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President's Message
The mid-1970s saw the beginnings of ASPSN as a nursing society for nurses in the field of plastic surgery to network and interact as well as obtain educational programs of benefit to the emerging specialty of plastic surgical nursing.
Plastic Surgical Nursing Past
The role of the nurse, as well as the role of the plastic surgical nurse, has changed dramatically in the past three decades. Societal pressures and technological advances have powered this change. Advances in monitoring and diagnostics, medications and even instrumentation have all greatly impacted how we care for patients. The role of the nurse has become far more...