NLN Celebrates National Nursing Month & The Power of Nursing Education with Release of a New App for Nurse Educators

NLN Celebrates National Nursing Month & The Power of Nursing Education with Release of a New App for Nurse Educators

NLNursingEd App Offers State-of-the-Art Experience with Immediate Access to Professional Education, Events & Information

Washington, DC — As America marks National Nurses Month in May, the National League for Nursing announces the launch of a new app, NLNursingEd, highlighting The Power of Nursing Education. The new app can be found in the App Store for iPhone and Google Play as NLN: For Nurse Educators, making it easy and convenient for nurse educators to access content on their mobile devices from the nation’s leading voice for nursing education.  

The new app features a rotating series of notifications on the Home screen about important National League for Nursing news alerts, events and resources for the nursing education community. App users will also find an easy-to-navigate Menu of five sections that link to National League for Nursing content under the following headings:

• Find What’s New
• Get Recognized
• Build Your Success
• Make a Difference
• Access Resources
  

Additionally, National League for Nursing members can use their login credentials to join the conversation in NLN Connect, the exclusive members-only online community. NLNursingEd is customizable, with a My Shortcuts feature allowing users to select buttons for the Home screen that can take them directly to the content most interesting and valuable for themselves.

“Nurse educators and all stakeholders in nursing education excellence now enjoy immediate access whenever and wherever they are to all the latest National League for Nursing updates about upcoming events, resources, and other opportunities for professional development and lifelong learning. The new NLN app, NLNursingEd, now makes that all possible,” said NLN Chair Yolanda VanRiel, PhD, RN, MEDSURG-BC, OCN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, chair of the Department of Nursing, North Carolina Central University and patient placement coordinator at First Health of the Carolinas-Moore Regional Hospital.

“National Nurses Month is the perfect time to introduce a new way for nurse educators, leaders, scholars, students, and others in health care to connect with one another and with all the National League for Nursing has to offer. We are so excited to launch NLNursingEd this month as we work to advance the health of our nation and the global community,” said NLN President and CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN. “The National League for Nursing salutes the nation’s nurses educators as they work tirelessly to educate the next generation of nurses to offer quality care to those they serve.”

For more information and to download the National League for Nursing app, visit NLN.org.

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