Marti Rice, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, has been selected to serve as the 2013-2014 chair-elect of the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Rice’s responsibilities as chair-elect include strategic planning, leading meetings, serving as representative to the National Nursing Research Roundtable, and facilitating special initiatives.
CANS is the nursing science arm of the American Academy of Nursing and is open to anyone wishing to join in being a strong voice nationally and internationally for the development, conduct and use of nursing science. CANS’ mission is to promote better health through nursing science and to be recognized as the collective, national voice for nursing science.
The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science is the nursing science arm of the American Academy of Nursing.