Become a AAACN Member
Are you a registered nurse in an ambulatory care setting?
As a registered nurse in an outpatient or community-based setting, your unique skills are in demand more than ever. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing provides a community to help ambulatory care nurses like you grow their confidence, advance their identity, improve their care and learn to continually adapt to changing environments.
The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) is the only association for practicing nurses and nursing leaders specialized in serving people in community and hospital-based outpatient care settings. We support them by providing programs that advance holistic and evidence-based patient care and advocate for their essential role in the future of health care.
Enjoy the benefits of membership:
- Boost your knowledge and build your practice
- Receive the ViewPoint Publication (earn free contact hours)
- Use AAACN position statements and standards of practice to promote the role of ambulatory care nursing.
- Complimentary subscription to one of three journals:
- Develop your leadership skills
- Obtain leadership and practice resources in the Online Library
- Volunteer to serve on task forces, committees, and Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
- Advocate for your specialty
- Stay up to date on ambulatory care, care coordination and transition management, and telehealth nursing
- Use AAACN position statements and standards of practice to promote the role of the ambulatory care nurse
Join a Special Interest Group (SIG)
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are networking groups that AAACN members can join related to one of many practice interests within ambulatory care nursing. Each of the 8 SIGs have their own Community, an online networking forum, to discuss related issues and best practices and share resources/tools with each other. Choose to join one SIG or all!
