This webinar outlines policy issues shaping med-surg nursing practice and patient care, including response to the COVID pandemic. We review AMSN member-led strategies for effective professional advocacy and demonstrate advocacy as career development.

Learning Outcome At the conclusion of this activity, the learner will be able to advance med-surg nursing practice and patient care by participating in AMSN professional advocacy legislative calls to action, AMSN Legislative Advocacy Center, and apply advocacy skills to professional development.

Credit Hours 1.0NCPD contact hour

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT This educational activity is jointly provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. (AJJ) and the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN). Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers Commission on Accreditation. Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 5387.

DISCLOSURES Frank Purcell discloses that he is the AMSN Legislative Consultant. The other speakers and planning committee members reported no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this nursing continuing professional development activity.