Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing

What Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing does

The Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing (ARIN) is a nonprofit professional membership association founded in 1981 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It serves nurses practicing in radiology, imaging, and interventional settings across hospitals, imaging centers, and other healthcare facilities, with a self-declared global reach. ARIN delivers a full professional lifecycle stack for this nursing subspecialty: individual membership, the Certified Radiology Nurse (CRN) credential administered in partnership with the Radiologic Nursing Certification Board (RNCB), accredited continuing education through webinars and an online CE Center, an Imaging Review Course (offered as a 2-day, 4 half-day, or on-demand virtual format), evidence-based practice guidelines and position statements, the peer-reviewed Journal of Radiology Nursing (published by Elsevier), a career center and job board, and a biennial joint conference co-hosted with AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management.

Underlying technology is conventional web infrastructure: a CMS-driven marketing and membership site (arinursing.org), a member-only ARIN Forum for peer exchange, an online CE Center for course delivery, and webinar platforms for live and on-demand education. There are no proprietary AI/ML systems, mobile applications, or public APIs in the technology stack. Operational functions such as convention registration and receipts are outsourced to the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), and journal publishing is handled by Elsevier.

ARIN's revenue model combines individual membership dues, certification-related fees flowing through the RNCB, paid CE courses and webinars, conference registration and exhibit/sponsorship revenue, and ancillary services such as discounts on professional liability insurance through the Nurses Service Organization (NSO). Distribution is direct-to-individual via the website, supplemented by free and member-only email newsletters (Inside/View), organic social media across Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Tumblr, and Instagram, and tiered corporate sponsorship partnerships. The organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and an Executive Director, operates without external equity or parent company ownership, and claims 11–50 employees.

Name

Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing

Legal name

The Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing

Website

https://arinursing.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ARIN is a Toronto-based nonprofit professional membership association serving radiologic and imaging nurses worldwide with certification (CRN), continuing education, practice guidelines, a peer-reviewed journal, and a biennial joint conference.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ARIN is a professional membership association that provides individual nurses working in radiologic, imaging, and interventional settings with membership services, CRN certification preparation, accredited continuing education (CE) courses, webinars, an on-demand Imaging Review Course, a peer-reviewed journal, practice guidelines, a career/job board, and a biennial joint conference with AHRA. It serves as the central professional community and credentialing body for the radiologic and imaging nursing specialty.

Product overview

ARIN is a professional nursing association offering a unified portfolio of membership, certification, and educational services for radiologic and imaging nurses. The core offerings include CRN certification through the Radiologic Nursing Certification Board, membership with access to resources and networking, and continuing education through webinars, the online CE center, and the Imaging Review Course (available in 2-day, 4 half-day, or on-demand formats). Supporting services include the Journal of Radiology Nursing (publications), Career Center & Job Board, practice guidelines, and the annual ARIN & AHRA Joint Conference.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ARIN Membership

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor, moderate and core.

• TaskmaverickminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor for the 2026 ARIN & AHRA Joint Conference, listed on the ARIN strategic partners section of the website.
• BISminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor for the 2026 ARIN & AHRA Joint Conference, listed on the ARIN strategic partners section of the website.
• MedtronicmoderateGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor for ARIN programs and the 2026 conference. Medtronic provides clinical solutions for sedation outside the operating room, relevant to interventional radiology nursing.
• NSO (Nurses Service Organization)moderateGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor providing professional liability insurance benefits to ARIN members. NSO is a well-known provider of nursing malpractice insurance and risk management services.
• Radiologic Nursing Certification Board (RNCB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARIN works closely with the RNCB to administer the Certified Radiology Nurse (CRN) credential. ARIN refers members to RNCB for exam registration and preparation (Imaging Review Course). CRN certification is a core ARIN membership value proposition.
• AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARIN co-hosts a biennial joint conference with AHRA (next: July 12-15, 2026, Marriott World Center, Orlando). This is the premier educational and networking event for radiologic and imaging professionals.
• Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIR collaborates with ARIN on convention registration and receipts management (Convention Registration managed by SIR). ARIN may share mailing addresses of members with SIR for marketing purposes.
• American Nurses Association (ANA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARIN may share member mailing addresses with ANA for marketing purposes, indicating a formal relationship within the broader nursing ecosystem.
• Elsevier (Journal of Radiology Nursing)coreTechnology or IntegrationElsevier publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Radiology Nursing, ARIN's official publication. Journal subscriptions and access inquiries are directed to Elsevier (uss [email protected]).

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN): Largest specialty nursing association in the U.S., operating on the same membership-plus-certification-plus-CE model as ARIN. ARIN is a smaller, niche version of the same professional-association template AACN has proven at scale.
• American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA): Specialty nursing association for nephrology nurses with certification, CE, and a peer-reviewed journal. Closely comparable to ARIN in size, mission, and member value proposition.
• Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN): Specialty nursing association for vascular nurses, offering certification, CE, and publications. Another small specialty-nursing association structurally analogous to ARIN.
• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN): Specialty nursing association providing certification, education, and a peer-reviewed journal to neuroscience nurses. Identical operating model to ARIN in a different nursing subspecialty.
• Emergency Nurses Association (ENA): Specialty nursing association serving emergency nurses with certification, education, journals, and an annual conference. Mirrors ARIN's specialty-association model in a different clinical subspecialty.
• AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management: ARIN's co-host for the biennial Joint Conference, serving medical imaging management professionals with education, networking, and certification. Most directly comparable peer given the joint conference and shared imaging hospital audience.
• Oncology Nursing Society (ONS): Specialty nursing association providing certification, CE, peer-reviewed journals, and conferences to oncology nurses. Highly comparable to ARIN in structure, mission, and revenue mix (dues, CE, certification, conference).

Broad incumbents

• American Nurses Association (ANA): Umbrella professional association for all U.S. nurses. ARIN membership is open to all nurses and ANA functionally encompasses specialty nursing organizations like ARIN; ANA is an upstream rather than direct competitor.
• American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT): Much larger national society for radiologic technologists, offering certifications, CE, and journals. Comparable domain (radiology workforce) but addresses technologists rather than nurses, and operates at significantly greater scale.

Regional players

• Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR): Strategic partner of ARIN that manages ARIN's convention registration. A physician-only society in interventional radiology providing adjacent education and conferences, with membership that overlaps ARIN's nursing audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/arinursing_org
• Facebookfacebook.com/arinursing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-association-for-radiologic-and-imaging-nursing
• Instagraminstagram.com/arinursing

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