Professional Memberships for CON Staff
To outline when College of Nursing funds may be used to pay for staff memberships in professional societies.
The College of Nursing encourages the growth and development of its staff as well as faculty and students. To this end, staff may register for and participate in professional conferences that are directly relevant to the performance of their job responsibilities. The judgment of relevance will be made by the staff member’s supervisor.
College of Nursing funds can be used to support the costs of conference registration in the following cases:
- Membership in the professional organization is a requirement to register for and attend the conference registration
- Membership is not required, but the total cost of membership and registration is less than the cost to register as a non-member
Payment or reimbursement in all cases will be subject to the policies of the University of Iowa Accounting Code Manual http://www.bo.uiowa.edu/~glaccman/index.cfm
Staff who attend a conference will be expected to make a brief presentation of what they learned at a College of Nursing staff meeting or other appropriate venue.
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