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July 04, 2022 AMSN Hill Day: Advocating for Medical-Surgical Nurses

On June 27^th, the AMSN Legislative Committee visited Washington, D.C. and members of Congress to advocate for legislative issues important to medical-surgical nurses. This visit was AMSN’s second ‘Hill Day’ and first one in person because our 2021 Hill Day was completely virtual due to COVID-19. Some committee members had visits with congressional staff in person and others held Zoom meetings with their state legislators.

October 11, 2021 ADVOCATE News - What’s New in Policy (From the AMSN Blog) The latest on AMSN’s Advocacy News

AMSN Urges Congress to Support Building the Nurse Pipeline, but Action has Slowed

AMSN has been consistent in urging Congress to support nurse workforce development initiatives that build the pipeline advancing the supply of nurses needed now and in the future. Even working together with the Nursing Community Coalition to advance this important goal, congressional action has slowed this fall on the major legislation carrying these AMSN priorities.

May 31, 2021 AMSN's Advocacy News - What's New in Policy The latest on AMSN's Advocacy News

The federal agency charged with carrying out $140 million worth of programs for nurse and health care professional mental health following the COVID pandemic should incorporate and engage medical-surgical nurses in their implementation, says a May 21 letter from AMSN to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

October 04, 2020 The AMSN Legislative Action Center

Congress enacted and the President signed into law, at the last moment, stopgap funding legislation keeping Uncle Sam open until Dec. 10, 2020. After the Nov. 3 elections, Congress will reconvene in “lame duck” session to fund the federal government and AMSN priorities further into the new fiscal year.

October 01, 2020 CEO's Corner - October 2020 Your AMSN Member Benefits At Work

Even More New Products and Services Coming Soon!

You might recall that I’ve talked a lot about the new products and services AMSN is working on bringing you, our members, to help you be effective in your role as a med-surg nurse and to help you practice some self-care in these trying times.

By now we hope you all have seen the new AMSN website that we worked long and hard to launch. We think it allows for a much better user experience and has all you need right at your fingertips.

September 28, 2020 Federal Funding For Key Amsn Priorities Will Be Level As The New Fiscal Year Starts Oct. 1

Federal funding for key AMSN priorities will be level as the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1

Congress, at press time, was completing work on “continuing resolution” legislation keeping Uncle Sam open through Dec. 11.

AMSN supported the House passing increases for Title 8 nurse workforce development, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality late this summer. But the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill carrying these priorities was not taken up by the Senate.

September 27, 2020 AMSN’s First-Ever Legislative Virtual Fly-In to the U.S. Capitol

AMSN’s first-ever Legislative Virtual Fly-in to the U.S. Capitol was a success and hundreds of AMSN members were a part of it!

September 27, 2020 AMSN Urges Congress to Restore & Strengthen National PPE and N95 Mask Supply Stockpile

AMSN Urges Congress to Restore & Strengthen National PPE and N95 Mask Supply Stockpile

Congress was preparing to go home for the stretch run to the November elections without passing additional COVID relief legislation since last March.

Through its Legislative Virtual Fly-in, AMSN had urged Congress to restore and strengthen the National Stockpile with PPE including N95 mask supplies, and to expand mental health resources needed to help patients and caregivers alike.

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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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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