title: Students attend nurses association convention for college credit.
abstract: The author describes a college course that facilitates student attendance at the Iowa Nurses' Association (INA) convention and promotes observation of nurse leaders as they consider nursing and political issues. Using the guidelines in this article, nursing faculty can develop a similar course in their institutions and generate student interest in the activities of the state professional associations.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hettinger
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D012956:Societies, Nursing