Celebrating Virginia CNSs

Happy CNS Week!

I want to take a moment to personally thank each of you for your dedication to the CNS profession and your continued VACNS membership. This year's theme is unstoppable advocacy - for yourself, diversity, our patients, our organizations, and for diversity and equity in our profession. Take a moment to review the NACNS action plan for CNS week: CNS Week 2022 | NACNS :: National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists  

I am constantly impressed by our talented members and I hope to see you post on our social media feeds on what inspired you to become a CNS!  #CNSWeek

Thank you all for your dedication and inspiration! Be Unstoppable!

Erin Smith, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG

President, VaCNS

What is CNS Week?- 

The NACNS established National CNS Recognition Week (CNS week) in 2009 to commemorate and celebrate the birth of Hildegard Peplau, who was born on September 1, 1909. Dr. Peplau was a prominent nursing theorist whose landmark book, Interpersonal Relations in Nursing, emphasized the nurse-client relationship as the foundation for nursing practice and today serves as the basis of the CNS role in health care.

CNS Week is a perfect time for CNSs to celebrate and bring attention to the role, and for hospitals and health care systems to pay tribute to the valuable part CNSs play in health care and healthcare delivery.

Resource from CNS Week 2022 | NACNS :: National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists