Events

Events

• 30th Annual DNA Convention
• 31st Annual DNA Convention

• Don't Fry Day
• Walk to Cure Psoriasis
• Outrun the Sun Race

Conventions

Other Events

"Don't Fry Day"

Raising Sun Safety Awareness on the Friday before Memorial Day

The National Council for Skin Cancer Prevention (NCSCP) has initiated the first annual Don't Fry Day to educate the public about sun protection and skin cancer prevention. This event will take place on the Friday before Memorial Day. Memorial Day is the unofficial first day of summer for most Americans and a great day to reinforce sun safety messages.

The Dermatology Nurses' Association, in partnership with other NCSCP members, has created a Don't Fry Day handout for use by its members. Please download PDF copies of the Don't Fry Day handout   to distribute to your patients. We hope to have DNA members around the country educating patients and the public about skin cancer prevention on Don't Fry Day.

View a short video about Don't Fry Day

The NCSCP has prepared additional documents including a campaign plan, draft press release, and background fact sheet. These documents are available at www.skincancerprevention.org.

Sun Safety Facts:

• UV intensity peaks in June making May a month with greater risk of sunburn than August.
• The recommended adult dose for sunscreen is one ounce per application to cover the entire body surface. Most people apply only 25% of the recommended dose of sunscreen and never reapply. This effectively reduces sun protection by 75 to 100%.
• 80% of children report summer sunburns. It is important to educate our pediatric and adult patients about proper sun protection.
• Sun protection clothing including hats and long sleeve shirts may protect better than sunscreen.
• Always wear sunglasses to protect the eye from UV damage.

Download a copy of the Don't Fry Day handout.

Dermatology Nurses' Association Announces Partnership with Outrun the Sun, USA Track & Field and Independent Running Retailers Association

The DNA is pleased to announce our partnership with Outrun the Sun, Inc. (OTS), a nonprofit organization supporting skin cancer education and melanoma research. We will kick off our partnership by helping launch the 2012 Outrun the Sun Race in May, a "virtual" yet real race for runners and walkers nationwide. This program allows people to register online, take a “sun safety” pledge and participate any day throughout the month of May, "National Skin Cancer and Melanoma Awareness Month." Additional partners for the Outrun the Sun Race in May include USA Track & Field and the Independent Running Retailers Association.

As DNA members, you can get involved by encouraging your constituencies to participate and support sun safety among your running and walking communities. You also are invited to create teams to participate together. The program will be discussed in detail and registrants will receive information at the annual meeting in Denver in February. Stay tuned for more information!
 

Walk to Cure Psoriasis Needs You!

Sign up for a Walk to Cure Psoriasis, a family-friendly, noncompetitive 1K or 5k event that raises money for the National Psoriasis Foundation’s efforts to fund critical research. When you participate in a walk, you, your patients and your staff join other front-line champions in the growing movement to find a cure for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

Your involvement with the National Psoriasis Foundation will help those living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis look forward to longer, healthier lives.

Take your first step by registering for a walk today. No walk in your city? Sign up for a virtual walk and make a difference no matter where you live! With your help, we can cross the finish line together and share in the knowledge that we are helping to find a cure for more than 7.5 million people across the country affected by psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

Psoriasis isn’t contagious, but awareness is.™
For more information visit www.psoriasis.org/walk

Melanoma 2013: 23rd Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update
January 26-27, 2013
San Diego, California

Melanoma 2014: 24th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update
January 25-26, 2014
San Diego, California

Dermatology Nurses' Association (DNA) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP5708.