Free Professional Organizations for Nurses

[OnaTrek]

Do they exist? I know there are many paid memberships, but is there any free ones out there, does anyone know?

Thanks.

Lina

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

AN...

[SummitRN, BSN, RN]

AN...

AN is a social group, not a professional nursing organization. You do not have to be a nurse to be here and most of the discussion is only vaguely related to professional topics.

[rnrg]

So im guessing the answer is no. ?

[elkpark]

Every professional organization I'm aware of charges annual dues. It costs money to run these organizations (maintain an office, publish a journal, communicate with members, offer an annual convention and other CE opportunities, etc.); where else is that money supposed to come from?

I would be v. suspicious of any "professional" organization that didn't charge dues.

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

I agree with Elkpark.. I don't know of any free ones, and would be very suspicious if there was a free one. The money to run the organization would be coming from somewhere. If not by the members then who?

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

There are many organizations that offer discounted memberships for new grads. ANA used to offer a free online membership to RN students ( only able to view journal online , limited benefits availed to paid memberships).

[SC_RNDude]

You should start one.

[rnrg]

Non profit organizations are successful. I know it requires $ to make the world go round, my current employer stopped paying for every single certification once the economy started taking a serious nose dive. Its so expensive to keep up with all this stuff and raise a family! ! :-/

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Even not-for-profit organizations charge membership fees. Many professional organizations are not for profit.

[OCNRN63, RN]

Say a specialty organization charges $200/y for membership. That comes out to less than $4.00/week. That's less than most people pay for their daily coffee intake.

If it's important enough to you, there's a way to pay for it.