The Greater Washington Area Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses welcomes you and invites you to join us in our many activities that foster excellence in patient and family care.  Our mission is to provide quality networking and educational opportunities that prepare acute and critical care nurses to “make their optimal contribution” in delivering the highest quality patient and family centered care.

GWAC is one of the largest and most active local chapters of AACN.  In 2006, the chapter won an AACN President’s Award for Chapters.  Initiatives that GWAC has been involved in include promotion of the Beacon Award and the Healthy Work Environment Standards. 

Our premiere conference, Spotlight on Critical Care, is attended by hundreds of acute and critical care nurses from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.  Our dinner meetings are very popular functions as well.  There are also many opportunities to volunteer for our multiple committees.

Spring Spotlight on Critical Care Conference will be Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at Trinity University, 125 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC. 

Registration opens January 1, 2009!

Register at http://www.web.sitelms.org/conference/gwac for the Spring Spotlight Conference.  The copy of the early bird flier is posted on that site for your reference.  The final brochure will also be posted there when it is available.  Register early and save a seat for yourself for this exciting new conference!



The Fall Spotlight registration page is being updated to reflect the new pricing for 2009 (register by clicking here).   Thanks for making the 2008 conference another wonderful event!  For more information on the Fall Spotlight conference, contact Dorothy Belkoski at dorothy.belkoski@inova.org