the quotes you shared with colleagues most often during 2007:
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
--Winston Churchill,
British prime minister
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worthwhile."
--Herm Albright,
writer
When you step into a turnaround situation, you can safely assume four things: morale is low, fear is high, the good people are halfway out the door, and the slackers are hiding."
--Nina Disesa,
as chairwoman of McCann-Erickson Worldwide
If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?"
--Steven Wright,
comedian, actor
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
--Thomas Edison,
inventor and businessman
One of the hardest tasks of leadership is understanding that you are not what you are, but what you're perceived to be by others."
--Edward L. Flom,
CEO of Florida Steel
Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."
--Eleanor Roosevelt,
former first lady and American political leader
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're OK, then it's you."
--Rita Mae Brown,
writer and activist
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone."
--Audrey Hepburn,
Academy Award-winning actress, humanitarian
Rule No. 1: Use your own good judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules."
--Bruce, Jim and John Nordstrom,
co-presidents of Nordstrom department store, in the employee handbook
  

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