(From the AAACN Career Center) - Leadership experience is a plus in nearly all careers — especially if your goal is promotion up the ranks. But many people underestimate just how important leadership experience is in the medical field.

A new frontier - While nurse residency programs increasingly are becoming the norm in hospitals throughout the country, the pioneers of the first program had no idea they had tapped into a need that would soon be elevated to national attention.

At UCLA Health, the electronic health records system has all the bells and whistles it needs to be the useful tool and care diary it’s intended to be, with one major bonus: the patient story is in the spotlight...

Looking for a little more flexibility in your work schedule? Want to explore opportunities in other cities? Or maybe you're just hoping to pick up an extra shift here and there? Read on to learn everything you need to know about travel nursing.

Participation in Special Interest Groups (SIGs) is one of the benefits of AAACN membership. Sign up for your first SIG, or join another. When you join a SIG, you will have access to the SIG Connected Community, an online forum for networking and knowledge sharing.

(From the AAACN Career Center) What can nurses do to beat burnout, enjoy being a nurse again and reconnect with their passion for the nursing profession? Tap into the nurse within!

We are happy to announce that LVM Systems has renewed their AAACN Corporate Membership for the new year! LVM Systems develops and markets software and related Internet products exclusively for the healthcare call center industry.

The Georgia Local Networking Group (GLNG) held its first annual holiday party on Tuesday, December 13th at the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant on Claremont Road in Atlanta, GA. Read about it and view the Flickr Photo Album!

The 2016 Member-Get-a-Member (MGM) campaign was the most successful in AAACN history. Members smashed last year’s record-breaking numbers, with 143 existing members recruiting an incredible 206 new members!

According to the annual Gallup honesty / ethics poll, nurses rated highest - again - among professions for 15th straight year. Nurses top the list with 84% of the public rating their standards as "high" or "very high...".