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August 30, 2021 CEO's Corner - September 2021: Back to a Virtual Convention (From the AMSN Blog) As you’ve likely heard, AMSN made the difficult decision to hold its annual convention fully virtually this year for the second year in a row. It was a difficult decision and one the Board of Directors didn’t take lightly.
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August 24, 2021 View a recorded White House Virtual Conversation View a recorded White House Virtual Conversation on Health Systems, Providers, and the COVID-19 Vaccinations Effort.
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August 22, 2021 Advocacy Actions Our Advocacy Actions help serve to track and promote legislation and policies that enhance medical-surgical nurses and quality care across the health care industry...
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August 19, 2021 10 Ways Nurses Can Improve Our Overall Health and Well-Being As Medical-Surgical Nurses, let's take some time to improve our health and well-being.

As Medical-Surgical Nurses, we know how important it is to teach our patients the importance of taking care of themselves, but often that same knowledge does not translate into action for taking care of our own individual health and well-being.

August 19, 2021 10 Ways Nurses Can Improve Our Overall Health and Well-Being (From the AMSN Blog) As Medical-Surgical Nurses, let's take some time to improve our health and well-being.
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August 19, 2021 View Latest AMSN PRISM Award® Recipients The AMSN PRISM Award® is the Premier Recognition In the Specialty of Med-surg. Apply and see all of the recipients of this prestigious award for medical-surgical units.
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August 19, 2021 AMSN Medical-Surgical Nursing Competency Framework Introducing: The AMSN Medical-Surgical Nursing Competency Framework. Takes the guesswork out personal and organizational assessment, allowing you and your organization to uncover your strengths and weaknesses...
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August 18, 2021 AMSN Leaders Featured in healthecareers.com AMSN Leaders Summer Bryant, DNP, RN, CMSRN, and current AMSN president and Terri Hinkley, EdD, MBA, BScN, CAE, and AMSN chief executive officer featured in healthecareers.com/
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August 18, 2021 Attend a White House Virtual Conversation – Monday, August 23 AMSN members are invited to attend a White House Virtual Conversation on Health Systems, Providers, and the COVID-19 Vaccinations Effort.
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August 12, 2021 Looking in the Mirror, Not Through the Window Exploring the Impact of Minority Nurses

In nursing school, most of us recall learning about Florence Nightingale, known as the "Lady with the Lamp," and all of her efforts to improve sanitation, healthcare reform through education, and advance the nursing profession.

She was British, from an affluent family, had access to nursing education, and quickly succeeded in her nursing career. While her legacy and impact are to be admired, for minority nurses, Florence Nightingale only serves as a window- allowing minority nurses and students to see out but not see themselves.