PART 1
Dr. Debbie Hatfield PHD, RN, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer, of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Enterprise joins Nurses Uncorked for a no holds barred interview. In this episode Nurse Jessica and Nurse Erica alternate asking many hard-hitting questions surrounding the major issues facing nurses. Nothing is off limits in this interview! Erica and Jessica tackle tough topics including Covid response, LPN/LVNs, staffing ratio legislation, nursing reimbursement services and more. 
Join us next week for part 2, when we discuss controversial topics including Magnet hospitals, ANA's history of racism; BSN, criminal prosecution of nurses; American Hospital Association; capping nurse pay and more!
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Chapters:
01:17 Show and Guest Introduction
05:18 Reimbursement of Nursing Services Push
09:21 Tristin Kate Smith 
14:47 Decline in Membership?
18:07 Will LPN/LVNs Ever be Permitted Membership? 
20:37 What is the ANA Doing About Nurse Retaliation and Bullying?
27:30 Why is the ANA Suddenly Supporting Staffing Ratio Legislation?
35:50 Should the ANA Have Handled its Response to Covid Differently?
45:36 That Part!
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