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I highly recommend joining an association whether local or national. Becoming a member of an association in which you have an interest or represents your specialty can offer you such bonuses as helping you expand your horizons, continuing education opportunities, networking, and what not. Many associations (especially those with local chapters) often have monthly meetings where non-members can attend which can provide you with opportunity to learn more about the group and whether or not you might want to join.

Just wanted to make sure the word gets out about the Nov. 9th hearing at the California BRN where they will take testimony regarding the possibility of increasing our license fee from $85.00 every two years to $160.00 every two years. The information can be found at the following link http://www.rn.ca.gov/regulations/proposed.shtml. Much of this is in response to the recent investigative series published in the LA Times regarding how our BRN handled RNs found to be guilty of "bad acts", and failing diversion. The first article in that series can be found here . If you have any questions feel free to PM me. Geneviève

Always happy to be of help. Feel free to drop me a PM if you would like me to participate. RN with NICU/PICU speciality, administration, taught, and now I'm a featured columnist for a So. Cal. nursing magazine. Geneviève

This just in from the JLUV website:

May I reccomend contacting the local French consulate. They usually have a someone who is versed in answering such questions. If you have difficulty finding an appropriate contact person, I might be able to help track one down. Feel free to send a pm Geneviève

I'm a member, and have found it somewhat helpful, it has a more "grown-up" feel and audience then Facebook and MySpace. However it share some of the same components.