Sept 2009

Publishing Concepts / ThinkAboutItNursing is pleased to announce its partnership with the Montana Board of Nursing to produce its Montana Nurse magazine beginning first quarter 2010.

As the primary means of communication from the Montana Board of Nursing, this official publication will be direct-mailed to more than 18,000 licensed nurses in the state. The Montana Nurse publication will be comprised of information essential to nursing practice, including regulatory and licensing updates, summaries of disciplinary rulings, legislative action, and bulletins on Board activities.

Publishing Concepts is a proud partner to 20 state boards of nursing across the nation, developing awareness of professional nursing activities while assisting in the recruitment of nurses and allied healthcare workers. Nursing students in partnering states also benefit from the ThinkAboutItNursing™ Scholarship Fund that was created by Publishing Concepts in 2008 in celebration of its 15 year anniversary.

For advertising information, contact David Brown by calling 1-800-561-4686 or emailing dbrown@pcipublishing.com. For additional information on Publishing Concepts or scholarship details, visit thinkaboutitnursing.com.

Publishing Concepts, Inc. is the nation’s leading publisher of State Board of Nursing magazines with a collective audience of 1.5 million nurses in Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and Wyoming. To reach student nurses nationwide, visit stunurse.com for more information.

Publishing Concepts / ThinkAboutItNursing is pleased to announce its partnership with the Nevada State Board of Nursing to produce its Nevada State Board of Nursing News magazine beginning September 2009.

Thanks to our advertising and media sponsors, Nurses Week 2009 was a huge success! Through events with the Twisters Arena Football team, the NWA Naturals and the Arkansas Travelers Baseball teams, we celebrated nurses all week long, offering free or discounted tickets, concourse promotion, and fun on-field games at each event.

As publisher of the official Arkansas State Board of Nursing publication, ASBN Update, PCI is launching Nurses for the Girls in hopes of creating the largest team of Arkansas nurses to participate in the Komen Arkansas Race for the Cure.

The Oregon State Board of Nursing is pleased to announce its partnership with Publishing Concepts / ThinkAboutItNursing to produce its Sentinel newsletter as a full-color quarterly magazine, launching in April 2009.

Virginia Robertson, President of Publishing Concepts, Inc. announced today the establishment of a scholarship fund to be awarded to eligible nursing students beginning with the 2009-2010 school year.

In commemoration of its 15 year anniversary, Publishing Concepts will make an initial “seed” contribution to the fund with a $15,000 gift. Through its relationships with partners, advertisers, and through private donations, the ThinkAboutItNursing scholarship fund plans to award half a million dollars over the next five years.