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 Intelsat, 3400 International Drive, Washington, DC.  Registration opens December 1, 2008.

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!