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The New Jersey State Nurses Association (NJSNA) wants employers to treat nurse incivility and bullying as a safety issue with a zero-tolerance policy and cultivate a workplace culture in which [...]

In New Jersey, we are seeing the overall number of COVID cases decrease and the state slowly opening. This is good news but not a reason to stop social distancing, wearing your mask and washing [...]

Do you know a long-term care nurse who went above and beyond the call of duty to assist others during the height of the coronavirus pandemic? NJSNA would like to recognize the nurses who braved [...]

Like veterans of any war, many nurses who have fought COVID-19 in New Jersey’s hospitals dwell less on their heroism than on the trauma they have witnessed. They are relieved the surge has [...]

The American Nurses Association (ANA) continues to advocate for the Administration to support and protect nurses on the COVID-19 frontlines and the entire health care system during the pandemic [...]

After having to cancel its popular Hill Day, the American Nurses Association (ANA) quickly pivoted and launched a nationwide Virtual Day of Advocacy centered on a call to action. ANA’s Virtual [...]

NJSNA supports the leadership of New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, MA, RN, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to serving as a patient’s frontline medical [...]

A former New Jersey nurse has delivered more than 3,000 yellow roses since April to COVID-19 patients across New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. Amy O’Hara, 37, of Franklin Lakes, said each [...]

As a veteran assistant prosecutor at the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, Renee Wascovich White oversees a special unit that deals with troubled veterans and defendants who have cognitive or [...]

“Dear Mommy, I miss everything about you and I want you back in my life,” Hanna Vargas wrote. “I love you forever and ever, and I want you to come back to me. Please come back.” The heartfelt [...]