Between now and June 30, 2010, all of the NAON Special Interest Group (SIGs) listserves will be converted to a Discussion Forum format! 

The SIG Discussion Forums are a great way to discuss practice issues and network with nurse colleagues practicing, or interested in, the same specialty.

With these new discussion forums, sharing documents with your peers is easy by using the attachment feature. You also have the ability to read what any group is talking about and not just the SIG groups you signed up for. This opens the door to a greater level of communication among colleagues!

The transition of the SIG listserves to Discussion Forums will take place over the first half of 2010 in three different phases.

Phase 1 – January 30, 2010 - Staff Education, Case Management, RN First Assistant, Spine and Sports Medicine SIGs

Phase 2 – March 30, 2010 – Pediatrics, Operating Room, Trauma, Patient Education and Gerontology SIGs

Phase 3 – June 30, 2010 - Advanced Practice, Management, Total Joint Replacement, Osteoporosis and Office Practice SIGs

Note that after each date listed above the current SIG listserves will no longer be accessible.  Remember, to participate in all of the NAON Discussion Forums, you must be a NAON member and logged in as a NAON member.  If you are not a NAON member, you will only have access to a limited number of the Discussion Forums.

NAON is here to help familiarize you with the Discussion Forum process. 

Getting started:
• To join, go to www.orthonurse.org
• Click on NAON Resources > Discussion Forums
• Make sure you are logged in with your Username & Password
• Accept the disclaimer and proceed

Once you are logged in, you can
• read what any group is talking about
• jump in on the conversations
• set up an alert for when a new topic starts in one of the forums
• set up an RSS feed to the discussion for your GoogleReader or other aggregator

Click here to download the “How To” document featuring step by step instructions on using the Discussion Forums. This document also will be available for download on the Discussion Forum Web page.

Questions?  Contact the NAON National Office at naon@smithbucklin.com or 800.289.NAON (6266).