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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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Tuesday, November 1, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Cardiovascular Health at Home » By Jordan Wilson, MSN, RN-BC, NPD-BC With our busy lives and constant “on the go” mentality, we may not feel like...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Emergency Department Safety » By Kit Bredimus, DNP, RN, CEN, CPEN, CNML, NE-BC, CENP, NEA-BC Oct. 9 to 13 is recognized as Emergency Nurses Week. I h...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Healthy Child, Better Learner » By Becca Harkleroad, BS, RN, NCSN National Child Health Day , observed the first Monday in October, serves as an ann...
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Assessing Severity in Acute Ischemic Stroke » By Sherron Franks-Meeks, PhD, MPAL, BA, RN, CNE Acute stroke assessment is part of the American Stroke Asso...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 (1 Comment - view/add) Breaking Through the Stigma: Why Nurses Should Screen for Patient Medical Cannabis Use » By Dr. Eve Kandiyoti DHA, RN Cannabis is a word that is heavily stigmatized, especially within healthcar...
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Suicide Prevention and Nurse Risk » By Dr. Ka’Shiris Walton Perryman DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, LNC Suicide is defined as purposefully injuri...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Overdose Awareness and Prevention » By Lucindra Campbell-Law Overdose is highly stigmatized, and that’s one of the problems International Overdose Aware...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| What Nurses Need to Know for Back-to-School » By Colleen Marzilli As September approaches, parents often ask nurses lots of questions about their childre...
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Future of Immunization » By Sarah Hibbs, DNP, RN The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing immunization put the topic at the forefront of a debate....
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| World Breastfeeding Week Celebration: A Call to Supportive Action » By Josephine S. D. Arnold, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC Editor’s Note: TNA acknowledges the importance of using inclusiona...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Climate Change: What Nurses Need to Know » By Colleen Marzilli Climate change, or global warming, is an unavoidable and multi-faceted issue that is lin...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week: Benzodiazepine Awareness » By Corinne Hernandez July 11 was Benzodiazepine Awareness day. Benzodiazepine was once the most generally prescribed dr...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Recognizing PTSD » By Dawn Webb, RN June is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month, an important time to talk openly about h...
Thursday, June 23, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Addressing Health Misinformation with NSO » The following article has been provided by our partners at Nurses Service Organization.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Raising Nursing Awareness of Racial Implicit Bias » By Bridgett Anderson-Wright, DNP, APRN, FNP-C There is an uncomfortable truth about the extent of bias within the Unite...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Prioritizing Early Intervention for Men's Health Month » By Dawn Webb, MSN, RN ( Author's Note: I lost my father in 2018 due to late-stage cancer that would have been tre...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Foresight and Futures Thinking for Nurse Educators and Leadership » By Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE Picture yourself behind the wheel of a car. As you drive, you stay aware of what...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Gaining Knowledge: Effective Strategies for Learners and Facilitators » By Denise Stage McNulty, DNP, RN, MS-HSA, NPD-BC, NE-BC “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Importance of Recognition » By Dawn Webb, MSN, RN, PMH-BC The second week of Nurses Month is all about recognition. It is important to recognize...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Self-Care and Nurses Month » Lori L. Batchelor BSN, MHA, PhD, RN, CPN, NEA-BC We must rest. It is necessary. We must rest from work in order to wor...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Futures Thinking » By Dawn Webb, MSN, RN The future is not something that happens to us. It is the world we weave from the confluence o...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Nursing Foresight: Looking to Possible Futures » By Dawn Webb, RN Nursing foresight is the ability to foresee and anticipate what will happen or be needed in the...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 (2 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Ethics of Self-Care » By Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE When the Code of Ethics for Nurses was updated in 2015, a noteworthy prov...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 (2 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Interdependence of Just Culture and Patient Safety » By Cindy Zolnieriek, PhD, RN, CAE The nursing community is reeling from the conviction of former RN RaDonda Vaught for cr...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Professional Self-Actualization » By Dawn Webb, MSN, RN, PMH-BC As the health care landscape adjusts to the new norm, nurses are challenged to adapt or re-...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Meeting the Nurse Staffing Challenge, Part 2: Retention » By Georgia Reiner, MS, CPHRM \| Risk Specialist, NSO As discussed in the first article in this two-part series on nurs...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Meeting the Nurse Staffing Challenge, Part 1: Recruitment » By Georgia Reiner, MS, CPHRM \| Risk Specialist, NSO The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted nurses to rethink th...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy for People of Texas Rural Communities » By Catherine "Katie" Martin, MSN, APRN, FNP-C Health disparity in rural populations, while not a new concept...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Managing Moral Distress » By Cynthia Saver, MSN, RN The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the burden of nurses’ daily work in many areas, including fo...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Taking Action to the Next Level for Transgender People » By Damon B. Cottrell, PhD, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CCNS, ACNS-BC; Phillip T. Atchison, PharmD; and Darian...
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Texas Nurses Applaud Designation of $25 Million to Support Nursing Education Initiatives » For Immediate Release December 21, 2021 Contact: Lisa Maxwell Texas Nurses Association lmaxwell@texasnurses....
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Maximizing Your Time Off » By Susan J. McKee, DNP, MEd, RN With the current state of nursing, time off may seem like a luxury. Staffing is...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| The Attention Management Model » Adapted and reposted from this article by Maura Nevel Thomas, MBA Attention Management is Flexible for th...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| What is Attention Management and How Can It Help You? » By Maura Nevel Thomas, MBA, Certified Speaking Professional Excerpted from the original . You...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Practice Tip of the Week \| Think Like an Expert Witness to Avoid Fall Liability » By Georgia Reiner, MS, CPHRM, Senior Risk Specialist, Nurses Service Organization An 88-year-old patient...
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