AAACN is booming! We now have a record-breaking 4,297 members, climbing over 4,000 for the first time. We hope to grow even more in 2018 and look forward to helping you make the most of your membership benefits in 2018.

Want to know what tips and tricks your fellow nurses use to get and stay asleep? New to the night shift or facing a small bout of insomnia? There are lots of ideas in the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation community! Get ideas and get to sleep!

Take Action to Prevent the Flu: Everything you need to know about the flu illness, including symptoms, treatment and prevention. (From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases [NCIRD]).

This quality improvement project set out to increase real-time collection and documentation of vital signs data by using interfaced mobile vital signs machines. Did it succeed?

The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) hosted a briefing on the opioid crisis that is taking a toll on the health, wellness, and lives of Americans and their families.

National Healthcareer Association - Since 1989, NHA has been partnering with allied health education programs, organizations and employers across the nation to award more than 500,000 allied health certifications.

Tips to Keep You Healthy: Coughs and sneezes spread diseases—especially when it comes to common colds and flu! But getting sick is not inevitable; here's how you can reduce your risk of getting sick this winter.

The Center for School, College, and Career Resources (CSCCR) has launched a new campaign on the importance of vaccinations in college. You received all your vaccines as a young child, so you’re set for life, right? No so. They say students in dorm-like conditions are particularly at risk of contracting meningitis, hepatitis B, and the flu.

Global physician ethics pledge gets biggest makeover in decades - Physician leaders have given the international modern-day Hippocratic Oath the most substantial update that it has seen in nearly 70 years...

(From AMA Wire) A recent article in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension provides a framework to optimize accurate blood-pressure readings and boost patient adherence to treatment. The article outlines the “measure accurately, act rapidly and partner with patients” (M.A.P.) approach to hypertension management.