THE VOICE OF THE NURSE PRACTITIONER

Printed publications in the field of nurse practitioners, namely, journals, newsletters, position papers, and standards of practice manual; printed awards and certificates in the field of nurse practitioners

Lobbying services, namely, promoting the interests of nurse practitioners in the fields of legislation and regulation; cooperative advertising, marketing, and public relations for others in the field of nurse practitioners; advertising services, public relations and marketing services, namely, promoting and marketing the goods and services of others through all public communication means in the field of nurse practitioners; arranging and conducting business conferences for the benefit of nurse practitioners; testing to determine professional competency in the field of nursing

Providing educational grants and scholarships for the benefit of nurse practitioners and nursing students, namely, educational scholarships in the field of nursing and educational grants for research in the field of nursing

Educational services, namely, providing continuing education programs, educational conferences, and research presentations, all in the field of nursing; writing services for the benefit of nurse practitioners, namely, writing of articles for professional journals other than for advertising or publicity; publication and editing of printed matter for the benefit of nurse practitioners; providing incentives by the way of awards to demonstrate excellence in the field of nurse practitioners; providing recognition by the way of celebrations and awards to nurse practitioners who have made outstanding contributions to health care practice, research, education or policy

Providing an on-line searchable database in the field of medicine for scientific research purposes via an on-line computer network for the benefit of nurse practitioners