| NACNS is a member of the Interagency Collaborative on Nursing Statistics (ICONS). Click here for more information about ICONS In MemoriumNACNS is deeply saddened by the December, 2007 death of Kathryn Ann "Katie" Brush, RN, MS, CCRN, FCCM, a member of the NACNS Board of Directors and a well-known CNS leader. Katie was a clinical nurse specialist for ten years in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Please read the Boston Globe obituary and an announcement from NACNS. The CNS Foundation Trustees have initiated a scholarship fund to honor Katie’s remarkable life. Donations should be made payable to the CNS Foundation, indicating in the memo that the funds are for the Katie Brush CNS Scholarship. Please send with the linked donation form and send to: CNS Foundation, c/o NACNS 2090 Linglestown Rd. Ste 107 Harrisburg PA 17110 Thank you so much for your generosity. Post or Look for CNS Job Opportunities Click here for a brief orientation to NACNS New!NACNS is happy to announce a new member benefit available now. All members have access to the evidence-based practice resources of the Joanna Briggs Institute. If you are a member, login to the Members Only and click on the JBI portal. If you are not a member and would like to learn more about the evidence resources available from JBI,
Development of a Comprehensive Method for Identifying Facilities with Nursing Shortages The Center recently completed a research study for the Division of Shortage Designation at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to identify and evaluate different methods for identifying facilities and communities in the U.S. with critical shortages of registered nurses (RNs). Working under the guidance of a national advisory panel, the research team explored a number of methods in each of two broad categories, methods that incorporate both facility and geographic data and methods that use only geographic data. The report of this research documents the strengths and weaknesses of different methods and identifies approaches that appear to be especially effective or promising. The report is available at: HRSA The Division of Nursing is pleased to announce the funding opportunity for the 2008 Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program . You may access the HRSA Funding Opportunities Web site at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/default.htm for additional information and application instructions. The program announcement number for the Nursing Workforce Diversity Program is HRSA-08-027 . The Division of Nursing is pleased to announce the funding opportunity for the 2008 Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR) Program . You may access the HRSA Funding Opportunities Web site at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/default.htm for additional information and application instructions. The program announcement number for the Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR) Program is HRSA-08-028 . You may contact Ms. Michele Richardson at 301-443-6193 if you have program questions. Update on plans for core certification exam and portfolio Essentials of Nursing Competencies and Curricula Guidelines for HRSA is seeking CNS peer reviewers Click here for further information. Find out more about scholarships for MS or PhD students New:
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| ACTION ALERT: respond to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by July 21, 2008. NACNS Members Should Respond to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Proposed Rulemaking! NACNS members are asked to mobilize colleagues to respond to the May 22, 2008 notice of proposed rulemaking for the “Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) – Policy Committee's Recommendations for 2010 SOC Notice.” This document would set the standard occupational classification categories that the Department of Labor will use to collect information on professionals from different fields. In this proposed rulemaking, the nurse category is expanded from just “nurse” to “advanced practice nurses” but includes only nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Clinical nurse specialists are not included in this rulemaking as advanced practice nurses. NACNS has provided a sample letter (click here) and the federal register notice (click here) that articulates the rulemaking for NACNS members and other clinical nurse specialists to use to respond to this proposed rulemaking. All comments must be received by OMB on or before July 21, 2008. Plan now for the 2009 ConferenceClinical Nurse Specialists: Vision, Value, Voice
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