Membership

As a member of our local Chapter and the National Black Nurses Association, Inc (NBNA) you will gain the following benefits:

• Online NBNA News, the association's quarterly newsletter

• Subscription to the Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, a bi-annual published professional refereed journal

• On-line Career Center

• NBNA website:  www.nbna.org

• Direct electronic mailing on nursing and health care issues

• On-line Conference Registration

• Position Papers on important issues impacting the health care of African American consumers

• Association partnerships with federal and national organizations

• Continuing education contact hours for licensure

• A unified voice for the profession of nursing in Washington to address public policy issues

• Networking with African American nurses from around the country, the Caribbean, Canada and West Africa

• The NBNA Scholarship and Awards Program -- NBNA offers scholarships to all levels of nursing students to continue and complete their nursing education

• Leadership opportunities through committees and task forces

• Speaking engagements at national and local conferences, Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust, National Medical Association Health Policy Colloquium, National Minority Quality Forum.

• Webinars - CE and Non-CEU

• External Advisory Committee Appointments

• Participation in NBNA's National Initiatives on Violence Prevention, Global Health, Mentorship and Brain Health. 

NBNA Lifetime Membership is $2,000.00 – payable in four installments over a one-year period.

Benefits include:

• Complimentary conference registration in the year that the final payment is made

• Early Bird registration for future conferences

• New Lifetime Membership Certificate, Portfolio and a premium gift

• Listed on the NBNA Lifetime Members Plaque

• Listed in the NBNA Conference Souvenir Program Book annually

• Listed on the NBNA website

• Special recognition at the Closing Session of the NBNA Annual Conference honouring our Lifetime Members

• Special seating for all Lifetime Members at the Closing Session of the NBNA Annual Conference