I am pleased to announce that I am the Column Coordinator for TAANA's (The American Association of Nurse Attorneys) Legal column in AJN which will begin this year. I am serving as co-chair of TAANA's Publication Committee. As a member of the American Nurses Association I receive AJN with my membership. ANA website
Do you subcribe to AJN? Nursing 2006? RN Magazine? What journals do you subscribe to, I ask?
As a member of the American Bar Association I receive a number of periodicals that are worth their weight in gold to me (especially the periodicals received from Law Practice Management) and cover the costs of membership, not to mention weekly email newsletters. www.abanet.org
As a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, I receive the Green Book which lists newly published cases in the Ohio and have access to Casemaker, where I can search and review case law from several different jurisdictions. www.ohiobar.org
As a member of TAANA, I receive the Journal of Nursing Law and participate in the Nursing Service Organization referral list. www.taana.org I dropped my membership in the Indiana State Bar Association because I didn't find the periodicals received justified the cost of membership.
The Kentucky Bar Association is a mandatory bar association, so I have to belong in order to practice law in Kentucky. I don't find the KBA periodicals to helpful since my law practice is limited to health law, but its annual Law Update allows me to obtain my required CLE at no cost (Oh, I forgot I do pay dues...) www.kybar.org
I have said it once and I will say it again, joining a professional association has it benefits, along with the burden of dues. Instead of joining a professional association because the renewal application came in the mail, sit down and take a look at what it offers for the dues before signing on the line and paying dues.
By the way, I am considering joining the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses and seeking certification as a CMSRN in the near future. www.medsurgnurse.org
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