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President Elect -Susan Dresser nominated Secretary-Rhonda Coleman-Jackson nominated Director-at-Large for Continuing Education Committee-Brittni Kline nominated Chair of Nominations Committee- Chair of Legislative Committeee-Tammy Joplin nominated Clinical Nurse Specialist Students

Link to Bylaws for job descriptions - 2017-OACNS Bylaws -revision Aug 2017-final-.pdf

Link to Willingness to Serve - 2020-OACNS willingness to serve.docx

send nominations to info@oacns.org

Title VIII Legislation Passes House, Advances to Senate Floor

By Kristina Weger, posted on Oct. 31, 2019

At the end of October, there were 7,679 bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

With so many pieces of important legislation constantly in front of lawmakers and staff, it makes the fact that H.R. 728, the Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act, was passed unanimously in the House that much more exciting.

Read the full story here: https://anacapitolbeat.org/2019/10/31/title-viii-legislation-passes-house-advances-to-senate-floor/

Key findings from 2018 CNS Census

from NACNS (National Clinical Nurse Specialists Association)

Changes to

Prescriptive Authority Renewal Requirements

OACNS has been proactive and has offered the following if you attended the previous Conferences - and in 2020, we will strive to have 2 hours instead of one.

• 2018 Advanced Pharmacology Conference had 1 session on Saturday that will satisfy 1 pharm hour toward this…”Understanding Substance Use Disorder and Medication Assisted Treatment” Debbi McCullock, DNP, APRN-CNP, RN-BC”
•  2019 Advanced Pharmacology Conference had 1 session on Friday that will satisfy 1 pharm hour toward this…” Opioids: Managing Risk and Benefit, Teresa Etter, MS, ACNS-BC, CCNS”

Did you know... OACNS Mission Statement 

• To enhance and promote the unique and multifaceted contribution of the Clinical Nurse Specialist to population health from wellness to acute care;

• to advance the practice of nursing;

• and to improve the effectiveness of healthcare systems