National Nurses Week is May 6 – 12. The American Nurses Association (ANA) has designated 2017 as the “Year of the Healthy Nurse.” This year’s theme is, “Nursing: the Balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit.” In support of the “Year of the Healthy Nurse,” ANA is offering a free webinar, A Nurse’s Guide to Preventing Compassion Fatigue Moral Distress and Burnout. ”...

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May 2017 marks the 30th anniversary for MCN Healthcare (MCN). MCN began with two individuals (MCN founders) with a vision for a regulatory compliance consulting firm that led to the writing of policies and procedures for hospitals. We are now the leading provider of custom policy content, document management software, and compliance expertise for healthcare providers....

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May 5, 2017 has been designated World Hand Hygiene Day. As part of a major global effort to improve hand hygiene in health care, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands annual global campaign in 2009. According to WHO, “The campaign aims to galvanize action at the point of care to demonstrate that hand hygiene is the entrance...

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World Health Day, celebrated on the 7th of April every year, marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization. World Health Day provides WHO with the opportunity to mobilize action around a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. The theme of the 2017 World Health Day campaign is depression....

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