CNS Foundation Scholarships: 2009-2010

The application deadline for the 2009-2010 scholarships was January 31, 2010.  The scholarship award winners have been notified and we will officially post the names here by February 28, 2010. 

We look forward to receiving many applications next year and plan to increase the number of scholarships awarded each year as the Clinical Nurse Specialist Foundation grows.

If you are interested in donating to the Foundation and supporting this scholarship and the work of the Clinical Nurse Specialists, please visit the Clinical Nurse Specialist Foundation page on the NACNS website at http://www.nacns.org for contact information.

Guidelines for Preceptors 

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CNS Core Competencies

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NACNS Member Consulting Recommendations

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NACNS is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Jones and Bartlett Publishers to bring you “The Clinical Nurse Specialist Handbook, 2nd edition”!

 Newly revised, and soon to publish, this is the first book to address the specific, practical, day-to-day responsibilities and challenges of the CNS role!

Practicing CNSs and instructors who teach in CNS academic programs have found this to be a valuable resource to help them – and their students – navigate the waters of the CNS role.

Please CLICK HERE to pre-order the book today!  Use this code NACNS1 when ordering, and receive 20% off!  A portion of the proceeds support NACNS! (Note: The 20% discount promotion has been extended until 12/31/09)

Springer Publishing discount for NACNS members

Springer Publishing Company is pleased to announce discounts for NACNS members and the recent publication of:

Outcome Assessment in Advanced Nursing Practice, Second Edition

Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RB, CCRN, Editor

"This book serves as an ideal tool for assisting APNs in gaining an understanding of the process of outcomes assessment….[A] useful resource for APN students, researchers, educators and administrators…"

Gail L. Ingersoll EdD, RN, FAAN

Director, Center for Outcomes Measurement and Practice Innovation

Loretta Ford Professor of Nursing

University of Rochester Medical Center (From the Foreword)

If NACNS members purchase this book, or any other Springer Publishing Company book or journal from our website, we offer them a 20% discount. The discount code is available in the Member's Only section. 

Here is a link of new and forthcoming nursing titles that NACNS members will be interested in -

http://www.springerpub.com/cat.aspx?cat_id=1001