May 07, 2023 A Time to Celebrate! AMSN President’s Message, May 2023 As a clinical nurse, May is one of my favorite times of the year, as we celebrate National Nurses Week! And National Nurses Week isn’t the only reason why May is a favorite time for me. The American Nurses Association has expanded National Nurses Week to National Nurses Month! Each May, the national and international communities take a moment to say “thank you” to nurses. Recognition and gratitude are not the reasons why we went into nursing, but it is nice to have a week and a month for others to say “thank you” for the work we do.
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May 03, 2023 How to Celebrate National Nurses Month and Week

National Nurses Month is ideal for celebrating everything about nursing, promoting good practice, and reflecting on achievements. It’s also a time to appreciate our departments’ nursing families and clinical teams. If you are looking for ways to celebrate, check out these ideas for National Nurses Month and Week, May 6-12.

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March 03, 2023 Transitions Are All Around Us AMSN President’s March 2023 Message

The feeling of Spring is in the air! Looking out the window, you start to see new life in the world all around us. For me, the trees and flowers are starting to bloom-which means warmer days are on the way. As the world is transitioning around me, I start to consider the impact of transitions we experience as nurses.

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January 08, 2023 Looking Forward What Does 2023 Have in Store for Us?

I remember when we used to be excited for a new year because it always indicated a fresh start, a new opportunity, and a time to consider what we might like to change or accomplish with our personal and/or professional lives. I have seen a lot of memes on social media telling us to sneak into 2023 quietly so we do not draw attention to ourselves given the past three years we’ve experienced.

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December 05, 2022 The Nursing Workforce Landscape CEO’s December Message for the AMSN Blog

Did you know that the current nursing vacancy rate is approximately 17%? That figure is up over 7% from last year, with over 80% of hospitals having a RN vacancy rate of over 10%, while it is taking approximately 3 months to find a nurse to fill a vacancy.

Further, the nursing turnover rate is 27.1%, and hospitals, on average, lost almost 3% of their RN workforce. Overall, turnover in the med-surg setting is the fifth highest, tied with critical care, and is up over 10% since 2021.

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May 05, 2022 Happy Nurses Month Let’s Celebrate Nurses Month Differently This Year

CEO’s May Message for the AMSN Blog.

National Nurses month is here. It’s the third year in a row that it has been celebrated for one month instead of one week.

Normally a time to recognize and celebrate the hard work nurses do every day of the year, this year’s celebration feels different, somehow. Maybe it’s the two years of the pandemic.

Maybe it’s the perception that we’ve gone from being heroes to being ‘actors’ lying about the severity of COVID, being verbally and physically assaulted for administering vaccines and doing our jobs.

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