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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, September 22, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Nurse’s Role in Health Policy. A Call to Action » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC I graduated nursing school with an associate degree in 2002. Upon graduation I did wh...
Thursday, August 27, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Nurses Know Best: Setting Safe Staffing Levels » By Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN It’s no secret that safe staffing is one of the main concerns of nurses working in acut...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Conversations that Work: National Immunization Awareness Month » By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH While we often think that diseases like pertussis and measles are relics of the past, each...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Shifting the Culture: Nurses as Experts in the Media » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC The next issue of Texas Nursing magazine explores the concept of culture change an...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 (4 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Unconscious Bias: What Nurses Need to Know » By Colleen Marzilli, PhD, DNP, MBA, RN The year 2020 has taught nurses how our profession responds to adversity and chal...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Art of Developing Resilience in Difficult Times » By Jan Alexander, DNP, MDiv, MSN, RN, CPN Florence Nightingale remarked, “Live your life while you have it. Life...
Friday, July 24, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Workers Compensation and Unemployment Resources » By Jason Hassay, JD Nurses who contract SARS-CoV-2 and develop COVID-19 must refrain from working until at least 24 h...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Safe Harbor – A Positive Outlook » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC Since the early stages of COVID-19, TNA has worked hard to educate nurses on the safe h...
Monday, June 29, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Creating Transgender Inclusive Health Care Spaces » By Amy Daly, DNP, MBA, RN, CCRN Transgender patients face a multitude of barriers to accessing primary health care. Th...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Importance of Nurses Serving on Boards » By Amy McCarthy MSN, RNC-MNN, NE-BC When you think of a Board of Directors, there may be a couple of things that pop...
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Tackling Social Injustices: Nurses Ending Racism » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC Racism is one of the greatest threats to our country. We live in a society that m...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) OPINION: A Call to Action for Nurses » By Amy McCarthy, MSN, RNC-MNN, NE-BC Secretary, Texas Nurses Association On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was arrested...
Monday, May 11, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Hospital Week » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC National Hospital Week has roots dating back to 1921 when National Hospital Day was...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Patient Advocacy Protections » By Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE The role of patient advocate has been long embraced by the nursing profession. Pr...
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...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Artificial Intelligence in Nursing » By: Bonnie Clipper DNP, MA, MBA, RN, CENP, FACHE Dr. Clipper presented the January 2020 Nurse Talk on arti...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: The 411 on 211 » Connecting with Community Services Finding information in a state as large as Texas can be a challeng...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Pregnancy Care for Healthy Babies » By: Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month , and this week (Jan. 5-11) is Folic Ac...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Meeting Your New Year’s Resolutions » By: Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH The year 2020 is just a few short weeks away. As people prepare to spend time with fa...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: International Migrants Day, What Does that Mean to Nurses? » By: Melinda Hester, RN, DNP There are over 244 million international migrants worldwide today. One out of every ten...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: World AIDS Day » By: Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH Over the past four decades, nurses have been on the frontlines in the fight against HIV and...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Thankfulness is the Beginning of Gratitude » Like most things, Thanksgiving has many different meanings: Cooking, feasting, family, football, or shopping. For some Nat...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Social Isolation in Patients and Caregivers » By: Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. An e...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Speaking to Children About Shootings » By Betty Richardson, PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, LPC, LMFT Children understandably feel unsafe when their school experiences...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: You say you want a resolution? How members influence their association » Texas Nurses Association is a membership-driven association. Members elect the Board of Directors to govern the associatio...
Monday, October 28, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Climate Change and Health » By: Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH Recently, nurses marched in Washington to demand action on climate change. However, onlin...
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...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) 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: Domestic Violence Awareness Month » By: Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ Director of Practice, Texas Nurses Association "Safety and security don...
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