March 08, 2020 CEO's Corner - March 2020 Setting Our ‘Site’ on Growth and Innovation AMSN’s new website is completely redesigned with you in mind. When the Board of Directors approved this project, they were clear they wanted a fresh, attractive, user-friendly interface that was mobile-friendly and easily navigated.
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March 08, 2020 Legislative Brief March 2020 The Administration’s proposed $4.8 trillion 2021 budget cuts med-surg nursing funding priorities – and AMSN and The Nursing Community are working to restore the funding.
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February 17, 2020 MSNCB President's Message: Understanding the Presence and Expertise of Med-Surg Nurses Med-Surg nursing is not only its own specialty, it is the foundation of all nursing specialties. As Med-Surg nurses we specialize in the care of increasingly complex patients with a dizzying array of illnesses.
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February 08, 2020 CEO'S Corner - February 2020 Digital Badges are Coming Soon! ...we’re very excited to tell you that this month we will be rolling out digital badges for members and certificants. These digital badges share information with your network about your AMSN membership and your MSNCB certification.
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February 08, 2020 Robin's Nest President's Column - February 2020 Do Something You Love You are kind and care for others – it’s a part of who you are as a nurse. Who better to pamper for a few hours this month than yourself?
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January 07, 2020 AMSN Legislative Brief January 2019

Your voice matters – watch your email for the AMSN 2020 Legislative Survey! So that AMSN’s agenda and advocacy may align with the issues and actions members find most important, watch your email inbox and click to answer. Your voice will help ensure that AMSN’s voice is strong and consistent with the values and priorities of med-surg nursing!

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January 06, 2020 CEO'S Corner - January 2020! AMSN is Here For You

Welcome to 2020, the start of a new decade and the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, brought to us by The World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization. I’m so excited to have a full year to celebrate you, our members!

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January 06, 2020 Robin's Nest President's Column - January 2020 Expand Your Boundaries of Influence

On occasion I have wondered whether my role as a nurse has had much of an impact. I realize that caring for a patient is important to the patient and their family, but I felt like I needed to have a larger, more encompassing impact. This was actually one of the reasons I went into education and why I began my service as a volunteer with AMSN. Perhaps you may have felt the same way at one time or another.

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December 05, 2019 CEO’s CORNER December 2019 - Happy Holidays to You and Yours! Wow, I can’t believe it’s the end of 2019. Where has the year gone? Perhaps it’s only me, but every year seems to go by faster and faster. I think it’s natural for most of us to have a period of reflection in December, as we move towards the end of one year and look forward to the next one.
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December 05, 2019 December 2019 - Robin’s Nest Recharge and Renew. Take Time for You.

If you are anything like me, you live much of the year with urgency and a list containing too many things to accomplish. While it’s important to live life with passion, are we focusing on the right things – the things that truly matter? Are we working frantically to tick things off our list or are we working every day to improve ourselves as nurses, family members, friends, and members of a community? Being involved and staying busy can be a distinct source of stress. We run the risk of living life with mediocrity in order to accomplish those items that seem so important.

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