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- EIN 82-1919816
- (502) 232-2945
- 19006 Hunt Country Ln Fisherville KY 40023-7704 USA
- www.acn.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Vocational & Technical Schools
Mission: Working toward healthier camp communities through the practice of camp nursing.
Programs: Publication: produced four issues of compasspoint as a member benefit and placed pdf files of back issues online for member access. The publication continues to be indexed in the cumulative index of nursing and allied health literature, consequently allowing information retrieval beyond acn's members. Continues to provide access to the scope & standards of camp nursing (2017) and the basics of camp nursing (2009). Continue to disseminate five practice guidelines: communicable disease, medication management, health screening, documentation, and delegation. All are available online at www. Acn. Org. Updated website in 2017 with many educational resources.
education: hosted the camp nurse symposium in february 2017 and collaborated with the american camp association to provide joint acn-aca education sessions during both organization's national conferences. Continued participation in the healthy camps education & monitoring project via professional webinars and article in camp health. Developed research agenda around fatigue at camp and provide education related to study findings through articles and presentations.