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Georgia Association for Nursing Education 2016 Annual Conference
February 18-20, 2016
Jekyll Island Convention Center
Jekyll Island, GA
For more information or to register, visit http: / / georgiaassociatiionfornursingeducation.com
Job market heats up for health care
Health care continues to be a huge and fertile field in metro Atlanta.
According to Simply Hired, a California-based employment website, nurses were the largest job addition to metro Atlanta last year: the region added more than 10,000 nurses.
Health care has been growing virtually nonstop —- through the recession and since. According to CareerBuilder’s Atlanta data, over the past five years there are:
33 percent more physical therapists
31 percent more physicians’ assistants
25 percent more nurses
20 percent more radiation therapists
19 percent more doctors
13 percent more pharmacists
Job market heats up for health care
Health care continues to be a huge and fertile field in metro Atlanta.
According to Simply Hired, a California-based employment website, nurses were the largest job addition to metro Atlanta last year: the region added more than 10,000 nurses.
Health care has been growing virtually nonstop —- through the recession and since. According to CareerBuilder’s Atlanta data, over the past five years there are:
33 percent more physical therapists
31 percent more physicians’ assistants
25 percent more nurses
20 percent more radiation therapists
19 percent more doctors
13 percent more pharmacists
Award for Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Piedmont Fayette Hospital has been awarded the Pathway to Excellence® designation by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC). It is the first hospital in Georgia and one of just 137 hospitals in the world to earn this designation.
The designation, which recognizes healthcare organizations that have created positive work environments where nurses can flourish, deems Piedmont Fayette and other Pathway to Excellence facilities some of the best places to work for nurses, with high nurse satisfaction and retention.
“Our nurses and employees are at the heart of our organization,” Judy Long, chief nursing officer at Piedmont Fayette, said. “They take care of our patients all hours of the day, every day of the year. We are proud to provide a positive work environment in which their contributions are valued and supported.”
To earn the Pathway to Excellence designation, Piedmont Fayette successfully underwent a thorough review process that documents foundational quality initiatives in creating a positive work environment as defined by nurses and supported by research. Nurses in the organization verify the presence of the criteria in the organization through participation in a completely confidential online survey.
“It took a lot of work and staff commitment to make this happen,” Long said. “While the Pathway to Excellence is, by definition, a designation for nursing, it is clear that the standards apply to every person in this hospital and I applaud our team for making Piedmont Fayette one of the best places to work.”
For more information about nursing careers at Piedmont Fayette Hospital, visit piedmont.org/careers.
Nurses Rank as Most Honest, Ethical Profession for 14th Straight Year
Nursing continues to be rated the most trusted profession, according to the annual Gallup poll ranking of honesty and ethics in various fields.
For the past 14 years, the public has voted nurses as the most honest and ethical profession in America. This year, 85 percent of Americans rated nurses’ honesty and ethical standards as “very high” or “high,” tying a nurses’ high point on the Gallup poll and 17 percentage points above any other profession.
“It’s essential that we leverage this trust to lead and implement change in the health care system,” said Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA). “Hospitals, health care systems and other organizations are lacking an important perspective and can’t make fully competent decisions if they don’t have registered nurses at the board table or in the C-Suite. That’s why ANA is a member of the Nurses on Boards Coalition, working to place 10,000 nurses on boards by 2020.”
Ethics is an essential part of nursing practice. This includes an ethical responsibility to ensure the safety of patients and the health and wellness of nurses and other health care providers. In 2015, ANA released a revision of its Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, a cornerstone document of the nursing profession that reflects many changes and evolutions in health care and considers the most current ethical challenges nurses face in practice. The release was just one component of the “Year of Ethics,” a series of activities emphasizing the importance of ethics in nursing practice.
In 2016, ANA will build on this concept of ethical and shared responsibility by launching a year-long “Culture of Safety” campaign to drive changes leading to a safer health care system. The campaign will also highlight how patients, communities and the nursing profession can benefit from efforts to foster a culture of safety in health care. For more information, please visit NursingWorld.org.
Continuing Education Opportunities
8th Annual Winship Cancer Institute Oncology Nursing Symposium Marriott Evergreen Conference Resort
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Friday, March 11th 6-7:30pm Reception
Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:00am-4:00pm
Conference Highlights:
Attendees will benefit from an intimate learning environment and the opportunity to meet and
learn from local, national and internationally recognized Oncology Leaders.
Presentations and Breakout sessions will present the latest advances in cancer care and
pharmacologic management of select oncology diagnoses.
The conference will provide practical strategies and tools to promote nurse involvement in
fostering a culture of empowerment and leadership to improve nursing practice and patient
outcomes.
The conference will provide a generous amount of CE credits while offering participants the
chance to interact and network with colleagues.
Online Registration is now open! http://winshipcancer.emory.edu/nursingsymposium2016
Questions please contact Curlissa Mapp at curlissa.mapp@emoryhealthcare.org, Joan Giblin at joan.giblin@emoryhealthcare.org or Tiffany Norman at tiffany.m.norman@emory.edu.
7.0 SCNA contact hour will be awarded upon completion of the program
Emory Healthcare is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendance of 80% of the session is required in order to receive credit. The planner (s) and speaker (s) acknowledge that there is no conflict of interest for these presentation.
