Patients and their families rely on nurses at the most vulnerable times of their lives. Acute and critical care nurses rely on aacn for expert knowledge and the influence to fulfill their promise to patients and their families. Aacn drives excellence because nothing less is acceptable.

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The national teaching institute and critical care exposition (nti) is a 4-day conference attended by over 6,000 critical-care and advance practice nurses. More than 200 educational sessions are offered on the most current techniques and equipment available to improve patient care and patient outcomes (6,000 nurses). at year end, the association had 110,254 nurse members who are eligible for research grants as well as educational scholarships. In addition, the association provides members with journals, newsletters, practice alerts, protocols for best practices and unlimited continuing education credits covering a wide range of topics pertinent to caring for acute and critically ill patients (110,254 nurse members). the association sponsors various volunteer work group meetings to determine the educational requirements of critical-care nurses. Continuing education (ce) opportunities are provided to meet this need via educational articles, cd roms, and online webinars. Many of these ce products are provided free of charge to our membership. Other educational items are available for purchase in our online bookstore. In addition, aacn has developed a number of self-paced e-learning training programs including orientation courses for nurses transitioning into an icu setting (ecco) and for new nurse managers (enmo). Other self-paced courses include an ecg basics, palliative care, preceptor, and pharmacology courses. (a total of 160,787 ce tests were taken associated with our e-learning courses)