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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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Tuesday, October 12, 2021 (1 Comment - view/add) Real Talk About Health Care Worker Burnout (Reprint) » By Bree Becker, MSN, NP-C, RNC-MNN Previously appeared in Georgia Nursing The other night when I was put...
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| A Healthy Work Environment Starts with You! » By Sheranda Fesler, PhD, RN, RNC-NIC, NE-BC, CPHQ, CPPS High-acuity patients, understaffed units, new organizati...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Addressing Thoracic Postoperative Pain with an Enhanced Surgical Recovery » By TaCharra Woodard, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC The Enhanced Surgical Recovery Program is an evidence-based approach to improvin...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Take Action Against Burnout » Denise Stage McNulty, DNP, RN, MS-HSA, NPD-BC, NE-BC The Burden The health care community must act now t...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Nursing Student Preparedness During COVID » By Sarah Hibbs DNP, RN COVID-19 altered the way we conduct daily life. Nursing students acutely felt this chan...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Oncologic Emergencies » By Sorayah Bourenane, MSN, RN, CEN, CNL A patient becomes a cancer survivor the moment they are diagnosed wit...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Understanding the LGBTQ+ Patient and the Foundations of Providing Care » By Damon B. Cottrell, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CCNS, ACNS-BC and Stephanie C. Evans, Ph.D., APRN, CPNP-PC ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Staffing Provisions Explained » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC On August 9, Governor Abbott announced he was bringing in additional nurses f...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Documenting nursing assessments in the age of EHRs » By: Georgia Reiner, MS, CPHRM, Senior Risk Specialist, Nurses Service Organization Nurses have grown accustomed to...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Practice and Academic Partnerships During COVID-19 » From the Board of Nursing: On March 27, 2020, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing posted a policy brief on...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| How to Facilitate Psychological Safety in Organizations » By Tracey Ramsey Abbott DNP, MPA, RN, CAIP, CNAMB Two weeks ago, we examined the concept of psychological sa...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Need for Psychological Safety in the Workplace » By Tracey Ramsey Abbott, DNP, MPA, RN, CAIP, CNAMB Psychological safety can be defined as a shared belief tha...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Addressing Racial Inequality and Diversity in Nursing » By Marlissa Esquivel, BSN, RN, AMB-BC In January 2021, the American Nurses Association, in conjunction with several oth...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Allyship in Nursing: Every Nurse’s Responsibility » By Jim Allard, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE As a nurse and member of the American College of Healthcare Executives LGBTQ He...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Collaborating for Behavior Change » Practice By Corinne Hernandez, MS, LCDC A nurse cannot ignore the many influences that make up an person, such as c...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Celebrating National Nurses Week » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC Nurses across the great state of Texas have exhibited an insurmountable amount of cou...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Choosing Collaboration Over Obedience » By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH On its surface, compliance simply refers to whether a patient is following their care plan, fo...
Monday, April 12, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Managing Moral Distress » By Cynthia Saver, MS, RN The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the burden of nurses’ daily work in many areas, including fo...
Thursday, April 8, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Health Care Price Transparency Implementation in 2021 » SPONSORED POST By Juliana Moses In November 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services along with t...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Medical Racism: Alive and Well » By Courtney Carden, MBA, MSN, RN “You don’t get sick until you go to the doctor.” Growing up, I heard this phr...
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) International Women’s Day: Women Leading Nursing » On International Women’s Day, held annually on March 8, people across the world celebrate the achievements of women and pl...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Determining Health: When Health Care Cannot Solve Health Issues » By Maya Peterson, BSN, RN, CCRN Social determinants of health — the influence of the environment in which a person li...
Friday, February 26, 2021 (1 Comment - view/add) Foreign-Educated Nurses in Texas » By Roy Herron, MSN, RN Nurses are a diverse group of professional caregivers. We share a common choice to care for other...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Law on PPE » By Melinda Mitchell Jones, MSN, JD, RN, Kathleen Kearney, MSN, JD, RN, CNE, and Carrie Edwards, PhD, RN, CA/CP SANE, AFN-B...
Monday, December 14, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Making Kindness Matter in Healthcare » By Shonna Bracco, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CSSGB In a fast-paced, ever-changing environment such as health care, often the sma...
Thursday, December 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Obesity, Ethics and Healthcare: A Patient-Centered Approach » By Alison Colbert, PhD, PHCNS-BC, AND Melissa Kalarchian, PhD Nurses and other healthcare professionals may feel frust...
Monday, November 23, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Anti-Racism Call to Action \| How Nurses Can Fight Inequality » Developed by TNA’s Workplace Advocacy and Practice Committee The Texas Nurses Association supports nurses’...
Monday, November 23, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Practicing Gratitude in Uncertain Times » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC This week is Thanksgiving. A time to give thanks and reflect on the things we are grat...
Monday, November 16, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Palliative Care and Hospice – What’s the Difference? » By Ana Marie Houser, APRN, MSN, AGCNS-BC, AGPNP-BC, ACHPN George sat in his hospital room with his wife, trying to proc...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Service and Sacrifice: Two Veteran Nurse Reflections » This Veterans Day, we want to share the experience of two of TNA’s members who served, as well as their calls-t...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Preventing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC Registered nurse burnout has become an increasing concern over the last several years....
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Early Voting » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, and Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH When nurses save lives every day, voting can seem lik...
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Normalizing Mental Health Among Nurses » By Dawn Webb, MSN, RN-BC This year has been extremely challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest and everyd...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Race to 200M Flu Shots » By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH In conjunction with American Nurses Association and Sanofi Pasteur , we are encouraging all n...
Thursday, September 24, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) A Tale of Two Vaccines » By Caroline Spana, PhD, RN Vaccines work in different ways for different reasons. Two vaccines developed in recent year...
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