Year of the Health Nurse: 2017

December 11, 2016

2017 will be ANA’s Year of the Healthy Nurse!  Recently, ANA has featured an annual, yearlong initiative highlighting an important component of nursing.  2015 was the Year of Ethics, 2016 focused on the Culture of Safety.  For 2017’s Year of the Healthy Nurse, specific health, safety, and wellness topics have been selected for each month, see below.  If your C/SNA has resources, conferences, activities, products, and/or events that you would like to see showcased by ANA that relate to any of the topics listed below, please contact Holly Carpenter, ANA Senior Policy Advisor, Nursing Programs at [email protected] at least 2-3 weeks prior to the month of interest.  Thank you so much for your participation!
  
     
Month Topics
January Worksite Wellness
February Cardiovascular Health 
   
March Nutrition
April Combatting Stress
May Women’s Health
National Fitness and Sports Month
June Men’s Health
Cancer Awareness
Skin Health
July Healthy Sleep 
August Happiness
September Recovery
Work-Life Balance
October Infection Control
Immunizations
Moral Resilience/Moral Distress
November Mental Health
Wellness
December Healthy Eating/Healthy Holidays