Association News

Congresswoman Capps Receives Susan Wysocki Leadership Award

Lois Capps, RN, who represents the 23rd District of California in the US House of Representatives (and who won re-election on November 2), was recently honored with the Susan Wysocki Award for Leadership.

Kaiser Family Foundation: Health Reform Hits Main Street

Confused about how the new health reform law really works? This short, animated movie from the Kaiser Family Foundation can help you understand the current health care system and the changes that are happening now and expected in the future.

ICN Announces Theme for 2010 International Nurses Day

Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Chronic Care sets the tone for International Nurses Day 2010. International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The International Council of Nurses commemorates this important day with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) Kit. The IND Kit contains educational and public information materials, for use by nurses everywhere.

Kaiser Family Foundation Provides Summary and Timeline of New Health Reform Law

The summary created by the Kaiser Family Foundation reflects provisions of the new law, and changes made by subsequent legislation, including provisions to expand coverage, control health care costs, and improve the health care delivery system. The Foundation has also developed a timeline which details when specific provisions of the legislation are scheduled to take effect.

Visionary Health Care for Children is Inspiration for NAPNAP Conference

Pediatric nursing calls for high-level critical thinking, compassion, and a cool head. These skills are crucial when caring for children and adolescents. The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) is offering key tools and the latest advances at its 31st Annual Conference Achieving Vision: Pediatric Health Care Beyond the Millennium, April 15-18, 2010, in Chicago, IL.

AANP: 2010 Specialty Conference for Primary Care NPs

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) cordially invites you to attend. This conference will be offered twice in 2010 to facilitate regional attendance. The specialty conference is for the experienced primary care nurse practitioner who is seeking an intensive update in one of the following clinical areas: cardiology, dermatology or orthopedics. Beginning Friday, Feb. 26 in the afternoon at 1:00 PM and ending midday Sunday, Feb. 28, attendees spend the weekend immersed in an evidenced-based, state-of-the-art, primary-care focused education in one of these three clinical areas.