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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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Amanda Littleton, RN, CPN, a nurse in the Atlanta area, said she had been assaulted by patients with a punch in the face. Sandra Risoldi, DNP, APRN, MSN Ed, PMHNP-BC, founder of Nurses Against Violence , an event sponsor, said, “Prevention is key. Teague said she was assaulted by a patient who touched her breasts. “We