NANN & ANN & CoCANN oh my!

This one is for my fellow NICU nurses - I'd like to talk a little bit about the professional organizations in our field - NANN and ANN. In case you do not know NANN is the National Association of Neonatal Nurses and ANN is the Academy of Neonatal Nursing. These two organizations strive to help improve the care of neonates across the US (and the world). They each have a publication with specific neonatal topics and at least one article with CEUs each journal. They each hold national conferences with great speakers and strive to educate and improve our practice.

I feel it is important to belong to either one or both of these organizations in order to further your own neonatal practice and keep the field growing strong. It is important for us to be accountable for keeping the profession moving forward and bringing new ideas to your units. Great care is a matter of culture within each NICU and it is up to all of us to help create the culture and keep it moving forward into the 21st century to provide the best care for our precious patients!

The wonderful thing is that there are also local chapters of the organization to help build community, support one another, and provide a little social activity to get together and network. We are all neonatal nurses with our patients at the heart of what we do. I belong to both NANN and the local chapter - CoCANN. CoCANN is a newer local chapter attempting to provide a bridge between LA and Orange Counties. If you live closer to San Diego or Inland Counties there are SCANN and ICANN respectively. These local chapters have regular meetings to discuss upcoming events and educational conferences as well. CoCANN is holding a day long educational conference in February and an upcoming holiday party in December. Check the website below for more information!

Join your national and local chapters to help build and strength the field and your own practice!
Click the links below to bring you to the professional sites:

NANN
ANN
CoCANN