About IACRN

 Goals & Initiatives for 2016-2020:

Strategic Initiative #1 - Grow Our Professional Nursing Organization

1. Create a sustainable financial plan consistent with the strategic priorities for the next four years.
2. Create annual membership recruitment and retention plan to increase membership to 500 over the next four years.
3. Create at least two new strategic partnerships with other professional associations, industry, academic institutions, or foundations that value development of nursing practice.

Strategic Initiative #2 - Advance the Organizational Infrastructure

1. Define and refine committee and Board of Directors work flows to meet growing needs.
2. Develop and support committee work.
3. Support the development of chapters.

Strategic Initiative #3 - Promote Clinical Research Nursing as a Specialty Practice across All Practice Levels and Research Settings

1. Disseminate “Scope and Standards of Practice for Clinical Research Nursing.”
2. Support the establishment of an evidence base for practice through research and publication opportunities.
3. Identify path to and process of certification.
4. Heighten awareness of the specialty practice with research volunteers and the public.

Strategic Initiative #4 - Collaborate with the Foundation to Support the Professional Development of Clinical Research Nurses

1. Provide local, national and international continuing education opportunities for CRNs.
2. Develop and disseminate a standardized clinical research nursing training curriculum to support core competencies defined in S&S of Practice Document.
3. Create mentor ship opportunities for professional development and future organizational leadership.
4. Engage with nursing schools to heighten awareness and inclusion of the CRN role competencies in nursing education.