Held quarterly, open to council members and visitors, sites
rotated across the state. Phone conferencing may be available.
Typical schedule: 10 am till 3 pm with council business meeting,
dutch treat lunch and continuing nursing education actitivies awarding
contact
hours (usually 3 one hour sessions however partial credit is available).
Contact hours are complimentary for all NCNA members. For non-members
there
is
a
$25 fee for receiving contact hours after completing the requirements
for one to three educational sessions. All three sessions must be completed
in one day. For
more information on meetings (availability of phone conferencing,
locations, etc.) contact NCNA.
Go to Calendar for scheduled
meeting dates. Meetings will also be posted at CoNI Home.
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Identity
Abuse Reference Proposal 
(Accepted at 2004 NCNA
Annual Convention, Greensboro, NC)
Identity abuse is the fastest growing crime in the United
States resulting in physical, financial and social loss and/or
psychosocial trauma … Nurses are subject to identity
abuse both personally and professionally … Nurses
are also vulnerable when someone assumes their identity as
a nurse and uses it to obtain a job, provide healthcare services
therapeutically or maliciously misrepresent himself…
Informatics
Competencies for all Nurses
(Accepted at 2003
NCNA Annual Convention, Raleigh, NC)
…
the ANA identifies informatics competencies for the beginning
nurse, experienced nurse, and informatics nurse specialist … Because
these identified informatics competencies for the beginning
and experienced nurse reside within the scope and standards
of the specialty practice, most currently practicing nurses
are not aware of them or their importance to improving nursing
practice.
PDA
Reference Proposal
(Accepted at 2002 NCNA Annual Convention,
Raleigh, NC)
... the advent of handheld technology has facilitated
access to up-to-date clinical information for healthcare providers
where
it is needed most – at the point of care. By adopting
this technology, nurses can empower their practice by providing
high quality care based on current information and resources.
When nurses have up-to-the-minute, patient specific information,
care is more likely to be appropriate, timely, effective and
safe…
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