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Press contact:

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

Recent press releases:

Expert Panel Should Include Nurses

Nurses Prepare for COVID-19

Nurses Take Action on Gun Violence

COVID
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Clinical Rotations for Nursing Students During a Pandemic » By Stephanie Woods RN, PhD, Clarissa Gomez, PhD Contributor: Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE As the COVID-19 pandemic s...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Handling COVID-19 Assignments » TNA has heard from hundreds of nurses looking for information to help them navigate the uncharted territory we now experie...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Crisis Standards of Care » By C atherine Robichaux PhD, RN, Alumna CCRN As the ever-changing healthcare environment created by the COVID-19 pand...
Monday, March 30, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Prevention Tips: Transitioning from Work to Home » As health care workers face more and more exposure to COVID-19 through their work, nurses have voiced concerns about trans...
Thursday, March 26, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Reentering the Nursing Workforce » Updated March 30, 2020 Are you a retired RN? Is your license currently inactive? Are you wanting to jump in and help d...
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Education
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Applying for Jobs with a Negative Background » By Julia Menegay, SHRM-SCP, SPHR Health Care Human Resources Week is March 16-20. To help nurses with a very common si...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Wise Health Care Consumers » By: Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH February is National Wise Health Care Consumer Month , and nurses have a role to play in ma...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Talking About Human Trafficking » By: Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH Last week, Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP, presented the most viewed Nurs...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: World Cancer Day Feb. 4 , 2020 » By Melissa Parmer, RN, CCM, MBA Worldwide, cancer is among the leading cause of death; in 2012, there were 8.2 million...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Adverse Childhood Experiences - what are they and what can nurses do? » By: Pamela Greene, PhD, RN, NEA-BC In preparation for exploring what adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are, ima...
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Legislation
Thursday, November 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) OPINION: Proposition 6: Saving Lives by Helping Texas Conquer Cancer » By LaTashia Kiel, DNP, RN, CEN Hota Kotb, Robin Roberts, Olivia Newton-John, and Alex Trebek all have something in...
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...
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Nursing Issues
Monday, October 21, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Medication-Assisted Treatment: The Gold Standard » By: Dawn Webb, RN & Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH Opioid use disorder is lethal, but medication-assisted treatment...
Thursday, October 10, 2019 (1 Comment - 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...
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News About Members
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Working Abroad in India and the Middle East » By Jolly M. Punchamannil, DNP, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC The World Health Organization has declared 2020 to be the Year of the...
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...
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News About TNA
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Texas Nurses Recognize 2019 Legislative Champions » IN LATE 2019 AND EARLY 2020, Texas Nurses Association (TNA) members in eight districts presented awards to their loca...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Find Your New Job at Our Virtual Career Fair » TNA’s Virtual Career Fair is an easy way to connect with health care employers seeking to hire top talent for FREE! You ca...
Sunday, December 22, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) 2019 Retrospective » As 2019 and the entire decade nears its end, we take a look back at all that TNA members have made possible over the past...
Friday, November 22, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Happy Thanksgiving from TNA! » Thanksgiving is a great time to reflect on all we have and what we’re grateful for. We asked TNA...
Thursday, November 7, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) The First “Walk with Me” Tour: A Model for Other Nurses » Earlier this year, the words of Senator Maureen Walsh, who said nurses in certain hospitals “probably play cards for a con...
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4/9/2020
Nursing Peer Review: The Positive Side of a Scary Situation (Nurse Talks Empowerment Series)

4/15/2020
Individual Activity Workshop (Full Day)

4/16/2020
Approved Provider Workshop (Full Day)

5/13/2020
Individual Activity Workshop (Full Day)

5/14/2020
May Nurse Talks Empowerment Series