Health & Safety

• Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™

  When nurses care for their own health they can better care for their patients.

• Sharps Injury Prevention

  Learn about how to improve protection against injuries exposing health care workers to blood borne pathogens.

• Incivility, Bullying, and Workplace Violence

  ANA recognizes that bullying and workplace violence is a problem in the health care industry and works hard to provide resources to protect nurses.

Tools You Need

• FDA’s free online CE course on identifying false or misleading prescription drug promotion
• Multi-Organizational Survey Results Poster -Respiratory Protection for Occupational Health Nurses
• Safe Disposal of Medications and Sharps in the Home Setting
• Safe Patient Handling and Movement Nursing School Curriculum Toolkit
• NIOSH Hazardous Drug List 2014
• Elimination of Manual Patient Handling to Prevent Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Federal Enforcement to Prevent Workplace Violence and Other Safety Concerns for Nurses 
  • Fact Sheet: What You Can Do: Consider Filing a Complaint with OSHA
  • Flyer: Reporting to OSHA