Is Your Group Interested in Affiliation with NACNS?

Benefits to you as an Affiliate:

• Become visibly linked to the national organization
• Gain the benefit of NACNS resources
• Gain opportunities to influence the positions, activities and resources of NACNS
• Link your local CNSs to all CNSs in the United States
• Market your affiliate groups' accomplishments in the CNS Journal and NACNS Newsletter
• Affiliation is free!

Benefits of your affiliation to NACNS:.

• Increase the organization's authority to speak to issues of concern to CNSs nationwide
• Enhance the national organizations ability to target services and programs needed by affiliates and their members
• Helps NACNS identify qualified CNSs for national leadership positions
• Allows the organization to gather quick assessments of how members stand on emerging issues such as regulation

Requirements to become an NACNS affiliate:

Before you can be recognized by the NACNS Board of Directors:

• Submit a roster of the CNS members of the group
• Submit the Affiliation Agreement with signature of the group leader
• Validate that at least 25% of the CNSs in the group have dual membership with NACNS. That is, with respect to the CNS members of an advanced practice nurse group, at least 25% of the CNS members must be NACNS members

After recognition by the NACNS Board of Directors:

• Submit a yearly report to the NACNS Board of Directors regarding affiliate activities
• Annually confirm that at least 25% of the CNS members of the group are dual members of NACNS
• Submit Affiliate’s operational guidelines (if they exist)including changes durng the year

Click here for the Affiliate Application Packet.

For questions regarding how to become an affiliate, please contact NACNS CEO Christine Filipovich.