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Advocacy on the Balance:  Reaffirming Transgender Care in Turbulent Times

Transgender individuals continue to face disproportionate challenges across health care, employment, military service, and social inclusion. Although legislative and social progress has occurred in select jurisdictions, deeply embedded systemic barriers persist and are intensified by politically charged environments. This reality…

Happy Nursing Professional Development Week!

September 13th through September 19th, 2026 is Nursing Professional Development Week! Nursing professional development (NPD) is a specialty of nursing practice defined by standards, based on research, and critical to quality patient and organizational outcomes. An NPD practitioner is a…

Legislative Awareness and Advocacy Committee

On January 8, 2026, I began my role as Chair of the Legislative Awareness and Advocacy Committee (LAAC). Bred out of recent legislative events, such as the Tour of the New Jersey State House and ANA (American Nurses Association) Hill…

Medication Administration

“Loosen your grip on the medication cart,” said my colleague at the Center to Champion Nursing in America at AARP, Patricia A. Polansky, (who was also a former Executive Director of the New Jersey Board of Nursing). Indeed, passing medications…

NJSNA Region Reports| Sept. 2026

Region 1 (Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Warren) Rebecca Thomlinson MSN, FNP- c; NJSNA Region 1 VP of Communications & Social Media Nurses are promoting nursing throughout communities in New Jersey’s Region1. We are displaying NJSNA information and memorabilia at Louise Childs…

NJSNA/IFN CEO Report NJ Nurse September 2026

LEGISLATION  Judy Schmidt, DHA, MSN, RN, NJSNA/IFN CEO Political Updates:  Legislature is in full session.  Legislation Watch:  S2981 Establishes initiatives related to nurses  Introduced in Senate Health- Codifies NJ Nursing Emotional Wellbeing Institute (NJ NEW) $$ for Transition into practice…

The Toxic Substances Control Act is Under Attack

As a registered nurse and a member of New Jersey State Nurses Association, to be concerned about the environment, about health, and how each impacts the other is an understatement. The Toxic Substances Control Act (or TSCA, pronounced Tah-sca), under…