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Association News | 4.29.2025
April 2025: Association News

The Registration Deadline for NAON’s 45th Annual Congress is almost here!

NAON’s in-person 45th Annual Congress is set for May 17-19, 2025 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, FL.  But registration will close on May 5, so sign up now to join us as we “Keep Believing” and orthopaedic nursing.  Attendees will have the opportunity to earn up to 38.6 CNE credits (through a combination of in-person and post-event, on-demand sessions) with 19.4 of those credits being Category A and 19.2 credits Category B. Register now before it’s too late!

NAON Committees and Task Forces

Want to get involved with NAON, but not sure where to start? Find out more about our committees and task forces. Once you’ve found the committee(s) you’d like to join, fill out a Willingness to Serve form! 

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Healthy Tips from ANA’s Healthy Nurse, Healthy NationTM Blog

Submitted by Laura Hixon, DNP, MSNE, RN-BC, ONC

Welcome to Spring! Here in Texas, the bluebonnets are blooming and beautiful. Spring reminds us of new and fresh opportunities. Many take time to do spring cleaning or refresh a new idea. The NAON Congress is also an opportunity for new and fresh ideas in orthopedics!

J Stanborough from Healthline discuss the great benefits of learning and reading. Hopefully these will inspire reading over scrolling social media!

  1. MRIs can show brain activity increasing during reading.
  2. Fiction or non-fiction can spark feelings essential for navigating many social relationships.
  3. Vocabulary for books can improve communication and context in relationships.
  4. Reading and solving math problems keeps the mind working, and stimulating the brain can decrease the likelihood of developing plaques or lesions in those with dementia.
  5. 30 minutes of reading can help lower blood pressure, heart rate, and psychological distress.
  6. Can prepare you for rest better than phone or TV.
  7. Books can lessen feelings of being alone and even allow an escape from the world for a while.
  8. Those that read 3.5 hours every week are 23% more likely to live longer than those who do not.

So how can we regularly read? Who has the time??

  1. Read a few minutes a day with either a device, print books, or alternate.
  2. Now and then, skip the binging of a show for a book
  3. Reading with or to your children
  4. Visit a library, get a library card, and enjoy the experience of sitting in a quiet place and reading.
  5. Pick a topic you are passionate about (like orthopedics) and keep learning. The Orthopaedic Journal is a wonderful source!

Happy Reading!

Stanborough, J. (2019). Benefits of reading books: how it can positively affect your life. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-reading-books

 

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