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News and Journal May, June, July 2013 NewsThe Official Publication and of the Maryland Journal Nurses Association A Constituent Member Association of the American Nurses Association, Representing Maryland’s Professional Nurses Since 1904. Issue 3 • May, June, July 2013 • Circulation 79,000 to all Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Student Nurses in Maryland • Volume 14 President’s Message by Neysa Ernst May 6-12 is National Nurses Week. The Maryland Nurses Association is proud to honor all 68,000 Maryland Nurses during the 2013 Nurse’s Week celebration. In a myriad of practice settings, these 68,000 nurses are meeting the challenges of Neysa Ernst an ever changing healthcare system without compromising the core nursing values of patient safety and advocacy. Nurse’s Week 2013 is the ideal time to educate Maryland’s citizens on the contributions of Nurses. Do your friends and families know that you are the healthcare professional they will see most frequently in a hospital setting, the healthcare professional who still makes house calls, the healthcare provider whose professional training enables them to look at the whole person, not just the “chief complaint?” Do they know how Maryland nurse educators develop curriculum and clinical experiences for tomorrows’ nursing leaders? Do they know that nurse’s advocate for Maryland’s citizens by providing expert testimony to political leaders? Do they know that Advanced Practice Nurses deliver a high quality of healthcare and expand access to healthcare for Maryland’s citizens? Do they know that nursing’s practical wisdom spends healthcare dollars wisely? In your own authentic way, articulate to everyone what nurses do and why our work is so vital to patients and populations. Every day remind your friends and family how your unique skills and interest save lives wherever you deliver care. Very few outside of nursing understand what we do and National Nurses Week to Be Celebrated May 6-12 why we do it. Let’s begin to change that this Nurse’s Week 2013! Every year, National Nurses Week focuses for 2013. The ANA supports and encourages National attention on the diverse ways America’s 3.1 million Nurses Week recognition programs through the registered nurses work to save lives and to improve state and district nurses associations, other specialty the health of millions of individuals. The American nursing organizations, educational facilities, and Nurses Association (ANA) has selected “Delivering independent health care companies and institutions. Quality and Innovation in Patient Care” as the theme National Nurses Week continued on page 4 Presort Standard US Postage PAID Inside this Issue... 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