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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

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Member Updates
Monday, July 26, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Nurses Asking Texans to Stay Vigilant » For Immediate Release July 26, 2021 Contact: Caitlyn Gonzales Texas Nurses Association cgonzales@texasnur...
Friday, July 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Remembering Through Art: A Memorial to What We Lost » By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH While many parts of the state have returned to business as usual, the toll of COVID-19 on nur...
Thursday, June 24, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Help in the Home: A Nurse Practitioner on Leading a Vaccine Initiative » By Gabi Nintunze and Tammie Michael, AGPCNP-BC In January, the University of Texas Medical Branch received a surprising...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Learning and Educating: My Time on the COVID-19 Nurse Task Force » By Annie Steinhauser, MSN, RN, PCCN In the Spring of 2021, I had the privilege of working with the COVID-19 Nurse...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) TNA Needs You: Take the 2021 Education Needs Assessment Survey » By Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC One of TNA’s main functions is to promote and provide for the continuing professional...
Monday, June 14, 2021 (3 Comments - view/add) Nurses at the Table: Reflecting Back on the Policy Summit » By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH The 2021 Virtual Policy Summit on Friday, June 11 proved to be an engaging, informative and ins...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 (1 Comment - view/add) Texas Nurses Foundation and Texas Nurses Association Honor 20 Extraordinary Nurses » May 6, 2021 Contact: Kanaka Sathasivan Texas Nurses Association ksathasivan@texasnurses.org 512.452.0648 x 1...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Certified Nurses Day 2021 » March 19 is Certified Nurses Day , an annual day of recognition for nursing leaders who demonstrate professionalism, exce...
Thursday, March 11, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) New Campus Facilitates Interactive Learning for Nursing Students » Concordia’s new satellite nursing campus, located on Research Boulevard near MoPac, enriches nursing students through skil...
Monday, March 8, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) New Energy Partnership for Nurses » In the days and weeks since Winter Storm Uri, you may have seen headlines about $17,000 electric bills and retail electric...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Enthusiasm and Inspiration at Virtual Nurse Day at the Capitol » By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH Over the last year, nurses have faced tremendous challenges, and all Texans have been affec...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) The Triumph of Good » One of the few of the quality and safety awards this team received. By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH “One of my fav...
Friday, January 22, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Why I Enrolled into the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Trial » By C. Andrew Martin, DNP, MS, RN, CNE, ACRN, CHPN I turned 66 years old on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Because of my age,...
Friday, January 15, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) COVID-19 and the Cath Lab: Creating a Specialty Survey » By Bailey Ann Estes, BSN, RN-BC, RNFA, CNOR, RCIS The surge of COVID-19 hit our nation and health care system by surpr...
Thursday, January 7, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Memento Mori » By Jazmine Carper, BSN, RN I am one of a million faces taking care of patients. A face that won’t be remembered, espe...
Monday, December 7, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) The Search for Virtual Continuing Education: D9 Reports Sold Out Jurisprudence and Ethics Zoom » By Kimberly Curtin, DNP, RN After the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, District 9 (D9) had to cancel an Apr. 2020 "Jurisprude...
Friday, December 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Paving the Way: Diminishing “Transition Guilt” and Reconsidering Nursing’s Future » By Christine C. Roberts MSN, RN, PCCN When the novel coronavirus became a pandemic, it forever changed our world. Almos...
Thursday, November 12, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) A New Approach to New Ideas: The First TNA Hackathon » By Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH On Nov. 6, Texas Nurses Association hosted our first ever Hackathon, with four teams from acros...
Thursday, October 15, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Exploring Social Determinants of Health in Communities of Color » By Patricia E. Alvoet, EdD, MSN, RN-BC For many years, Texas Nurses Association District 8 has incorporated an educat...
Monday, July 27, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Reflection on Racial Inequalities » By Helen Erickson, PhD, MS(N), AHN-BC, FAAN In reading “ Practice Tip of the Week \| COVID-19 Shines a Light on Racial In...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Today I Held a Hand » By Erin Perez, DNP, APRN, ANP-C, AGNP-C, ACHPN Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner April 2020 To...
Friday, May 22, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Member Get a Member Winners » By Shanna Howard The Member Get a Member campaign ran from Nov. 1, 2019, to April 30, 2020, with the goal of increasi...
Monday, May 18, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) A Second Calling: Retired Nurse Supports Food Pantry » By Suzanna M. Feliciano, MBA, BSN, RN, CCRN, and Shanna Howard The Medina County Food Pantry, in Hondo, Texas,...
Thursday, May 14, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) District Three Scholarships » TNA District Three recently presented two scholarships, the Monika Dewar Memorial Scholarship and an academic scholarship,...
Friday, May 8, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Operation Coffee Break » This year nurses deserve recognition more than ever, so the American Nurses Association expanded National N...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) PRESS RELEASE: Celebrating Texas Heroes During Nurses Month » For Immediate Release May 5, 2020 Contact: Kanaka Sathasivan Texas Nurses Association ksathasivan@tex...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) PRESS RELEASE: Nurses Need Self-Care » For Immediate Release May 5, 2020 Contact: Kanaka Sathasivan Texas Nurses Association ksathasivan@tex...
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, 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...
Thursday, October 31, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Happy Halloween from TNA and TPAPN » TNA headquarters celebrated Halloween in style this year with fun decorations, sweet treats and some rather "ne...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Commemorating Cheryl Kee » This summer, T exas Nurses Asso...
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