PITMAN, NJ – The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) has named several leaders to officer positions on its Board of Directors (BOD): President-Elect Marisa Streelman, DNP, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC; Treasurer Cynthia Rothenberger, DNP, RN, ACNS, BC; and Secretary Tuesday Adams, MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC.
Joining the BOD as new directors are Patricia Bartzak, DNP, RN, CMSRN, TCRN, CNRN, and Catherine Skowronsky, MSN, APRN-ACNS-BC, CMSRN.
All positions were effective as of January 1, 2022. The BOD is led by Summer Bryant, DNP, RN, CENP, CMSRN, who will be serving the second year of her 2-year term as president in 2022.
These leaders will join current the board members: Director Andrea Melendez, MSN, RN, CHTP, HTCP, HSMI, RM; Director Kristi Reguin-Hartman, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC; Emerging Professional Jacqueline Savalle, MS, RN, CMSRN; Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB) Representative Jessica Tully, DNP, RN-BC, CMSRN, CNML, CENP; and AMSN CEO Terri Hinkley, EdD, MBA, BScN, RN, CAE.
The AMSN Board is responsible for fulfilling the strategic plan, vision, and mission of the 10,000-member nursing association.
About the New Directors
Dr. Bartzak, who is from Natick, MA, is a hospital nurse clinician with 19 years of direct nursing care of patients with infectious diseases and traumas. She is currently a staff nurse at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
She has held many volunteer positions for AMSN including research project reviewer; 2014 Core Curriculum for Medical-Surgical Nursing Task Force member; Clinical Practice Committee member, Research Committee member, and column editor for MedSurg Matters.
Ms. Skowronsky, who is from Berea, OH, is a clinical nurse specialist who provides direct care and expert consultation for patients in medical-surgical units who are experiencing poor mental health.
Her volunteer work with AMSN has included partnering with the American Psychiatric Nurses’ Association to develop competencies for the care of patients at risk for suicide. In 2020, Ms. Skowronsky served as a content reviewer for the Core Curriculum for Medical-Surgical Nursing, behavioral health chapter, and Care of the Patient with Psychiatric Co-morbidities, electronic module.
“AMSN is incredibly well-positioned to lead the efforts on behalf of medical-surgical nurses with this Board of Directors,” Dr. Hinkley said. “They recently approved a strategic plan that includes visionary work that will have an impact on AMSN members and medical-surgical nursing across the country in the areas of nurse well-being, diversity, equity, and inclusivity, and valuing the work of medical-surgical nurses as members of the health care team.”
Members of the Media
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