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May 19, 2022 AMSN Store Survey We’re adding products to the AMSN Store, and we want to know what kind of merchandise you’d like to see.
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May 19, 2022 Featured Speakers at the 2022 AMSN Annual Convention in September! There are a number of great speakers at this year’s convention along with interesting topics and the opportunity to earn up to 38 #NCPDs.
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May 18, 2022 AMSN Annual Convention Grant Deadline Has Been Extended! Five eligible applicants will receive the grant, which covers your convention registration and $500 toward on-site convention related expenses
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May 17, 2022 Congrats to AMSN Student Member Hailey Welly AMSN is thrilled to support you throughout your journey as a nursing student!
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May 12, 2022 NBC10 Interviews Dr. Terri Hinkley, AMSN CEO Learn more about the trial and conviction of RaDonda Vaught.
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May 10, 2022 Lillian Wald Nurses Week Spotlight - Biography

Lillian Wald was born on March 10, 1867, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born into a life of privilege and received an excellent education. When Wald was sixteen, she applied to Vassar in order to continue her education but was denied entry as officials at Vassar believed she was too young.

She spent the remainder of her teen years traveling the world and working as a newspaper correspondent.

May 10, 2022 Lillian Wald (From the AMSN Blog) Nurses Week Spotlight
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May 09, 2022 Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown Nurses Week Spotlight - Biography

Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown was born on October 10, 1927, in West Chester, Pennsylvania as Hazel Johnson. She became interested in nursing at a young age and applied to nursing school when she became an adult. However, her application to Chester County Hospital School of Nursing was denied because she was black.

In 2004 Johnson-Brown told National Public Radio, “The director of nursing met us [Johnson-Brown and her sister] and said to her and myself, ‘We’ve never had a black person in our program, and we never will.’”