Meetings
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.

Social Networking

LINKED IN
www.linkedin.com
Many CoNI members use Linked In for professional networking. As an NCNA member, please feel free to 'network' with other NCNA members. Create a sign on, and starting finding colleagues and Link them into your network.  Join NCNA's LINKED IN group.

Twitter
www.twitter.com
Follow CoNI on twitter, sign in or create an account, and 'follow' NCNACoNI.
Follow NCNA on twitter, sign in or create an account, and follow NCNA.

Tiny Twitter Tips

• You can search Twitter: http://search.twitter.com
• ‘tweet’ is what you do when you enter in a What’s Happening?
• Follow, allows you to follow a particular person or tweet or list
• Profile = your picture, a short bio and list of tweets
• Lists = allows you to put people you follow into a category, others can follow your list
• @ = “at reply” or newer “mention” – attach to twitter names so that person is aware you mentioned them
• # = hash tag to create a tag for easier search – this is used for conferences or events going on, so others can search on the single search and find all the tweets.  Eg:  #CoNI to see CoNI related tweets or #HIMSS10 for the most recent conference
• DM = direct message, a private message
• RT = retweet, to re-post something. This is now indicated with a symbol.
• Use a twitter app like TweetDeck, http://tweetdeck.com  or Hootsuite www.hootsuite.com which allows to post to Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin from ONE place and manage/watch your accounts.
• http://twittonary.com/ (a Twitter dictionary)

CoNI Reference Proposal History

Social Networking and the Nurse
(Accepted at 2009 NCNA Annual Convention, Raleigh, NC)

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…