Nursing Association

labrador4122, RN · Apr 2, 2008

Whats the benefits in joining a Nursing Association??

I have no clue. I was thinking about joining, but it is expensive. and when you go to seminars, you still have to pay. I agree helping to pay for the venue and your own food........

So, now I have a family to take care of, I can't be spending time joining associations.

imanedrn · Apr 2, 2008

I have no clue. I was thinking about joining, but it is expensive. and when you go to seminars, you still have to pay. I agree helping to pay for the venue and your own food........
So, now I have a family to take care of, I can't be spending time joining associations.

I've wondered the same thing... I joined the Student Nurse Association in school and was even an officer, but I never saw any REAL benefits -- sadly. I also joined Sigma Theta Tau. The major benefit to that one is to have it on my resume for grad school. I've thought about joining the ANA, but that's only because my dad was really active in ALPA (the airline pilots union), and I have this "it's good to join unions / representative organizations" mentality.

tampaflrn6 · Apr 2, 2008

Well I guess the only benefit is to make your resume look pretty.

imanedrn · Apr 2, 2008

Well I guess the only benefit is to make your resume look pretty.

I think -- like anything -- you get out what you put into it. SNA had benefits -- I just didn't take advantage of many of them. Also, during my last semester, our President was more interested in making SNA more a venue for social activities than for nursing/ academics/ scholarship/ achievement/ volunteerism (school-related things).

As for STT, I've contacted the national organization to get involved, and they told me to contact my local chapter. I contacted the instructor at my school who's in charge of this stuff. She told me she'd pass my name along to the officers' committee or something, and I never heard back about that. Then she told me about a meeting and the induction ceremony they were having. So... it's like they're just not doing as much as they could be.

I don't know what happens when one is involved with the ANA, however, again from my union background, I look forward to being a part of the organization that supports the needs of those in my career. As a lobbying organization, I can't imagine a group to better represent me from a political standpoint, though I'd like to see more done!