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Please join us in thanking Linda Vogel APRN, CNS for her commitment as the 2021 and 2022 Secretary on the MN NACNS Board of Directors. Linda Vogel is a CNS at Essentia Health and has made a huge impact on the CNS role through her work. She was great asset to the MN NACNS over the last 2 years. Thank you, Linda!

Mary Fran Tracy Award of Excellence nominations are being accepted until August 31st, 2020!

Do you know a Clinical Nurse Specialist who has impacted nursing through either practice or academia? Consider nominating them for the Mary Fran Tracy Award of Excellence!

Registration for the 12th Annual MN NACNS Fall Conference is now OPEN!

To learn more about this years Fall Conference and to register follow this link --> http://www.mnnacns.org/event-4726785

The MN NACNS would like your help in thanking Amy Moore, APRN, CNS, CDCES for her commitment as the 2021 Treasurer on the MN MN NACNS Board of Directors. Amy has focused on diabetes care and management in her nursing practice. Her work is primarily direct patient care, but also involves management of the diabetes population overall in the ambulatory setting. Thank you, Amy!

The MN NACNS asks for your help to extend a HUGE thank you to Penny Messner, APRN, CNS, DNP for serving on the MN NACNS Board of Directors in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Penny, a cardiovascular CNS at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, has focused on improving pain management for the cardiovascular surgery patient, reducing hospital length of stay, anticoagulation management, improving venous thromboembolism prevention, and anticoagulation management to name a few. Over the years she has served as a preceptor and mentor to several of her CNS colleagues. Penny has provided great leadership to help the MN NACNS overcome many challenges the MN NACNS faced during the COVID-19 Pandemic to continue to move the MN NACNS forward. Thank you, Penny, for your dedication to the MN NACNS! 

The MN NACNS would like your help in thanking Shari Frueh, BSN, RN for her commitment as the 2021 Student Representative on the MN MN NACNS Board of Directors. Shari, a Clinical Resource Nurse at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, supports the GI Endoscopy units. She currently attends Winona State University in the Adult-Gerontology CNS Master’s Program. Thank you for helping the MN NACNS stay connected to CNS students in MN and your dedication to the MN NACNS. We wish you best with your educational journey and great success as a future CNS!