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A Personal Account of Veteran Healthcare in Rural New Mexico

Most often, when we hear stories about veterans interacting with the Department of Veterans Affairs, those stories are negative. We hear about services not provided, needs not met, referrals that took too long, phone calls never returned, or veterans who…

Liability risks for correctional health nurses

Correctional health nurses practice in unique settings with unique challenges. Incarcerated individuals are entitled to quality, unbiased care; however, they live within a highly restricted environment and often have complex physiological and psychosocial conditions.

NMNAINA Student Success Program

Since 2017, the New Mexico Native American Indian Nurses Association (NMNAINA) Student Success Program has focused on three goals: Increase graduation rates among Native American nursing students attending New Mexico nursing programs. Support graduates in successfully passing the NCLEX-RN licensure…

Nurse Practitioner Board Complaint Case Study

STATE BOARD OF NURSING matter involving allegations of inappropriate business practices and working outside of a Family Nurse Practitioner’s (FNP) scope of practice. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Licensure Defense Expenses Case Study with Risk Management Strategies, Presented by CNA…

Nurses Who Inspire: New Mexico Nurse Nancy Wertz, RN

For as long as Nancy Wertz can remember, nursing was her calling. After spending much of her childhood in hospitals because of pneumonia, she knew by age four that she wanted to become a nurse. More than five decades later,…

What Do We Owe Each Other?

I am in Washington, D.C., for a nurse education conference. Before the seminars started, before the sun was even up, I went to the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. It has been raining all week in D.C. This morning was cold and…