March 27, 2022 AMSN Statement on RaDonda Vaught Medical errors are common, unfortunately. On Friday, March 25, 2022, RaDonda Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse following a 2017 drug administration error that resulted in the tragic death of a patient undergoing a positron emission tomography (PET) scan.
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March 27, 2022 AMSN Statement on RaDonda Vaught Conviction The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses agrees with both the American Nurses Association and the Tennessee Nurses Association that the verdict in the case against Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught is distressing and dangerously criminalizes human error in health care.
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March 13, 2022 Spring is in the Air Growth and Renewal I love spring. I love the budding and blossoming trees, the sprouting flowers and the return of green grass and landscapes.
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March 13, 2022 My Favorite Job as AMSN President March 2022 Connections Message One of my favorite jobs as AMSN President is notifying medical-surgical units that they have received the AMSN PRISM Award®.
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March 13, 2022 Spring is in the Air (From the AMSN Blog) Growth and Renewal. I love spring. I love the budding and blossoming trees, the sprouting flowers and the return of green grass and landscapes.
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March 13, 2022 My Favorite Job as AMSN President (From the AMSN Blog) One of my favorite jobs as AMSN President is notifying medical-surgical units that they have received the AMSN PRISM Award®.
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March 10, 2022 AMSN Statement on the War in Ukraine The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) joins the American Nurses Association (ANA), International Council of Nurses (ICN), as well as NATO, the UN, and the EU in condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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March 10, 2022 AMSN Statement on the War in Ukraine Though the healthcare situation in Ukraine seems grim, there is help on the way.
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March 03, 2022 AMSN Statement on Texas Gender Affirming Care The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) joins with the Texas Nurses Association, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Texas Pediatric Society, and other leading organizations in opposing a directive issued by the Governor of Texas classifying gender affirming care for minors as child abuse.
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March 03, 2022 AMSN Statement on Texas Gender Affirming Care The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) joins with the Texas Nurses Association, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Texas Pediatric Society, and other leading organizations in opposing a directive issued by the Governor of Texas classifying gender affirming care for minors as child abuse.
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