President's Message

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Dear American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association (APSNA) colleagues and partners, It is a privilege to write the President's message for Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing (JPSN), Volume 12, No. 3. I extend a warm welcome to new members and thank our long-standing members for their continued, tireless dedication to pediatric surgical nursing. As our APSNA family continues to expand, I encourage each of you to contribute your expertise, participate in learning opportunities, and join hands in driving social change. Together, we serve as the foremost advocate for the development of pediatric surgical nursing. Supporting our members of all identities, demonstrating a resiliency to pandemic aftermath, connecting to communities faced with social issues, as well as challenges in our country, equals APSNA strength. I emphasize that APSNA supports equal access to care, individual expression, and multicultural values, and I am honored to lead this organization. Allowing our members and invited speakers the opportunity to access the content of conference sessions without travel issues will be an option in the future for in-person meetings through a hybrid format. As President, I invite our national and world partners to interconnect in aims to build experiences and innovation in pediatric surgical nursing. This includes faculty and like-minded in academia, management, and clinician backgrounds on all levels. I am committed to support opportunities in pediatric surgical nursing and APSNA leadership through our developing platforms. Some examples include building joint webinars, expanding social media, consulting pediatric surgical nurses, conferencing together, participating in podcasts, authoring in JPSN, creating and editing APSNA's Patient Family Information Sheets, growing our pediatric surgical nurse competencies, and getting involved with committee work or special interest groups to enhance our mission of being the leading authority for pediatric surgical nursing. Opportunities for mentorship, growing partnerships with professional organizations, recruitment of new talent, learning artificial intelligence and cutting-edge wound technology, will continue to sculpt APSNA in the art of pediatric surgical nursing. If this is your career path, I welcome you to join our APSNA family. Thank you to our most dedicated Board of Directors and volunteer members. Please follow us on social media and learn about the incredible work our Board of Directors are contributing to the nursing profession. Respectfully, Lori Lynch, DNP, APRN, CPNP, CBN APSNA President