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Clinical Nurse Specialist: A Journal For Advanced Nursing Practice

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Welcome to NACNS

The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS), founded in 1995, exists to enhance and promote the unique, high value contribution of the clinical nurse specialist to the health and well-being of individuals, families, groups, and communities, and to promote and advance the practice of nursing.

Members of NACNS benefit from national, regional, and local efforts of the Association to make the contributions of CNSs more visible.

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Annual Conference — Handouts are now available to
conference attendees.

2013 Conference Information

2012 Conference information and Sponsors
 

SAVE THE DATE!
NACNS 2014 Annual Conference

March 6-8, 2014
Orlando World Center Marriott
Orlando, Florida

Check out our new website with more interactivity and value for our members and visitors! Please share your comments and suggestions.

NEWS

Attention CNSs Who Bill Medicare for their Services (PDF)

NACNS Announces 2013 Award Winners

NACNS Announces 2013 Election Results (PDF)

Learn the Truth about AMA's Truth in Advertising Campaign
The AMA initiated "Truth In Advertising" legislation in 2009 that was in response to the increasing number of healthcare providers being prepared at the doctoral level and the confusion that the AMA believed would occur as patients encountered these doctorate prepared practitioners. The AMA campaign includes both federal and state legislative efforts considered by many practitioners, including NACNS, to be unnecessary and duplicative of existing state and federal law that already contain requirements to clearly identify health providers and protect the public. NACNS supports the use of the title "doctor" for those nurses that have graduated from a doctoral nursing program. If you are in a state that is considering the AMA's legislation aimed at limiting titling use in the clinical setting and in advertising, the material available at this link provides talking points and an analysis that should be helpful in preventing the adoption of AMA's position.

NACNS Membership Dues Changes
 

PFCD: Needs Great, Evidence Lacking for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions
 

About the Clinical Nurse Specialists:

NEW!  Clinical Nurse Specialist Slides - Dr. Linda D. Urden (.ppt)
 

APRN Consensus Model:
Click here to view the Consensus Model document (PDF)

APRN Fact Sheet (PDF)

CNS FAQs
 

The Starter Kit contains resources developed to help you with the implementation of the Consensus Model and other issues that impact the practice of the CNS.

Click here for the Legislative/Regulatory Starter Kit