Are you involved in a national, state, or local nursing association? If not, you should join a nursing association because its sole purpose is to advocate for the best interests of its membership. Join an association and attend a few meetings. You will be hooked.
I attended my first Ohio Nurses Association Convention in 2001. A few hundred nurses meeting for several days discussing issues that impact nursing. I love it! I attended the ONA Convention in 2003, 2005, and I will attend the 2007 Convention in Columbus, Ohio next month.
I am running for office again this year. I am running for ANA Delegate Unspecified (I have to run as unspecified because I am not a full-time clinical nurse) and Center for American Nurses Delegate. There is a full slate running for ANA Delegate Unspecified and Center for American Nurses Delegate offices again this year.
The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) annual meeting is in November 2007. I am not sure if I am attending although I find the course offerings very interesting. The Conference is being held in Newport, Rhode Island and I can't imagine how much it will cost me to fly from Cincinnati, Ohio to Warwick, Rhode Island and then travel (rental car or shuttle bus) 40 minutes to the Hyatt Regency in Newport. Next year's conference will be in Lexington, Kentucky, which is an 75 minute drive from me here in Cincinnati.
I am waiting for an ANA, TAANA, or Center for American Nurses meeting to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. I guess I will have to wait a little longer.....
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