by Dr.Terry Ann Sturm, DNP, GNP-C, CRNP & Dr. Joyce Varner, DNP, GNP-BC, AGPCNP-C, GCNS Key Words: Informal caregivers, long-distance caregivers, distance care giving, care giving costs, aging parents, frail older person, burden of care There are no conflicts of …READ MORE

One of the goals of The Alabama State Nurses Association (ASNA) is to encourage nurses to be leaders in nurse specialty/practice setting of their choice. ASNA believes that every nurse can be a leader. What better way to be a …READ MORE

by Jon D. Barganier, JD . Upon completion of law school and successful passage of the Alabama Bar Exam twenty-five years ago, I began taking legal work of a wide variety which I thought would allow me to undertake a …READ MORE

By Lori Locke, MSN, RN, NE-BC; Gail Bromley, PhD, RN; Karen A. Federspiel, DNP, MS, RN-BC, GCNS-BC Reprinted from American Nurse Today, Volume 13, Number 5 Robert, a 78-year-old patient, requests help getting to the bathroom. When the nurse, Ellen, …READ MORE

For 106 years Alabama nurses of all specialties have benefited from the advocacy of their fellow nurses who were ASNA members. ASNA takes issues that are important to you and, through the power of many, gives members a STRONG VOICE. …READ MORE