Voting for the NACNS 2021 Election is open now through November 30, 2020. With the positions of President-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors, and Nominating Committee up for election, you don’t want to miss out on your chance to cast your vote.
To learn more about the Secretary/Treasurer candidate, read this Q&A about who they are and why they want your vote. You can learn more about the duties of this position here.
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Voting for the NACNS 2021 Board of Directors election is open now through Nov. 30. With the positions of President-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors, and Nominating Committee up for election, you don’t want to miss out on your chance to cast your vote.
To learn more about the Nominating Committee candidates, read this Q&A about who they are and why they want your vote. You can learn more about the duties of this position here.
Click the link at the bottom of the page to cast your vote.
Voting for the NACNS 2021 Election is open now through November 30, 2020. With the positions of President-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors, and Nominating Committee up for election, you don’t want to miss out on your chance to cast your vote.
To learn more about the Presidential-Elect candidates, read this Q&A about who they are and why they want your vote. You can learn more about the duties of this position here.
Click the link at the bottom of the page to cast your vote.
Voting for the NACNS 2021 Board of Directors election is open now through November 30, 2020. With the positions of President-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors, and Nominating Committee up for election, you don’t want to miss out on your chance to cast your vote.
Tolearn more about the Board of Directors candidates, read this Q&A about who they are and why they want your vote. You can learn more about the duties of this position here.
Click the link at the bottom of the page to cast your vote.
Editorial by the Nursing Tri-Council, an alliance between the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the American Nurses Association, the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, and the National League for Nursing
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented pain, grief, and destruction to the health and well-being of our nation’s citizens and economy. So far four million cases have been confirmed in the U.S., with more than 150,000 deaths. Nurses and physicians, plus the hospitals and other health care settings where they work, have been stretched to their limits.
Annually, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) celebrates CNS Week during the first week of September. We do this in honor of Dr. Hildegard Peplau, Ed.D., RN (1909 – 1999), who established the CNS role. September 1st is her birthday. If she were alive today, she would be 111-years-old. The CNS role has been in existence for 64 years with nearly 90,000 CNSs currently practicing in the United States.
Click here to wish Dr. Peplau a Happy Birthday and maybe leave a few words on what the CNS role means to you.
Present at the Annual Conference – Deadline August 14
It is time to begin working on abstracts and preparing to attend the 2021 NACNS Annual Conference March 10-13 in New Orleans, LA.
The call for abstracts for the 26th NACNS Annual Conference with the theme The Resurgence of the CNS is open. Deadline for submissions is August 14, 2020. Submit your abstract today. Details below:
NACNS uses the association’s Research Agenda to determine topics of interest for its 2021 annual conference. Those interested in submitting an abstract for consideration will be asked to select a topic and address the theme of the conference, The Resurgence of the CNS in their abstracts.
Recently, the US passed a mile marker in its struggle with COVID-19: 100,000 lives lost. A tragedy. During this time, nurses across the nation have faced significant challenges and stress with constant reminders of the fragility and preciousness of human life. In addition, different events occurred over the last few weeks that raise new challenges. Recent senseless deaths illustrate the inequity caused by racism, and like COVID-19, its disproportionate impact on African Americans.
Clinical Nurse Specialists are committed to practicing with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and personal attributes of every person, without prejudice. This is the first provision in the Code of Ethics for Nurses. Let’s live up to the words of our own provision and commit to social justice in words and deeds.
You might say the pen is not only mightier than the sword but it is mightier than a pandemic too.
Words have power. The power to comfort and heal. Much like the role – or the power — of a nurse.
The words of Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Jennifer Dorman’s poem titled “When The Masks Come Off” have that power too.
The poem, reproduced below, serves as an outlet to express the many feelings triggered by the pandemic while looking ahead to a brighter future.
“Horrifying” is how Judy Dusek DNP, M.Ed., APRN-CNS, CMSRN, ACNS-BC and NACNS board member describes her bout with COVID-19.
Just recently recovered, Dusek agreed to share her personal experience as one of the “90%” of COVID-19 sufferers we don’t hear about in the news. Dusek oversees eight units responsible for staff development, onboarding, education and being hands-on with the nurses at bedside for Ascension Via Christi, the largest provider of health care services throughout Wichita and central Kansas.
Here’s what she had to say from a nurse’s perspective on the impact of COVID-19 on the body.