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Critical Care Association President Wants Nurses to be Heard

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A self-proclaimed millennial, Amanda Bettencourt , PhD, APRN, CCRN-K, ACCNS-P, is serving a one-year term as president of the world’s largest specialty nursing organization, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Amanda Bettencourt, APRN.

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Calls for Change Resonate at The Nurses’ March in Washington

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A National Nurses United survey released in April found that 69% of hospital nurses surveyed said staffing has become worse recently, and 64.5% At The Nurses’ March, which was co-sponsored by Nurse.com, Vinsant said the high patient-nurse ratios are leading to nurse burnout and broken dreams.