 |
|
>Home
Welcome
|
Welcome to SPCN! The Society
of Pediatric Cardiovascular Nurses is the only international
organization dedicated to expanding nursing knowledge and expertise in the
care of children and young adults with heart disease. These paragraphs will tell
you more about SPCN, a society with over 375 members from around the world.
Each year SPCN publishes and provides an updated directory to each member,
listing all current members of SPCN. Among SPCN members are nationally
respected leaders in the field of cardiovascular nursing. Many of our
members are principal investigators doing their own research. The annual
directory will give you access to members and major cardiac centers and
institutions around the world.
Our annual meeting coincides
with the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association; usually one
day prior. It consists of both a business meeting and education
program. The business meeting addresses the concerns of our organization and
is also a time when members update us on projects, recent publications,
current and future trends and research projects. Several members also sit on
AHA committees so we suggest topics and speakers for both the nursing and
joint nursing/medical presentations at the AHA scientific sessions. Our
members have also authored AHA Scientific
Statements.
Following the business meeting we have our educational program given by SPCN
members on a topic brainstormed the previous year. We are proud to now offer
Continuing Education credits for the education program. Past educational
programs have included long-term post-op issues such as chylothorax and
protein-losing enteropathy, nutritional challenges for the pediatric
cardiovascular patient, arrhythmias, pacemakers, presentation tips, RSV,
immunizations, anticoagulation, genetics, clinical pathways, etc.
Members receive a newsletter twice a year in the spring and fall. Each
newsletter has announcements about upcoming events, new publications, summer
camps, job openings, etc. The Spring newsletter provides a summary of
presentations made at our annual meeting and any presentations made by
members at the previous AHA Scientific Sessions. These presentations are
both clinical and research oriented. The Fall newsletter contains the ballot
for officers, information about the upcoming annual meeting, and highlights
of the upcoming AHA scientific sessions held every November.
Membership
For more information click on 'application form' on this website. Our
annual dues are only $20. The SPCN fiscal year runs from November 1st
to October 31st. Dues notices are sent out mid-summer and, according
to the SPCN bylaws, membership payments are payable and due by September 1
of the current year, although new members may join at any date. We
look forward to seeing you!
Who
The members of this organization represent the leading pediatric cardiovascular centers in the USA and Canada. Each center is at the forefront of the management of these children and their families.
Distinguished members have key roles in
pediatric nursing research, publications, experience and leadership.
Benefits
-
Networking and Collaboration
-
Information!!! -- SPCN projects and activities, updates on current activities of the pediatric subcommittee of the council on Cardiovascular Nursing, current activities of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease of the Young, publications, teaching materials, website information, research projects & MORE!
-
Annual directory of members - Information from membership application forms are used to print the annual directory which is distributed in November each year. To assure your entry into the directory for each year all information should be submitted by September 1.
-
Annual Meeting: American Heart Association meeting
-
Biannual SPCN Newsletter
Contact Us:
Kathy
Hinoki - khinoki@calstatela.edu
Copyright©2009 SPCN
