Announcing the Gigi Viellion scholarship- new for 2022-2023!
Purpose
To advance orthopaedic nursing practice through the integration of evidence-based knowledge into practice. This scholarship is in honor of Gigi Viellion for her long time commitment to orthopaedic nursing, NAON, and the NAON Foundation.
The Scholarship provides $ 1500 -2000 for an Orthopaedic Evidence-Based Practice Project that will benefit Orthopaedic nursing. The Scholarship will cover potential project costs of supplies and project conduction, staff, and statistical analysis. The amount of the Scholarship will be based on needed funding for the project along with other sources of funding identified.
Please visit our Scholarship page for more information.
Purpose
To advance orthopaedic nursing practice through the integration of evidence-based knowledge into practice. This scholarship is in honor of Gigi Viellion for her long time commitment to orthopaedic nursing, NAON, and the NAON Foundation.
The Scholarship provides $ 1500 -2000 for an Orthopaedic Evidence-Based Practice Project that will benefit Orthopaedic nursing. The Scholarship will cover potential project costs of supplies and project conduction, staff, and statistical analysis. The amount of the Scholarship will be based on needed funding for the project along with other sources of funding identified.
Please visit our Scholarship page for more information.

Going, Going……. Almost Gone!
There are 5 Gold Tree of Andry Charms waiting for you to purchase for Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa
Each gold charm are $125 which includes shipping and handling
The symbol and the word “Orthopedic” first appeared in the book L’orthopedic by Nicholas Andry in 1741.
Please email us to order. Look under Tree of Andry Charms.
There are 5 Gold Tree of Andry Charms waiting for you to purchase for Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa
Each gold charm are $125 which includes shipping and handling
The symbol and the word “Orthopedic” first appeared in the book L’orthopedic by Nicholas Andry in 1741.
Please email us to order. Look under Tree of Andry Charms.
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
Herzing University Partners with NAON Foundation
The Goal is to promote ongoing education and research in orthopaedic nursing
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (July 2019) – Herzing University today announced it is partnering with the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) Foundation to promote excellence in orthopaedic nursing through education, research and leadership. Through the partnership, NAON members are eligible for tuition discounts on Herzing’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, in addition to select graduate nursing programs and post‐master’s certificate programs. The university also donated $2,500 to the NAON Foundation, which will be used to help provide members with nursing scholarships. “We’re excited to partner with Herzing University because education plays a vital role in advancing the profession of orthopaedic nursing,” said Cheryl Mains, President, NAON Foundation. “Many of our members are choosing to further their education, and we’re seeing an uptick in the number of registered nurses who decide to enroll in a BSN completion program. This partnership helps us make that goal a reality for NAON members across the country.” Herzing offers a variety of nursing pathways for individuals at any point in their career. The university’s RN to BSN program can be completed online in as little as 12 months. Additionally, Karilyn Van Oosten, SVP of Strategic Partnerships and Workforce Development at Herzing University, was appointed to the NAON Foundation’s Board of Trustees. “We’re thrilled to offer our nursing education expertise to the NAON Foundation through this partnership,” Van Oosten said. “As a career‐focused institution, we find that our students and graduates benefit from partnerships like this because it expands our network of professionals, employers and advisors.” Herzing is a transfer‐friendly university offering year‐round study and degree programs in nursing, healthcare, business and information technology. Herzing University provides career‐focused programs, flexible schedules and a supportive learning environment to students across the country. For more information, visit https://www.herzing.edu/nursing‐programs, https://corp.herzing.edu/naon or www.naonfoundation.org/scholarships.html.
About Herzing University Herzing University is an accredited, private nonprofit institution with nine campuses across seven states, a continuing education division and an online division. Founded in Milwaukee in 1965, more than 30,000 students have graduated from the University’s career‐focused and flexible master’s, bachelor’s, and associate degree, diploma and continuing education programs. Fields of study span nursing, healthcare, technology, business and public safety. From 2013 through 2019, U.S. News & World Report has continually recognized Herzing University as having some of the best online programs nationally. Herzing University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission; www.hlcommission.org or (800) 621‐7440. More information about Herzing University is available at www.herzing.edu.
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Thank you for stopping by and visiting the Herzing booth at the Joint Connection!
CAREER-FOCUSED | CONVENIENT | CARING
Herzing University is a private nonprofit institution dedicated to improving lives through career-focused education.
Herzing University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission -www.hlcommission.org - 800-621-7440.
Herzing University admits students of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin.
For
CAREER-FOCUSED | CONVENIENT | CARING
Herzing University is a private nonprofit institution dedicated to improving lives through career-focused education.
Herzing University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission -www.hlcommission.org - 800-621-7440.
Herzing University admits students of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin.
For
Thank you for including the NAON Foundation in your life.
The NAON Foundation was established to support the goals and mission of NAON by providing funding for grants and scholarships to advance the specialty of orthopaedic nursing through excellence in nursing practice, education, research and leadership.
The scope of orthopaedics is diverse, touching all ages across the life span and as the population ages, musculoskeletal injuries, disease and the wear and tear of everyday living are affecting the lives of many Americans. Ever-changing technology and the current healthcare economic challenges make resources for the advancement of orthopaedic patient care and orthopaedic nursing practice imperative. To meet this need the NAON Foundation will fund over $15,000 in new awards over the next three years for scholarships to help prepare orthopaedic nurses for the changes in both nursing practice and patient care.
Gifts to the NAON Foundation can make a difference in the lives of orthopaedic nurses today and in generations to come. Every donation helps the Foundation fulfill its mission by funding continuing education, scholarships, and leadership development training.
Tribute and Memorial Gifts
Make a gift in honor or memory of a special orthopaedic nurse, colleague, friend or family member.
The NAON Foundation is accepting gifts for the newly created Mary K Wollan Memorial Scholarship.
Mary K Wollan, RN, BAN, ONC passed on March 10, 2018. Mary K was elected to the NAON Board as Director and then 29th President 2008-2009. Her theme of Uniting the World of Orthopaedics was her mantra not only during her presidency but throughout her career as she brought the orthopaedic team together to serve patients. She was the chair of the 30th anniversary committee for NAON and continued this work until the present by organizing NAON memorabilia and writing the history pages on the website. Locally she was the president and mainstay of the Twin Cities Chapter of NAON. Known as one of the longest running orthopaedic nursing conferences in the country Mary K chaired their well-known annual meeting for many years.
Mary K believed that education helps individuals to learn and grow and empowers them. She also believed it’s rewarding to play a small role in helping others to learn. Many orthopaedic nurses benefit from the NAON Foundation scholarships.
Please visit www.naonfoundation.org to donate and for more information.
The NAON Foundation was established to support the goals and mission of NAON by providing funding for grants and scholarships to advance the specialty of orthopaedic nursing through excellence in nursing practice, education, research and leadership.
The scope of orthopaedics is diverse, touching all ages across the life span and as the population ages, musculoskeletal injuries, disease and the wear and tear of everyday living are affecting the lives of many Americans. Ever-changing technology and the current healthcare economic challenges make resources for the advancement of orthopaedic patient care and orthopaedic nursing practice imperative. To meet this need the NAON Foundation will fund over $15,000 in new awards over the next three years for scholarships to help prepare orthopaedic nurses for the changes in both nursing practice and patient care.
Gifts to the NAON Foundation can make a difference in the lives of orthopaedic nurses today and in generations to come. Every donation helps the Foundation fulfill its mission by funding continuing education, scholarships, and leadership development training.
Tribute and Memorial Gifts
Make a gift in honor or memory of a special orthopaedic nurse, colleague, friend or family member.
The NAON Foundation is accepting gifts for the newly created Mary K Wollan Memorial Scholarship.
Mary K Wollan, RN, BAN, ONC passed on March 10, 2018. Mary K was elected to the NAON Board as Director and then 29th President 2008-2009. Her theme of Uniting the World of Orthopaedics was her mantra not only during her presidency but throughout her career as she brought the orthopaedic team together to serve patients. She was the chair of the 30th anniversary committee for NAON and continued this work until the present by organizing NAON memorabilia and writing the history pages on the website. Locally she was the president and mainstay of the Twin Cities Chapter of NAON. Known as one of the longest running orthopaedic nursing conferences in the country Mary K chaired their well-known annual meeting for many years.
Mary K believed that education helps individuals to learn and grow and empowers them. She also believed it’s rewarding to play a small role in helping others to learn. Many orthopaedic nurses benefit from the NAON Foundation scholarships.
Please visit www.naonfoundation.org to donate and for more information.
EXCITING NEWS FROM THE NAON FOUNDATION
Galen College of Nursing
As one of America’s largest private colleges of nursing, Galen College focuses solely on quality nursing education. And preparing confident, caring professionals for successful careers in nursing is why we’re here.
We created our Online RN to BSN program centered around how we can best equip our students for success.
From Enrollment Counselors who walk you through every step to getting started, to our incredible Student Support Liaisons, to the awesome faculty who are accessible, quick to respond, and really make the difference (at least, according to our current students)!
All in a flexible and affordable program you can finish in 12 – 16 months (based on credit transfer).
http://galencollege.edu/naonfoundation
Galen College of Nursing
As one of America’s largest private colleges of nursing, Galen College focuses solely on quality nursing education. And preparing confident, caring professionals for successful careers in nursing is why we’re here.
We created our Online RN to BSN program centered around how we can best equip our students for success.
From Enrollment Counselors who walk you through every step to getting started, to our incredible Student Support Liaisons, to the awesome faculty who are accessible, quick to respond, and really make the difference (at least, according to our current students)!
All in a flexible and affordable program you can finish in 12 – 16 months (based on credit transfer).
http://galencollege.edu/naonfoundation
Shop and support the NAON Foundation - all at the same time!
The NAON Foundation participates in a “Shop to Support” program that is available thru our website. This is an SSL encrypted and secure way to do your online shopping at your favorite merchants and help the NAON Foundation provide scholarships and grants to the NAON membership.
The NAON Foundation website has links that will connect you to over 150 online retailers such as Amazon, Kohl’s and Target. Each purchase will send a percentage contribution back to the NAON Foundation.
Planning a trip? Websites such as Travelocity, Orbitz and Expedia can be accessed thru the NAON Foundation website and will send a donation back to the Foundation as well.
For a list of retailers, please follow this link: http://www.naonfoundation.org/shop-to-support.html
The NAON Foundation participates in a “Shop to Support” program that is available thru our website. This is an SSL encrypted and secure way to do your online shopping at your favorite merchants and help the NAON Foundation provide scholarships and grants to the NAON membership.
The NAON Foundation website has links that will connect you to over 150 online retailers such as Amazon, Kohl’s and Target. Each purchase will send a percentage contribution back to the NAON Foundation.
Planning a trip? Websites such as Travelocity, Orbitz and Expedia can be accessed thru the NAON Foundation website and will send a donation back to the Foundation as well.
For a list of retailers, please follow this link: http://www.naonfoundation.org/shop-to-support.html