Why Speak at the 2012 MNA Annual Convention? Speaking at the convention will allow you to: • Share your expertise with an audience of registered nurses, nurse educators, and advanced practice nurses • Increase your professional profile • Attend 2012 MNA Annual Convention at no cost. Your complimentary pass will give you access to all track sessions including keynote sessions and the 2012 Expo. • Relax in a Speakers-Only lounge during the Conference • Have access to a Provider Unit Committee member who can address questions and issues you have both prior to the event and on-site
The Mississippi Nurses’ Association and the Mississippi Nurses’ Foundation hosted its seventh annual Nightingale Awards Gala for nearly 700 nurses and friends of nursing on March 5, 2012, at the Marriott Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. This black-tie event highlighted the achievements of outstanding nurses in our state who contribute significantly to the health care of our citizens and to those who support the work of nursing in a vital way. We received 103 nominations for awards in 17 categories including two inductions into the Mississippi Nurses’ Association Hall of Fame.
As the white caps roll ashore along the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico depositing nourishment to sustain the vital wild life of Mississippi, the Nurse Practitioners (NPs) flowed into the foyer of the Mississippi State Capitol on March 1, 2012, in hopes of reminding all the legislators and staff at the Capitol just how important Nurse Practitioners are to the welfare of all Mississippians—the integral part they play in the rural ecosystems of Mississippi.
Registering the largest attendance in recent years with 1,200 nurses and students, the Mississippi Nurses Association celebrated its Eighteenth Annual 2012 Nursing Summit on Tuesday, January 31 at the Jackson Convention Complex in downtown Jackson.
The legislative session is in the last days and legislators will begin the final phase including conference meetings and appropriations bills.
The first major legislative deadline, March 6, is behind us. Bills that did not make it out of the committee process are considered dead. Bills that made it out of committee and voted on from the floor, now move across the halls to the other chamber.
MNA’s Health Affairs Committee monitors legislation throughout the 2012 session. If there are questions about any legislation, please access the legislative website at www.ls.state.ms.us

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You can now purchase the MNA centennial book, A Way to Serve: The Mississippi Nurses Association, 1911-2011 by Seetha Srinivasan, Director Emerita University Press of Mississippi online. Check in at the MNA Market Place and make your order.

Copies of the Mississippi Nurses Association and Mississippi Public Broadcasting documentary, A Way to Serve, based on the book A Way to Serve: The Mississippi Nurses’ Association, 1911 – 2011 by Seetha Srinivasan. It tells a story of nurse leaders, the growth and development of nursing education and practice, and the strides made for patients and in healthcare legislation during the last 100 years in Mississippi. DVDs of the documentary can be ordered online at MNA’s Market Place. (Image courtesy of Mississippi Public Broadcasting.)

MNA is a partner with Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s flagship wellness show, Southern Remedy.The weekly radio program, hosted by Dr. Rick deShazo and MPB’s Kevin Farrell, and its companion -- Southern Remedy: Mississippi's Big Problem, a quarterly television program, are dedicated to keeping Mississippians healthy.The radio show invites listeners to call in or email with their medical questions. The show covers a vast range of topics from smoking cessation to sore throats in toddlers and regularly features medical experts talking about specific topics. On Mississippi's Big Problem, Dr. Rick digs into the biggest crisis facing Mississippi in many years -- obesity. Find out more about Southern Remedy Program and make listening a weekly habit.