The 2008 Annual National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists conference was held in Atlanta from March 5 to 8. This year's conference, Clinical Nurse Specialists: Leaders in Clinical Excellence, once again broke previous attendance records with approximately 500 participants and more than 50 exhibitors. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists and the board of directors sincerely thank Cindy Balkstra and the Atlanta Area Affiliate for their support and countless volunteer hours spent making conference participants feel welcome and for helping to make this conference such a success. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists and the board of directors also want to gratefully acknowledge and thank the following conference sponsors, exhibitors, and contributors for their support.
Major Sponsors
KCI
Nurses Service Organization
Sponsors
J.A. Thomas & Associates
Mayo Clinic
N.Y. Presbyterian Hospital
Palomar Pomerado Health
Abbott Nutrition
Rady Children's Hospital
Silver Oak Search Consultants
St Luke Episcopal Hospital Texas Heart Institute
Voice Care-Integrated Voice Solutions
Exhibitors
Allina Hospital and Clinics
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Association of Nurses in Aids Care
Auburn University
Baylor Health Care System
Calmoseptine Inc
Carolinas Health System
Carroll Hospital Group
Cottage Health System
Dale Medical Products Inc
Department of Veterans Affairs
Edwards Lifesciences
A Fashion Hayvin Inc
Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University
The Gideons International
Hill-Rom
Indiana Center for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
J.A. Thomas & Associates
The Joanna Briggs Institute
Joerns Healthcare Inc
Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Kaiser Permanente
KCI
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins-Wolters Kluwer Health
Mayo Clinic
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Medical Decisions Network
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nursing/Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board
Northside Hospital
Nurses Service Organization
Oncology Nursing Society
Optivox/The White Stone Group, Inc.
Pepid, LLC
Pritchett & Hull Associates Inc
Rady Children's Hospital
Sage Products Inc
Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
Sanofi Pasteur
The Silver Lady
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
Technicuff
Transcart Inc
Understanding Infant Adoption Training Initiative
College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Michigan Health System
University of Pennsylvania Health Systems
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
US Army Healthcare
Vidacare
Voice Care-Integrated Voice Solutions
Wellstar Health Systems
Wolf Tory Medical