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June 30, 2021 Keep It Simple National Simplicity Day When I think about what I like most about being a medical-surgical nurse, I find myself pondering the simple things. Those times, I share a laugh with my patient, helping a patient understand how to take their medication, or connecting my patient to a community resource when they call for help after discharge
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June 30, 2021 Keep It Simple From the AMSN Blog: When I think about what I like most about being a medical-surgical nurse, I find myself pondering the simple things...
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June 28, 2021 AMSN PRISM Award® Pricing Increase Because of the great commitment we invest, both in you and in the goal of exemplary med-surg units, we will be increasing the AMSN PRISM Award® application fee soon
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June 16, 2021 Research Shows the Public Values Specialty Certification 75% of adults think it is important for all nurses to have a specialty board certification in a relevant field, according to the American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS).
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June 14, 2021 Implicit and Explicit Bias Where do we go from here? By Antoinette Falker, DNP, RN, GCNS-BC, CMSRN. Oftentimes, the biases seem to exist outside of the sphere of healthcare. However, the reality is that it is ever-present in healthcare and negatively affects the people to whom we provide care.
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June 14, 2021 AMSN Student Symposium AMSN is holding its very first Student Symposium... with live and virtual sessions... all for free!
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June 14, 2021 Implicit and Explicit Bias From the AMSN Blog: Biases generally occur when a healthcare provider holds a preference or more positive evaluation of themselves or they are in-group as compared to other cultures, races, ages, and even BMI...
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June 08, 2021 Nurse Leaders Attributes I Want to Emulate and Why Have you ever heard some say that nurses are natural-born leaders?

Then, of course, the complete opposite is how did this nurse ever get chosen to be a nurse leader.

Throughout my nursing career, there have been many different types of leaders I have worked with. Some leaders stand out more than others. I have often pondered, is this a born trait, or can it be learned? What can I do to be a better leader?

I have learned that being a leader is a learned skill with experience and education. As a medical-surgical nurse, no matter your current nurse role, we are all leaders at some level the minute we obtain our nursing license.