September 01, 2020 Robin's Nest President's Column - September 2020 Get Your “Geek On” Fall has always been my favorite time of year; not only for the cooler weather, football, and chili, but also because of the beginning of a new school year.
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August 25, 2020 Develop Your Superpower AMSN is at work enabling med-surg nurses to adapt their vital skills to the arena of nursing policy advocacy Every day, med-surg nurses promote health, protect patients and save lives. Now, AMSN is at work enabling med-surg nurses to adapt their vital skills to the arena of nursing policy advocacy.
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August 04, 2020 CEO's Corner - August 2020 A Focus on Community Whew, what a year 2020 has been. We’ve seen our worlds turned upside down and inside out. The breadth and depth of issues facing us all has been, at times, overwhelming and exhausting. Sometimes it’s too much and it’s hard to make sense of what we’re seeing, hearing and experiencing. In times of chaos, we need our community more than ever.
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August 04, 2020 Robin's Nest President's Column - August 2020

Let's travel, through the AMSN Convention.

It’s hard to believe we are already in the month of August! The days of summer are quickly passing and I can look forward to autumn which is my favorite time of the year! So many amazing changes occur – the world becomes so colorful, there is a crisp bite to the mornings, and I begin to think of all those comforting things like fuzzy slippers, a good book and a cup of hot tea in the evenings.

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August 04, 2020 The AMSN Legislative Action Center Your voice is needed now to support med-surg nursing priorities as Congress works on COVID-19 relief legislation! Your voice is needed now to support med-surg nursing priorities as Congress works on COVID-19 relief legislation! AMSN and our coalition partners at the Nursing Community Coalition have continued urging members of the House and Senate to support strong supplies of PPE and needed health care funding.
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July 01, 2020 Robin's Nest President's Column - July 2020 Several times in the past two weeks I have found myself needing to stop what I’m doing, pause for a moment and take some deep breaths. Have you felt this way too?
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July 01, 2020 CEO's Corner - July 2020 Words Count In last month’s CEO Corner, I shared my reckoning with you and my pledge to be a better ally and do my absolute best to ensure AMSN and MSNCB are diverse, inclusive, and equitable organizations. We are committed to doing so, both organizations are fully on board with pledging our commitment. To that end, you will see some additional work in the next couple of weeks and further into the future.
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June 09, 2020 MSNCB President's Message: As a Nursing Profession, We Must Elect Not to Tolerate Racism

As a black woman, my journey in nursing is probably quite different from the journeys of many of my white peers. One of my earliest memories in nursing school was when a white instructor instructed me and my all-white nursing peers that “when bathing a black person do not be surprised when the water changes color because black people are usually dirty.”

Needless to say, as an 18-year-old student, I was stunned and at a complete loss for words.

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June 07, 2020 Robin's Nest President's Column - June 2020 Addressing an Infected Wound: Racism

As nurses, we are all familiar with the need to debride wounds of necrotic and infected tissues so that the health tissue can continue the healing process. This is basic to our nurse training, our practice, and our science. I find it interesting that a concept as seemingly forthright as ensuring a wound bed has a healthy base and the needed nutrients to heal has not as easily transferred to other areas of our lives.

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June 07, 2020 CEO's Corner - June 2020 My Reckoning 2020 has been volatile, uncertain, and chaotic and it is only the beginning of June.
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