According to the 2021 US Census Bureau's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Household Pulse Survey, approximately 8% of adults self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Wow, just wow! We’ve just wrapped our 29th AMSN Annual Convention and boy was it different.

I look forward to a lot of things at this time of year, simmering soup on the stove, comfy sweaters, walking in the park, looking at all the changing leaves, and convention!

Like many things disrupted by COVID-19 in 2020, AMSN’s annual convention will no longer be an in-person event in Las Vegas, but rather a virtual event where you can attend from the comfort and safety of your own home.

Every day, med-surg nurses promote health, protect patients and save lives. Now, AMSN is at work enabling med-surg nurses to adapt their vital skills to the arena of nursing policy advocacy.

Whew, what a year 2020 has been. We’ve seen our worlds turned upside down and inside out. The breadth and depth of issues facing us all has been, at times, overwhelming and exhausting. Sometimes it’s too much and it’s hard to make sense of what we’re seeing, hearing and experiencing. In times of chaos, we need our community more than ever.

In last month’s CEO Corner, I shared my reckoning with you and my pledge to be a better ally and do my absolute best to ensure AMSN and MSNCB are diverse, inclusive, and equitable organizations. We are committed to doing so, both organizations are fully on board with pledging our commitment. To that end, you will see some additional work in the next couple of weeks and further into the future.