Greetings to the BNE Chapter! I hope that you all have had the chance to take some time this summer to relax and refresh. As hard as it is to believe, Fall is approaching which means that the BNE Chapter is looking towards the election of 2024 Board positions. This year, we have the Secretary Position and a Member-at-Large position open for nominations. If you are interested in learning more about these positions, please contact Emily Clermont at emily.clermont@childrens.harvard.edu. Joining the Board is a great opportunity to get involved in the Chapter! Your involvement can help towards building your portfolio for Certification, but equally important is the opportunity to continue to build this great community of research nurses in the New England area.

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It is also the time of year for many of you to renew your Membership. In the Fall of 2021, we started inviting our members to join directly through our website. Since then, new members and those of you who are renewing your membership, are all joining and renewing on the website. Moving forward, you should receive an automatic message to renew your membership at the time of expiration. Keep in mind that those of you who set up automatic renewal will not receive any communication about this. If you are unsure of your status, please see below for a link to some helpful sides that help walk you through checking your status on the website. Please let us know if you encounter any issues or if you have any questions about the process.

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As promised, we have been working hard to add additional educational opportunities. In September, we held a very successful and interesting presentation titled, “A Clinical Research Nurse’s Impact on the conduct of Decentralized Clinical Trials”. We all know that DCTs are growing in number and are likely to continue to do so. This was a wonderful opportunity to learn more about this approach and how important our voice is as these trials are designed and launched. We look forward to inviting you to our next presentation taking place this fall!

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As many of you know, the 15th Annual IACRN Conference in Philadelphia, “Advancement in Clinical Research Nursing: Building Practice Excellence 2023”, is fast approaching. The Conference will run from October 16th – 18th and is a great opportunity to hear from our colleagues around the country and world about their practice as Clinical Research Nurses. For further details, check out the IACRN website: https://iacrn.org/2023-Conference . If you aren’t able to attend, we plan to have colleagues from our Chapter share their talks with us at the November Chapter meeting which is scheduled for November 9th at 5:00 PM. We will share the election results at this time as well.

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As always, we would love to hear from you regarding ways that we can continue to grow this Chapter and are always happy to welcome your involvement. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at aconnor@bidmc.harvard.edu .

Best wishes,

Ann