AMSN - MSNCB

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.

December 11, 2022 MSNCB President’s Message - December 2022 Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays Everyone!

I cannot believe it is already time for 2022 to come to a close. It has been a whirlwind of activities for me in my first year as your president and I know there will be more growth and opportunities for all of us in 2023.

I was recently asked for my thoughts on some of the big issues currently happening in health care settings. Perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions is “what can we do about staffing?”. I honestly wish I had a good answer for this, and yet I do not.

April 13, 2022 Volunteering with MSNCB Talk the Talk & Walk the Walk

There is an adage that says, “Talk the Talk & Walk the Walk.” Essentially, it means that what you say you should do!

March 13, 2022 My Favorite Job as AMSN President March 2022 Connections Message One of my favorite jobs as AMSN President is notifying medical-surgical units that they have received the AMSN PRISM Award®.
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February 13, 2022 Inaugural Address Your new president for MSNCB I am Wes Foster, and it is truly an honor to be your new president for MSNCB. I would like to share a bit about my journey with MSNCB and how much the organization means to me.
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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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December 13, 2020 Changing Times Nursing has always been a profession with constantly changing dynamics, expectations, and lived realities. As nurses we recognize the impact of change on the care we provide to our patients, families, and the communities we serve.
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June 26, 2019 AMSN & MSNCB CEO Terri Hinkley Earns Doctorate, Gains Invaluable Lens to View the Future of Nursing

In May, AMSN and MSNCB CEO Terri Hinkley, EdD, MBA, BScN, RN received her Doctorate in Human and Organizational Learning from George Washington University. The Human & Organizational Learning curriculum focuses on organizational issues such as strategic change, transformational leadership, individual and group learning processes, organizational development, and global and international issues. The degree helped Hinkley to develop a more critical lens with which to see the nursing community and its issues and challenges.

June 23, 2019 MSNCB President's Message: The Pursuit of Excellence in Nursing

Dictionary.com defines pursuit as: the act of pursuing; an effort to secure or attain a goal; a quest; and any occupation, pastime, or the like in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily. They define excellence as the fact or state of excelling. The pursuit of excellence in nursing is indeed a quest that is accomplished by thoughtfully looking at ones environment and then strategically thinking about how to make a positive difference.