Political engagement begins with grassroots advocacy. With strength in numbers, nurses can channel energy into effective action. This presentation provided an overview of a variety of initiatives and resources to support advocacy efforts to improve the nursing environment and the…

As defined by the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (2021, as cited in Nursingworld.org, n.d.) racism involves ‘assaults on the human spirit in the form of actions, biases, prejudices, and an ideology of superiority based on race. This…

The day before the Membership Assembly, NJ nurses, along with more than 500 nurses from across the country participated in ANA’s Hill Day meeting with their members of Congress to advance ANA’s federal priorities. During this event, nurses engaged with…

New nurses are born all the time, and the New Jersey Nurse readership is growing and changing with each edition. Allow us to reintroduce Healthy Nurse Healthy New Jersey in this shiny, new issue, and explain how to benefit from…

At the Membership Assembly, we had the opportunity to attend a lunchtime discussion. The discussion that I attended was titled, “Nurses Strengthening the Safety Net”. This discussion focused on the work nurses are doing throughout the country to improve the…

The September issue of the NJ Nurse President’s Box features the responses of the accelerated bachelor’s in science nursing (ABSN) students to the question: “At this time in your life, after already obtaining your bachelor’s degree in another program, why…

IFN Mission is to preserve the heritage, principles, values, and practices of our healing profession through the support of scholarship, education, and research. IFN Vision is to engender the spirit of giving to nurture the soul of nursing now and…

How do you like the look of the New Jersey State Nurses Association/Institute for Nursing NJ Nurse Publication? We have had to change our NJ Nurse publisher along with many other American Nurses Association (ANA) state nursing associations. We thank,…

Political Updates: Although co-sponsors continue to added to the following bills, there has been no movement of the bills as of 6-30-24. Legislation Watch: Removal of APN/Physician Collaborating Agreement (A944/S1983) Referred to Assembly Health Committee Referred to Senate Health, Human…