Professional Organizations???

[kbutton3]

I am a student right now, and we have been having discussion lately about the importance of joining a professional organization (ANA), both statewide and countrywide. I have heard the statistics on the percentages of nurses involved in these organizations, and they seem quite low...

So my question to you all is:

What are some of your reasons for joining or not joining a professional organization?

[SmilingBluEyes]

Several threads exist on this subject, Let me help you out by pointing you to some of them:

Do you belong to a nursing association?

https://allnurses.com/forums/f118/do-you-belong-a-nursing-association-108159.html?highlight=professional+organizations

What can nurses really do to help our dying profession?

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/what-can-nurses-really-do-help-our-dying-profession-2175.html?highlight=professional+organizations

Nursing Association Involvement

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/what-nursing-organizations-you-in-124472.html?highlight=Organizations

Do any of you belong to any nursing organizations or associations?

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https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/do-any-you-belong-any-nursing-organizations-associations-13849.html?highlight=Organizations

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/ana-and-specialty-nurse-organizations-1745.html?highlight=Organizations

LPN Organizations

https://allnurses.com/forums/f99/lpn-organizations-34332.html?highlight=Organizations

[SmilingBluEyes]

And of course, NSNA:

NSNA membership

https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/nsna-membership-121775.html?highlight=NSNA

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