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December 01, 2021 Teamwork: Keeping Promises, Helping Others, and Listening (From the AMSN Blog) There is really nothing better than teamwork!
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November 29, 2021 Happy Holidays My Holiday Wishes For You

Time is such a strange construct. How many of you feel, like me, that 2021 flew by? I mean, it’s the end of 2021, and it feels like it was just yesterday we were all just so happy to put 2020 behind us as we looked forward to a better 2021.

And yet, at the same time, it felt like this year would never end. We struggled with so much this year, with ongoing COVID surges around the globe, political unrest, combating vaccine disinformation, and more.

November 23, 2021 Ups and Downs in Nursing Careers It Happens to the Best of Us!

Balance in my life has meant different things at different points throughout my nursing career.

There have been times where I was the nurse that came to work-did my work-and went home. Never committing to a project, helpful but not going above and beyond for my unit or organization. These were my earlier years as a nurse, while working nights, and focused more on my personal life than my career.

November 23, 2021 Ups and Downs in Nursing Careers (From the AMSN Blog) It Happens to the Best of Us!
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November 18, 2021 Pet Therapy is Not Just for Patients How pet therapy dogs can reduce stress for nurses too.

In healthcare settings, staff continue to face busy, non-stop work environments. Finding appropriate breaks and downtime to mindfully refresh is increasingly difficult.

We have found at my facility that pet therapy dogs are just the right answer to providing a break from the constant daily work stresses. Many organizations have pet therapy programs in place for patients, but pet therapy is just as beneficial for the staff!

November 18, 2021 Pet Therapy is Not Just for Patients (From the AMSN Blog) How pet therapy dogs can reduce stress for nurses too.
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November 15, 2021 The Latest Med-Surg Nurse Life Magazine is Online The latest Med-Surg Nurse Life Magazine is online now.
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November 14, 2021 Help Identify Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression in Your MSU's Patients Patients decompensate in largely unpredictable ways on MSUs

Cardiac and respiratory monitoring of patients in medical-surgical units (MSUs) is minimal, even though approximately 40 percent of medical-surgical patients experience an acute respiratory event.¹

Generally, patients in MSUs are assumed to be less complex and more hemodynamically stable — not requiring additional or continuous monitoring,² however, many patients receive opioids for pain control, increasing their risk of opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD).

November 14, 2021 Help Identify Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression in Your Medical-Surgical Unit's Patients AMSN President, Dr. Summer Bryant... Medical-surgical unit patients may be at an increased risk of opioid-induced respiratory depression...
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November 11, 2021 Statement from AMSN on Texas Sb 8 and Protecting Nurses to Care for Patients AMSN is profoundly concerned with Texas SB 8’s potential impact on our nurse members to provide care for patients.
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