CMSA Blog

Every Great Conversation Starts with a Great Listener 

By Kelva Edmunds-Waller, DNP, RN, CCM A good conversation with someone who knows you can lighten your mood, lessen worries, and encourage and comfort you. Laughter from a good interaction is food for the soul. These interactions involve great conversations that start...

Communication: Key to Resolving Gaps in Care Coordination

By Dr. Colleen Morley, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM Many of you are familiar with my mother’s end-of-life story and the failures in communication that contributed to missed diagnosis opportunities and delayed treatment. It is my belief that if a professional...

Why Nurses Will Reimagine the Profession

By Kate Judge, Executive Director of the American Nurses Foundation It's easy to highlight the problems plaguing the nursing profession—we've seen many longstanding issues—come to the surface in recent years. It is much more difficult to support those closest to the...
Why Nurses Will Reimagine the Profession

Why Nurses Will Reimagine the Profession

By Kate Judge, Executive Director of the American Nurses Foundation It's easy to highlight the problems plaguing the nursing profession—we've seen many longstanding issues—come to the surface in...

Reflections on Memorial Day: Past and Present

Reflections on Memorial Day: Past and Present

By Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM Memorial Day has always been a special occasion for my family. What great memories! Each year, in my Ohio hometown, over 30,000 people attend and over 1,000...

Retired but Not Finished

Retired but Not Finished

By Joe Miller, RN, ACM-RN So, you’re retired — Now what? You don’t suddenly stop having an interest in healthcare or in helping others negotiate the complexities of today’s healthcare system, and...

Is There Room for Me?

Is There Room for Me?

By Rosie Pung, RN, MSN, BSN, CCM “Is there room for me?” is a question that can come to mind before beginning something new, for example joining a professional organization, attending a conference,...

Caring Transcends Distance, Space, and Time

Caring Transcends Distance, Space, and Time

By Kathy Driscoll, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CCM Every year, I look forward to attending the CMSA Annual Conference. What a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with friends and colleagues, develop new...

It All Started with Sleeping in the Car

It All Started with Sleeping in the Car

By Deborah Taschner, MSN, RN, CMGT-BC It all started with sleeping in the car. No, we weren’t homeless. We were in the middle of moving overseas. My brand-new military husband had failed (see “poor...

I Wonder What Florence Is Thinking

I Wonder What Florence Is Thinking

By Lisa Parker-Williams, DNP, MBA, RN, CCM "The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply." – Florence Nightingale Such a powerful statement was made well over one hundred years...

We Make a Difference

We Make a Difference

By Sonia Valdez, DNP, RN, ACNP, GANP, PHN, CVRN-BC, FAAN Nurses sometimes choose their careers based on a passion or because they believe that nursing is their mission in life. A career that is...