REGISTRATION and HOUSING NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
2009 ACNP National Clinical Conference
October 7 - 11, 2009
Albuquerque, NM
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Advanced Public Policy Institute for Health Professionals
February 24 - 26, 2010
Washington, DC
National Nurse Practitioner Policy Summit and Leadership Conference
February 26 - March 1, 2010
Washington, DC
A MESSAGE FROM ACNP PRESIDENT DR. THAD WILSON
Now is the time for action.
Recently the NP community was honored to provide a briefing about NP's in healthcare reform to congressional aides at our nation's capital. During the briefing one aide, very knowledgeable about healthcare reform, stood and strongly encouraged the NP community to take action NOW. With the speed of reform recommendations and action, she projected that by mid-summer, at the latest, that the opportunity for input into healthcare reform would be over.
We only have 6 - 8 weeks!! Please write, email or call your Congressperson and Senators NOW with a simple, but profound message - Nurse Practitioners must be included in any healthcare reform. Then, tell them what you do as an NP. Many aren't aware of the role of NP's and need some help understanding. For information on contacting your Members of Congress, click here.
PLEASE, don't hesitate. Act today or the window of opportunity will be soon closed.
AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER (ANCC)
ACNP Student Members Receive Additional Discount on ANCC Board Certification Exam Fees
ACNP and ANCC are pleased to provide ACNP student members an extra $50 off the fee for nurse practitioner certification, in addition to the already discounted fee! The coupon expiration date has been extended through July 31, 2009. A new coupon is anticipated but until then, please use one of the coupons with the 3/1/2009 expiration date.
LEGISLATIVE/PUBLIC POLICY UPDATES
Latest ACNP Legislative Tracking Chart - updated 05/18/09 (members only)
The ACNP Legislative Tracking Chart summarizes legislation in the 111th Congress that affects NPs, their patients, and the health care delivery system. Click here to log in and download the chart.
2009 Public Policy Agenda
The participants at the 2009 National Nurse Practitioner Summit established the Public Policy Agenda which will guide and focus ACNP's government relations consultants, the Board of Directors and staff, and all State, National, and Group affiliates of ACNP on where to direct their energies for legislative issues this year. Click here for a copy of the agenda.
2009 ACNP COMMITTEES
The 2009 ACNP Committees have been formed and are actively working on a myriad of issues that will positively impact our members and nurse practitioners in general. The list of committees, chairpersons, Board of Director Liaisons and the charge for each committee are linked to committee name. For information about the 2009 Committees simply click here. To access a volunteer form for the 2010 Committees Click here.
AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
Cherokee Uniforms has extended the nomination period for its 2009 Inspired Comfort Awards Program. Nominations may now be made through June 30, 2009, and will recognize outstanding healthcare professionals for their relentless dedication to the field. One of last year's awards went to Normadeane Armstrong, a nurse practitioner and ACNP member. Read more...
VISIT ACNP'S ONLINE LEARNING CENTER TO REVIEW NEW CE OPENINGS!
With the goal of offering timely and relevant CE for nurse practitioners in a convenient, easily accessible environment, ACNP has added 30 new continuing educational offerings! Each one hour CE session features a video presentation initially presented at the 2008 National Clinical Conference.
To facilitate record keeping and CE management, NPs are asked to register by creating an easy to remember login ID and password. By registering, an NP can begin a session, take a break and resume to CE at any point. The site includes complete instructions accompanied by FAQs. Click here to visit ACNP's CE Online Learning Center, or to view a list of available sessions and descriptions click here..
2008 NATIONAL CLINICAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Over 1,200 Nurse Practitioners and other health providers met in Nashville, TN for the 2008 ACNP National Clinical Conference. For those of you who could not attend the Clinical Conference click on this brief summary to read more about this outstanding NP event. For those who did attend the Nashville conference and need your Continuing Education certificate click on CE. You will need your registration ID # to access your CE. The ID # is a six-digit number that begins with 80XXXX. If you do not remember your ID #, or do not have the documents that list your ID number, call (703) 740-2529 and we can provide it to you. On Saturday, November 1, our last night in Nashville, the 2008 ACNP Award winners were announced and celebrated.
JOURNAL FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS (JNP)
Full access to all JNP content online is available only to ACNP Members and Premium Qualified Subscribers. To read any of the content from our official journal The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (JNP), you must now LOGIN through the ACNP members only area (click here or the "JNP" button on the left hand side of this page) to access the online articles and other content. This is a member benefit - take advantage of the great JNP and Elsevier content today! If you do not know your member number, contact our office at acnp@acnpweb.org or call 703-740-2529 x225.
The JNP is now available online, where you can access all articles, continuing education, ACNP news, etc. If your copy of the JNP has a card attached asking you to please return it, please do so. By returning the postcards, it will allow the publisher to hold down postage rates, and include additional pages of content in the journal.
The mission of the American College of Nurse Practitioners is to ensure a solid policy and regulatory foundation that enables Nurse Practitioners to continue providing accessible, high quality healthcare to the nation.
