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Recent press releases:

TNA Applauds Texas Legislature for Prioritizing Nursing - June 1
Texas Nurses Applaud Passage of Nurse Friendly Bills - May 15
Outstanding 25 Nurses - May 9
Texas Nurses Applaud SB240 Passage - May 9

Podcasts:

TNA podcasts explore nursing policy, health care issues and the real-life nurse experience. Contact us if you are interested in being on our podcast. See all of the episodes on Spotify.

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Monday, August 28, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) Guest Column: Recruiting Texas Nurses to the Educator Role » A large percentage of current nurse educators in the Texas workforce are reaching retirement age. According...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Highlights from the Texas Health and Human Services Geriatric Symposium » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Hundreds of long term...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Right Use of Power & Relational Competency » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association “Power based on love...
Monday, August 7, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Health care challenges and the Mission and Margin Polarity » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association One characteristic...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Competencies of the Nurse Educator » Texas Nurses magazine, in its last several editions, has highlighted the impact of the shortage of nursing faculty on the...
Monday, July 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice tip of the Week: Nurses’ role in antibiotic stewardship » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Last week, the Amer...
Monday, July 17, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Palliative Care Update » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Practice Tip of t...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Nurse Faculty: Who are they really? » This guest column from the Texas Team Nursing Education Committee (Taskforce on the Nursing Faculty Shorta...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Polarities in Advocacy » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association “Tact is the art of...
Monday, June 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Summer, Sunshine, and Skin Health » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Summertime in Tex...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Commitment to Safe Workplaces » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Did you know that...
Monday, June 5, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Do you know TERCAP? » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association The April Texas Board...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Cancer Survivorship » Practice Tip of the Week: Cancer Survivorship Did you know there are over 15.5 million people living with...
Friday, May 19, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Transition to Geriatric Nursing » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Did you know there is...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Suicide Prevention Resources for Nurses » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Death by suicide is b...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Nurses Caring for Nurses - Supporting Second Victims » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association “To err is human; to...
Friday, April 28, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Restorative Self-Care » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Nation...
Monday, April 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Informed Consent » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association I recently received a call to...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Shared Decision Making » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association N...
Monday, April 10, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: What are Human Factors? » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Human factors...
Monday, April 3, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Sickle cell disease cured with gene therapy? » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association The March is...
Monday, March 27, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Just Culture and Patient Safety » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association ...
Friday, March 17, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Continuous, Connected Healthcare » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association As costs...
Monday, March 13, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Patient Safety and Technology » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association This week...
Monday, March 6, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Texas State Health Plan » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association The Texa...
Friday, February 24, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Reducing Prescription Drug Misuse in Texas » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association The most...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: HIV Update » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association A re...
Monday, February 13, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice tip of the Week: Happiness » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association “Our h...
Monday, February 6, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Resources for Supporting Children » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Nurses who...
Monday, January 30, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip: Health Information Technology and Patient Safety » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association The Instit...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Policy influence at the state and local level » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Did you k...
Friday, January 13, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Managing Behaviors in Persons with Dementia » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Over 5 mil...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Maternal Mortality in Texas » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association This fall, news out...
Monday, December 19, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Grief and Loss During the Holidays » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association Holiday...
Monday, December 12, 2016 (1 Comment - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Effective Communication for Organizational Change » By Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice Texas Nurses Association “The mo...
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