British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN)

BACCN is a leading non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of nursing in critical care, with over 2,000 members nationally and internationally. They provide a national voice to shape the strategy for critical care nursing, promote safe, quality evidence based nursing care to the critically ill patient and provide wide ranging benefits and opportunities to BACCN members. Have a look below to find out more about what They do - and join us!

Mission:
BACCN is a leading non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of nursing in critical care. Their Mission is to:
• provide a National voice to shape the strategy for critical care nursing
• promote safe, quality evidence based nursing care to the critically ill patient
• provide wide ranging benefits and opportunities to BACCN members

Strategic Goals:
• collaborate with members through the National and Regional Boards
• collaborate with patient and relative representatives, health care providers, industry, other professional organisations and policy makers to influence the future development of critical care nursing
• promote, support and create evidence based practice to deliver safe, quality care
• produce a bi-monthly contemporary journal ‘Nursing in Critical Care’ to reflect the diverse needs of critical care nursing
• contribute to, develop and publish critical care nursing standards to promote safe, quality a care
• support members through research and development scholarships
• support Continuous Professional Development through National and regional activities
• organise and deliver an annual high quality conference
• be a platform to discuss critical care nursing and provide a supportive network
• provide social networks to support communication and engagement strategies