American Association Of Post-Acute Care Nursing

Programs: Education: the association provides certification and education courses and workshops for nurse assessment coordinators and directors of nursing services. These courses are intended to help nursing professionals with the resident assessment instrument (rai) process and the survey process, in addition to implementing best business pracitices in the field.

membership: members of the association are nursing professionals in the long-term care field. The association's member benefits are designed to keep members up-to-date on the latest information on regulations from the center for medicare and medicaid services (cms), and to provide best practice information in leadership and management.

conferences: the association has two annual conferences, one primarily for nurse assessment coordinators and the second is primarily for directors of nursing services and other nurse leaders. These conferences provide timely and in-depth sessions on cms regulations, rai process and the survey process, in addition to providing attendees networking opportunities.

business development: this program connects the association's members with organizations that provde services to long-term facilities. The program assists corporate ownership of nursing facilities to provide their employees with the association's education and membership benefits. Additionally, the business development program arranges for various trade associations and consultants to provide courses through face-to-face workshops. Policy: one of the purposes of the association is to "work for improvement in standards of practice of care and the availability of healthcare services for all people including assuming an active role as advocates in healthcare. " in this role, volunteers and staff educate employees on a federal level and advocate with the centers of medicare and medicaid services (cms) in order to create a favorable regulatory environment for long-term care.