North Carolina Association of Nursing Students
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About NCANS
Since 1958, the North Carolina Association of Nursing Students (NCANS) has served as the statewide professionalizing vehicle of North Carolina nursing students. Conceived as a student branch of the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA), NCANS has historically worked with and continues currently to work with NCNA to aid nursing students in making the important transition from students to licensed nurses.
Through NCNA mentors' guidance and NCANS board members' individual talents, NCANS supports NCNA-affiliated organizations at NC nursing schools in addressing issues such as improving and diversifying student recruitment. Additionally, NCANS connects individual members with valuable information and professional opportunities. Through NCNA and our legislative director, NCANS keeps a pulse on political happenings in Raleigh that directly impact healthcare laws in North Carolina. NCANS also hosts an annual winter conference that allows nursing students to learn more about the latest healthcare issues; meet with potential employers of new nursing school graduates; and participate in mini-NCLEX review sessions.
NCANS is the state affiliate of the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). Nursing students in North Carolina who belong to NSNA are automatically members of NCANS.
Mission
The purpose of NCANS is:
To assume responsibility for contributing to nursing education to provide the highest quality healthcare
To provide programs representative of the fundamental and current professional interests and concerns
To aid in the development of the nursing student, their professional role, and their responsibility for the health care of people from all walks of life, and
To represent nursing to the healthcare consumer, healthcare institutions, and the public at large.
Our Projects
Our Projects
Publications
View our most recent hypodermic newsletter from April 2025! We release new newsletters quarterly. You can view past newsletters by clicking the button below and sign up to receive all future newsletters at the bottom of our page.
Local Chapter Meeting
Minutes Submission
Submitting your monthly meeting minutes will help us better support you at conferences! Our secretary has created a template for local chapter minutes that you can use at meetings, and these can be submitted after each meeting using the form linked under the button below.
Legislation
Our Legislative Director keeps track of current political happening in Raleigh that directly impact health care laws in North Carolina, such as attending the Nurses Day at the Legislature, hosted by NCNA. You can view other legislative updates by clicking the button below.
Breakthrough To
Nursing
Read this NSNA article about the Breakthrough to Nursing project! You can also click the button below to find more of our NCANS-specific Breakthrough to Nursing initiatives.