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<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><B><I><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Geoscience and
Health Participants:</FONT></I></B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><B><I><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>See attached
"Mold Conference" reminder, June 28-29 in DC, and "Integrity in Science"
conference July 12, also in DC.</FONT></I></B></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT face="Times New Roman"> FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE</FONT></B></SPAN><B><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face="Times New Roman">June
10, 2004</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT
face="Times New Roman"> CONTACT: Cindy
Price, 202-651-7038 Carol Cooke, 202-651-7027<U> </U></FONT><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff>RN=RealNews@ana.org</FONT></U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">
www.nursingworld.org/rnrealnews <BR></FONT><U></U></SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=en-us><U></U></SPAN><BR><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ANA 2004 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS UNVEILED</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">‘Nurses: Your Voice, Your
Health, Your Life - Your Career’ is theme for June 26-29 Minneapolis event
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">Washington, DC</FONT><B> <FONT
face="Times New Roman">-</FONT></B> <FONT face="Times New Roman">Preventing back
injuries, gaining competency in basic disaster life support and care of the
aged, and embracing Magnet™ hospital best practices in staffing are among the
wide-ranging educational topics to be featured at the American Nurses
Association (ANA) 2004 Biennial Convention, June 26-29 in Minneapolis, MN.
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">“Nurses: Your Voice, Your
Health, Your Life - Your Career” is the theme of the convention, which will
offer more than 120 educational sessions covering a range of topics and practice
areas, and some of nursing’s top speakers, who will share their knowledge and
experiences.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">Invited to offer the keynote
address at the four-day nursing event is United States Surgeon General Vice
Admiral Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS. As Surgeon General, Dr. Carmona is one
of our nation’s chief spokespersons on public health and medicine. During his
long, distinguished career, Dr. Carmona has served in a variety of roles in the
medical field, including paramedic, educator, surgeon and registered
nurse.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">Also scheduled is a June 26
pre-conference session on preventing back injuries. This session will
focus on the progress being made in ANA’s “Handle with Care” ergonomics
campaign, which was launched last September. The campaign seeks to mount an
effort to prevent back and other musculoskeletal injuries that afflict up to 52
percent of nurses - through greater education and training and the increased use
of assistive equipment and patient handling devices.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">ANA
Convention/2...</FONT></B></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Another highlight of the convention will be an ANA
Political Action Committee fundraising event featuring</FONT><I> <FONT
face="Times New Roman">Newsweek</FONT></I> <FONT
face="Times New Roman">correspondent Eleanor Clift, who will discuss her book,
“Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: The Founding Sisters and Their Struggles
for the 19th Amendment.” Ms. Clift’s discussion will be followed by a special
presentation of HBO’s</FONT><I> <FONT face="Times New Roman">Iron Jawed
Angels</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">A key entertainment event will
be a June 25 showing of “Blue Vinyl,” which premiered at the 2002 Sundance
Film Festival. This film has “ignited” a consumer revolution to phase out
</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>polyvinyl chloride</FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000000></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman">(PVC). Considered
“the worst polluter ever,” PVC is associated with dioxin - the most potent
carcinogen known - and ethylene dichloride, which together can cause severe
health problems such as cancer, endocrine disruption, endometriosis,
neurological damage, birth defects and impaired child development, and
reproductive and immune system damage. Moreover, dioxin is a persistent
bioaccumulative toxin that accumulates in fatty tissues and travels up the food
chain. Finally, PVC plants are among the top targets for a potential terrorist
attack, which could endanger millions of lives. The film is co-sponsored
by Healthcare Without Harm.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">In between these featured
events are a plethora of concurrent educational sessions designed to provide
nurses from all levels of clinical background and practice the opportunity to
build their knowledge and skills on issues and areas that are vital to nursing.
In addition, nurses will have the opportunity to network and exchange
information, and to visit the convention</FONT><FONT
face="WP TypographicSymbols">=</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">s exhibit hall
where health care products and services designed to make nursing practice safer
and more efficient will be on display.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>As ANA President
Barbara Blakeney, MS, APRN,BC, ANP, noted, this year’s convention theme “Nurses:
Your Voice, Your Health, Your Life - Your Career” reminds us how important
nurses are to patients, families and society as take-charge providers and
advocates. “But today, our reality is shaped by new forces, including the
massive reorientation of our health care system toward bioterrorism preparedness
and the challenges of AIDS, SARS, and other deadly illnesses. And ANA is ready
to respond to this reality</FONT> <FONT
face="WP TypographicSymbols">B</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> by offering
these one-of-a-kind events and exhibit offerings, along with the opportunity to
discuss and share the challenges and joys of nursing with other nurses.”
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">More…</FONT></B></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">ANA
Convention/3...</FONT></B></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Times New Roman">For details, including how to
register, call 1-800-274-4ANA or visit</FONT><U> <FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>www.nursingworld.org</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman">.
Reporters may register for complimentary convention media passes either onsite
or by calling 202-651-7038.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>ANA is the only
full-service professional organization representing the nation’s 2.7 million
Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent associations. ANA advances the
nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting
the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a
positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and
regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the
public.</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT>
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