"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed people can change the world" Margaret Meade
Welcome To The NAON Foundation
Vision
Promote excellence in musculoskeletal health by supporting orthopaedic nursing
Mission
Provide funding for grants and scholarships to advance orthopaedic nursing practice, research and leadership.
Values
Advocates for life-long learning, empowerment and stewardship.
Promote excellence in musculoskeletal health by supporting orthopaedic nursing
Mission
Provide funding for grants and scholarships to advance orthopaedic nursing practice, research and leadership.
Values
Advocates for life-long learning, empowerment and stewardship.
What Is Orthopaedic Nursing?
Our speciality requires a specialized body of knowledge dedicated to the care of persons experiencing musculoskeletal disorders. The scope of orthopaedics is diverse, touching all ages across the life span. It encompasses multiple foci such as teaching about bone health, osteoporosis and injury prevention, to caring for patients with congenital disorders, sports injuries, back pain, fractures, and arthritis. To learn more about orthopedic nursing, follow this link: www.orthonurse.org.
Our speciality requires a specialized body of knowledge dedicated to the care of persons experiencing musculoskeletal disorders. The scope of orthopaedics is diverse, touching all ages across the life span. It encompasses multiple foci such as teaching about bone health, osteoporosis and injury prevention, to caring for patients with congenital disorders, sports injuries, back pain, fractures, and arthritis. To learn more about orthopedic nursing, follow this link: www.orthonurse.org.
Make a Difference
As an orthopaedic nurse, you make a difference every workday. What if you want to make an even bigger impact and engage with other nurses beyond your workplace? NAON and the NAON Foundation offers numerous ways for you to play an influential role in shaping the future of orthopaedic care.
Volunteer – NAON becomes stronger every time a member chooses to share their time, skills, and expertise. There are endless ways you can use your orthopaedic nursing skills to improve patient care, support fellow nurses, build your leadership skills, and most importantly, transform the way the world cares for patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Through NAON, there is the Acquiring Interested Members Committee (AIM). The AIM committee strives to match the skills of interested members with volunteer positions within the organization. Reach out and volunteer with your chapter.
Impact your Orthopaedic Nursing Practice - The NAON Foundation needs your help by donating towards scholarships for nurse attendance at NAON’s annual congress. We hear from NAON members that their workplace is offering less and less financial support to attend educational seminars. At NAON’s annual congress, orthopaedic nurses have the opportunity to achieve the following:
Advance your Career - The NAON Foundation has created affiliations with universities’ online RN to BSN or MSN programs. These programs are highly recognized in the healthcare industry for offering outstanding programs for practicing nurses who are seeking to further their education. These affiliations allow choices for our members as potential opportunities to consider for returning back to school. In addition, our NAON members are able to receive a discount.
Decide to Give - Give to the NAON Foundation - The NAON Foundation offers you the only place in the world to give directly to nurses who advance musculoskeletal care and improve patient outcomes. One hundred percent of your donation is applied toward scholarships for orthopaedic nurses.
Your donation to the NAON Foundation, a national public, nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organization, makes it possible to help nurses receive access to education, research, and professional development, improve patient care, and advance the orthopaedic nursing profession. Since 1994, the NAON Foundation has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to support orthopaedic nursing awards, grants, scholarships, and educational initiatives. Please consider giving a gift to help the next generation of orthopaedic nurses. Contributions are essential to create opportunities and empower the careers of skillful and compassionate orthopaedic nurse care givers.
Scholarships available through NAONFoundation.org
Research – Gigi Veillion Evidenced Based Practice Scholarship
Chapter Scholarships - DJO Chapter Scholarships
Leadership – Past president’s Leadership Scholarship
Congress Scholarships –Bruemmer Pediatric Nurse scholarship; NAON Foundation scholarships; Novice Nurse scholarship; Rothman Orthopaedic Nurse scholarship; Stauffer Kimbrough Foundation scholarship.
Make a difference and give today to help provide scholarships orthopaedic nurses. Go to www.NAON Foundation.org to give.
In your service,
The NAON Foundation Trustees
As an orthopaedic nurse, you make a difference every workday. What if you want to make an even bigger impact and engage with other nurses beyond your workplace? NAON and the NAON Foundation offers numerous ways for you to play an influential role in shaping the future of orthopaedic care.
Volunteer – NAON becomes stronger every time a member chooses to share their time, skills, and expertise. There are endless ways you can use your orthopaedic nursing skills to improve patient care, support fellow nurses, build your leadership skills, and most importantly, transform the way the world cares for patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Through NAON, there is the Acquiring Interested Members Committee (AIM). The AIM committee strives to match the skills of interested members with volunteer positions within the organization. Reach out and volunteer with your chapter.
Impact your Orthopaedic Nursing Practice - The NAON Foundation needs your help by donating towards scholarships for nurse attendance at NAON’s annual congress. We hear from NAON members that their workplace is offering less and less financial support to attend educational seminars. At NAON’s annual congress, orthopaedic nurses have the opportunity to achieve the following:
- Implement practice changes based on evidence-based practice, professional development and research in the care of the orthopaedic patient,
- Impact patient outcomes through adoption of best practices and innovation, and
- Contribute to a professional environment that encourages collegiality and networking among participants associated with advancement in orthopaedic nursing education, practice, and research.
Advance your Career - The NAON Foundation has created affiliations with universities’ online RN to BSN or MSN programs. These programs are highly recognized in the healthcare industry for offering outstanding programs for practicing nurses who are seeking to further their education. These affiliations allow choices for our members as potential opportunities to consider for returning back to school. In addition, our NAON members are able to receive a discount.
Decide to Give - Give to the NAON Foundation - The NAON Foundation offers you the only place in the world to give directly to nurses who advance musculoskeletal care and improve patient outcomes. One hundred percent of your donation is applied toward scholarships for orthopaedic nurses.
Your donation to the NAON Foundation, a national public, nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organization, makes it possible to help nurses receive access to education, research, and professional development, improve patient care, and advance the orthopaedic nursing profession. Since 1994, the NAON Foundation has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to support orthopaedic nursing awards, grants, scholarships, and educational initiatives. Please consider giving a gift to help the next generation of orthopaedic nurses. Contributions are essential to create opportunities and empower the careers of skillful and compassionate orthopaedic nurse care givers.
Scholarships available through NAONFoundation.org
Research – Gigi Veillion Evidenced Based Practice Scholarship
Chapter Scholarships - DJO Chapter Scholarships
Leadership – Past president’s Leadership Scholarship
Congress Scholarships –Bruemmer Pediatric Nurse scholarship; NAON Foundation scholarships; Novice Nurse scholarship; Rothman Orthopaedic Nurse scholarship; Stauffer Kimbrough Foundation scholarship.
Make a difference and give today to help provide scholarships orthopaedic nurses. Go to www.NAON Foundation.org to give.
In your service,
The NAON Foundation Trustees
Support Us
It’s Never Been Easier!
Supporting the NAON Foundation financially has never been easier! We can automatically charge your credit card monthly. Consider giving $83.34 a month for a total annual donation of $1,000.00 or $10.00 a month for an annual donation of $120.00 OR anything in between. Remember all donations to the NAON Foundation are tax-deductible. By making a contribution to the NAON Foundation you will not only be promoting excellence in orthopaedic nursing you will also receive a personal tax deduction as the NAON Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Supporting the NAON Foundation financially has never been easier! We can automatically charge your credit card monthly. Consider giving $83.34 a month for a total annual donation of $1,000.00 or $10.00 a month for an annual donation of $120.00 OR anything in between. Remember all donations to the NAON Foundation are tax-deductible. By making a contribution to the NAON Foundation you will not only be promoting excellence in orthopaedic nursing you will also receive a personal tax deduction as the NAON Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Thank you for your generous donations in memory of Mary K Wollan, RN, BAN, ONC
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Beth Kaiser Schafer
Brigitte Failner
Cheryl Grove
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