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ContentsVolume 72 | Number 5 | November / December 2025

COLUMNS

4 Editorial

5 News

8 Membership

13 FNSNA

18 Nominating and Elections Committee

20 Happenings

22 Up Close

34 Reflections Column: You Will Come to Know Death as a Friend: A Letter to Student Nurses From the Front Lines of Critical Care

By Kyle Evans

FEATURES

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Nursing Advocacy: Empowering the Next Generation of Nurses to Shape Healthcare Policy

By Rachel Culpepper

Nurses in the Media

By Lauren Tickner

Be A Hero: Be a Nurse in Rural America

By Sandie Nadelson

AD INDEX

16 WOCNCB

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