Neonatal Network CoverWe honor and support the professionalism, dedication, and commitment of all neonatal nurses. The mission of the Academy of Neonatal Nursing is to provide quality neonatal nursing educational materials and programs at a reasonable cost to all neonatal nurses. The Academy does this through professional, peer-reviewed publications, educational conferences, and offering books and other materials to neonatal nurses. Our dedication to your education...(read more)


Recruit Two New Members and Receive a Free Book!
The Academy works hard to provide you with the most benefits for your membership dollars. Recruit new members through September 2009 and you can earn $10 Academy certificates, the book Neonatal EKG Interpretation, a free CE course, and a chance for free tuition to our 2009 National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona! Get the details here and download a membership application now.

2009 National Neonatal Nurses Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
Online registration now available. Register by 5/31/09 to get the Very Early Bird rate. Registration fees are lower than last year!
Call for Posters
Poster Presenter Submission Form

Submit a Photo
The Academy invites you to submit baby photographs
 (with appropriate permission) that you feel represent best practice in your unit. The best submission will be featured on the cover of our September 2009 conference issue and the runner-up photos will appear on our 2010 conference brochure covers. Please send your digital image (high resolution file is preferred) via email to photos@neonatalnetwork.com or by U.S. mail to ANN, 2220 Northpoint Parkway, Santa Rosa, CA, 95407.

Member Satisfaction and Needs Survey Now Available
Please take a few minutes to participate in our annual survey, your opinion makes a difference! At the end of the survey you will have an opportunity to enter into a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card.  

National Meeting Sessions Available Online
Earn CE Credit for the Sessions You Missed!

Educational sessions from the Academy's 2009 and 2008 National Meeting are now available online for continuing education credit. All meeting registrants have FREE access for a limited time. If you could not attend, you can still purchase access to individual sessions or the entire conference. The online library features live recordings of educational sessions, accompanying presentation material, and the opportunity to earn continuing nursing education credits. In addition to our current conferences there are over 250 other sessions available from previous meetings. Visit
our online library today.

ASHP I.V. Safety Summit
The ASHP recently released proceedings from a summit on preventing patient harm and death from i.v. medication errors. Their report can be
viewed here.


New Online CE Course Available!
Linezolid
Inadvertent Catheterization of the Ascending Lumbar Vein

Call for Experts
The Academy is creating a bank of neonatal experts and we invite you to submit your name. Volunteers in the expert bank will be called upon to review material or participate in initiatives within the Academy and in collaboration with other health care organizations. Volunteers will be selected according to their identified areas of interest. This is a great opportunity for busy nurses to get involved in the activities of the association. To be considered please submit your name, contact information, and CV to memberinfo@academyonline.org.

Free CE Course from The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
The NICHD has developed a continuing education program for nurses on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome death reduction. This free self study course provides nursing professionals 1.1 contact hours. Click here to access the program.


The Academy's 2009 Calendar now available online.

Be sure to mark your calendar now for these upcoming meetings
, and look for
more information in future issues of Neonatal Network:
® The Journal of Neonatal Nursing.

9th National Neonatal Nurses Meeting
Phoenix Convention Center
Hyatt Regency
Phoenix, Arizona
September 14-16, 2009
Call for Posters
Poster Presenter Submission Form

Mother Baby Nurses Click Here!

Other Meetings of Interest:

Kidney & Urology Foundation of America
Renal Disorders in the Neonate
Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, NY
Friday, June 19, 2009

International Council of Nurses (ICN) 24th Quadrennial Congress
Durban, South Africa
June 27-July 4, 2009

Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics
Informatics at the Point of Care: A Barrier or a Bridge?
University of Maryland School of Nursing

July 22-25, 2009

Want us to post your meeting information here? Please send us an email for consideration.

Check it Out!
The Academy has joined 47 other professional nursing organizations to endorse the Essential Nursing Competencies and Curricula Guidelines for Genetics and Genomics which was established in September, 2005, by a consortium of health professionals. Read about these competencies and guidelines, and access the final document here.

 





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