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Press contact:

Kanaka Sathasivan
Director of Communications
512-452-0645 x 130
ksathasivan@texasnurses.org

Recent press releases:

Nurses Take Action on Gun Violence

Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Measures Could Address 70% of all Workplace Assaults

Chicago Shooting Underscores Need for Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention

Education
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: National "Check your Meds" Day » By Melissa Parmer, RN, CCM, MBA Now in its third year, October 21 is National Check Your Meds Day . This joint effort...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: National "Check your Meds" Day » By Melissa Parmer, RN, CCM, MBA Now in its third year, October 21 is National Check Your Meds Day . This joint effort...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Mental Illness Awareness Week & National Depression Screening Day » By: Melissa Parmer, RN, CCM, MBA October is cause for a number of recognitions and celebrations as parts of Texa...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Violence Awareness Month » By: Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice, Texas Nurses Association "Safety and security don...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Health Information Technology Week » By: Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice, Texas Nurses Association This week is Natio...
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Legislation
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: State Health Policy—What’s the Interim got to do with it? » By: Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice, Texas Nurses Association Every odd-numbered ye...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Nurses Need Workplace Violence Prevention » For Immediate Release April 9, 2019 Contact: Kanaka Sathasivan Texas Nurses Association ksat...
Thursday, April 4, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) In the Trenches at the Texas Legislature » By: Andrew Cates, JD Director of Government Affairs, General Counsel, Texas Nurses Association We’re right at...
Thursday, March 7, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Measures Could Address 70% of all Workplace Assaults » For Immediate Release March 7, 2019 Contact: Kanaka Sathasivan Texas Nurses Association ksathasivan@t...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Nurse Day at the Capitol 2019 » "Every day should bring a sense of urgency. Because each day makes an impact on someone's health." - Dr. Wakefield Mond...
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Nursing Issues
Thursday, October 10, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) OPINION: Advocating for Patients, Facing Personal Moral Distress » By: Shawn L. Boyd, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC Throughout the years, I have faced many situations where I experienced moral d...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Press Release: Nurses Take Action on Gun Violence » For Immediate Release September 4, 2019 Contact: Kanaka Sathasivan Texas Nurses Association ksathasiv...
Saturday, August 31, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Texans Need Action to Prevent more Shootings » Less than a month after El Paso, another mass shooting has taken place in the Midland-Odessa area. Our thoughts remain wit...
Friday, June 28, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) Health and Safety of Immigrant Detainees » Texas Nurses Association and its members are concerned about the health and safety conditions of facilities housing immigr...
Thursday, June 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Nurses, Advocates and Cultivators of Confidence » Nurse-Family Partnership nurses plant seeds of care and rejoice as clients flourish By: Mimi Madrid \| Nurse Family Par...
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News About TNA
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) #NursesWhoTweet: Ready to be a TNA Social Media Ambassador? » We want YOUR help in reaching nurses on social media in exciting new ways Social media has made it easier than ever for...
Thursday, August 29, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Stipends available for Healthier Texas Summit » The Healthier Texas Summit , presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, will include everything from TEDx-style lig...
Monday, August 5, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Statement on El Paso » Our hearts go out to those affected by the shooting in El Paso. We condemn this terrible act and recognize that raci...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) Nurses, This is Our Time: Policy Summit and HOD 2019 » On Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 9, more than 150 nurses gathe...
Monday, April 8, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Putting Nurses in Office » The Texas Nurses Association’s Nurses in Office initiative hopes to bring nurses into positions of political power by enco...
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News About Members
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) From Youth Centers to the Capitol: Rodney Duckett, 2019 ANAI participant » By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH Every year, Texas Nurses Association (TNA) selects one participant for the American Nurs...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) TNA Member Cindy Strzelecki Wins City Council Seat » In November, Strzelecki ran for and won a seat on the Windcrest City Council —a suburb just northeas...
Thursday, November 15, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) TNA District 8 Carries on Red Purse Project Tradition » TNA District 8 Red Purse Project participants pose for photo with d...
Monday, May 9, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Spotlight on safety: Communication training leads to drop in adverse patient events » When it comes to increasing patient safety, TNA member Thalia Martin, DNP, RN, CPHQ, is opening the li...
Friday, May 6, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Unfinished Care: Researcher Delves into Impact of Nurse Staffing Conundrum » This year’s theme for National Nurses Week, May 6-12, focuses on a culture of safety. As defined by the America...
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Calendar more

10/22/2019
Using Informatics to Identify Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking

11/1/2019
TPAPN Peer Support Partner Workshop, November 1, 2019

11/4/2019
TNA District 4 Annual Mock Trial

11/6/2019
Individual Activity Workshop (Full Day)

11/6/2019
Nuts & Bolts of Nursing Peer Review - San Angelo