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The medical transport helicopter was at the ready. Meanwhile, the trauma team was in the midst of resuscitating a man. The crowd of onlookers remarked on the extreme pallor of the patient and were ready to jump in to help as needed. Fortunately, this was not a real life trauma but a scene in the [...]
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Rear Admiral Susan Orsega, chief nurse officer of U.S. Public Health Service Last week I attended the annual conference of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) in Denver. Yes, I was there for the record attendance (over 5,000) and the record heat wave (104 degrees). As with most large nursing conferences, there [...]
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Boston + 9,000 nurses = NTI2018 The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is well-known for its annual National Teaching Institute (NTI), but this year, in terms of sheer scope, it surpassed all other meetings I know of. With over 9,000 attendees, registration had to be closed for the first time ever. Imagine—there were almost [...]
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I previously posted on this blog in anticipation of attending my first international nursing meeting—the 2017 International Council of Nurses Congress in Barcelona—and wrote about it later in a joint post with AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy. There will also be a full report in the August issue of AJN. Based on subsequent reflection, here are [...]
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Shawn Kennedy and Amanda Anderson AJN’s editor in chief Shawn Kennedy and editorial board member and contributing editor Amanda Anderson recently attended the ICN Council of Nurse Representatives and Congress in Barcelona and present the highlights here, along with podcast conversations with two nurse leaders. A full report will be available in the [...]
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