AMSN Blog

March 22, 2024 Embracing Change and Cultivating Growth As the healthcare field evolves, you don't have to face it alone.
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March 11, 2024 Award Season AMSN President’s Message, March 2024 This March, I would like to recognize the work of the AMSN Awards, Grants, and Scholarships Committee.
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March 08, 2024 Meet the New Co-Hosts of Med-Surg Moments

The AMSN Med-Surg Moments Podcast is welcoming three new co-hosts: Sydney Wall, RN, BSN, CMSRN; Samantha Bayne, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC; and Eric Torres, ADN, RN, CMSRN.

February 27, 2024 Co-Host Spotlight: Caroline Ashman, MSN, RN, CMSRN As Caroline celebrates her final episode as a podcast co-host, hear from her about her career in medical-surgical nursing and her favorite episode of Med-Surg Moments.
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February 22, 2024 2024 AMSN Annual Convention: Create Connections While Exploring Toronto As you prepare your passport to visit Toronto for the 2024 AMSN Annual Convention, plan your itinerary as you explore this vibrant city.
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February 12, 2024 The Diversity I See AMSN President's Message, February 2024

Marisa reflects on her diverse upbringing in Flint, Michigan and nursing career in various cities. She highlights the importance of diversity in healthcare. Acknowledging the ongoing need for more diversity in nursing, she references ANA and AMSN's initiatives to tackle racism and promote diversity. Marisa urges honoring nurses of color and ending systemic racism in nursing during Black History Month.

February 12, 2024 Use Motivational Interviewing to Partner With Your Patients and Prompt Health Behavior Changes

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a patient-centered approach that nurses can use to motivate patients to make healthier lifestyle choices. Learn more in this article featuring upcoming AMSN webinar presenter Deborah A. Lee, Ph.D., RN, NBC-HWC, NHC Chair of Excellence in Nursing and Director of the Positive Aging Consortium at Middle Tennessee State University.

October 09, 2023 What Happens in Vegas, Doesn’t Need to Stay in Vegas! AMSN President's Message, October 2023

The 2023 AMSN Annual Convention in Las Vegas was a great success! Here, AMSN President Marisa Streelman, DNP, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC, recaps the three days of energy and excitement, all focused on medical-surgical nursing. Reflect on the experience, and save the date for the 2024 AMSN Annual Convention, Sept. 12–14, in Toronto, Canada.

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.

March 01, 2023 It’s Time to Spring Forward: What’s Coming Up for AMSN CEO’s March Message for the AMSN Blog

As you might remember from previous communications, AMSN has been working on a comprehensive DEI program to help build competency related to DEI principles. The program consists of six modules, an introductory module that provides background, definitions and covers topics such as bias and microaggressions, and then five different modules focusing on five traditionally marginalized groups. In these modules, we discuss how to care for patients from these groups and how to work with colleagues from these groups and build healthy practice environments.