Maryland’s nursing community lit up Bethesda this October: energy high, ideas bold, and purpose unmistakable. The Maryland Nurses Association (MNA) proudly hosted its 122nd Annual Convention, Empowering Nurses: Elevating Health, on October 16 and 17, 2025, at the Bethesda Marriott.…

2025 Healing Politics Campaign School for Nurses & Midwives When I stepped into the Healing Politics Campaign School, I didn’t just enter a room, I stepped into my purpose. From day one, we were immersed in the fundamentals of campaign…

Lou J. Bartolo, DNP, MSN, RN Dear Maryland Nurses Association Members and Colleagues, As I conclude my two-year term as President of the Maryland Nurses Association, I am filled with profound gratitude for the honor of serving this distinguished organization…

The Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians (MAAPC) is proud to announce the establishment of The Future Nightingales Endowed Scholarship in support of full-time first- or second-year associate degree nursing (ADN) students enrolled at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM)…

Jihane Frangieh, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, CNE What if the true strength of nursing lies in the seamless exchange between theory and practice? As an educator and program director, I have seen how academic–practice partnership makes this exchange possible. An…