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Influenza – the season seems to have begun a little earlier this year. H1N1 has come back strong this fall already, causing much concern throughout the world. While influenza-related illness can vary from mild to severe, hospitalizations and deaths are occurring, with numbers higher than usual for this time of year. This collection of resources includes access to our H1N1 Special Report, articles and CE from our journals, a ready-made PowerPoint lecture on H1N1, a Take5 about the H1N1 vaccines, as well as educational tools to share with your patients.

Those of us who’ve been in practice for a long time often ask the question, “What is the future of nursing?” The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine have partnered to find solutions to the issues that challenge the nursing profession and affect quality care and patient outcomes.