The Latest News
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The Current Status of the Washington Nursing Workforce
click here for talking points on Washington States current workforce shortage. January 2010.
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Click here to see the locations of NCQAC meetings on Continuing Competency, LPN issues, and Mutual State Recognition
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Visit the free exhibit of some of Florence Nightingale's original manuscripts at the Karpeles Manuscript Library
407 South G. Street, Tacoma. The exhibit runs until April 30, 2010. Library hours are Tues-Sun, 10-4
http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/taqfrm.html
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2010 Regional Health Care Education & Training Conference: Impacting health care services for diverse communities.
March 26, 2010 sponsored by Seattle Community College. Click for full brochure
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Three WA hospitals receive AACN Beacon Awards
for excellence in recruitment & retention, education, training, and mentoring, research and evidence-based practice, patient outcomes, leadership, organizational ethics, and creation of a healthy work environment. Kudos to:
5 East ICU, UWA Medical Center, Seattle
ICU, Kadlec Medical Center, Richland
Neurosurgical ICU, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle
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2009 WCN Annual Report
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Washington Nursing Schools receive J&J Promise of Nursing Grants to Expand Capacity!
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2010- International Year of the Nurse
Getting the word out about the critical roles that nurses play in healthcare globally is the primary theme of the International Year of the Nurse, honoring the expansion of nursing in the 100 years since Florence Nightingale’s death. Go to www.2010iynurse.net to see more exciting news and how you can be involved.
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Save the dates-June 9 & 10.
The National Nursing Workforce conference in Dearborn, MI. click here for information: National Nsg Workforce conference
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AARP Supports Nursing in America
80 Million Eyes on Nursing
AARP members are watching for policy solutions and legislation that augment the nursing workforce in the following four areas:
- Funding for the Nursing Workforce: Federal and state policies promoting better funding for the nursing workforce.
- Health Care Reform: Acting on the knowledge that policies supporting the nursing workforce also strengthen health-care reform.
- Expanding Nursing-Education Capacity: Federal and state policies to help U.S. nursing schools educate more nurses.
- Nurse Retention: Federal and state policies to help hospitals and other health-care facilities retain highly skilled nurses
go to aarp.org for more information
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GALLUP POLL VOTES NURSES MOST TRUSTED PROFESSIONAL
For the eighth consecutive year, nurses have been voted the most trusted profession in America according to Gallup's annual telephone survey of professions for their honesty and ethical standards, with 83 percent of Americans calling nurses' standards either "high" or "very high." Since being included in the Gallup poll in 1999, nurses have received the highest ranking every yera except in 2001, when fire fighters received top honors.
Read more at http://www.nursezone.com/Nursing-News-Events/more-news.aspx?ID=18621
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Nurses: Holiday giving made easy!
IRA Gift Transfers in 2009
If you are over the age of 70-1/2, the federal government now permits you to transfer amounts from your IRA to qualified charities (such as WCN) without claiming any increased income or paying an additional tax. These tax-free gifts can be of any amount up to $100,000 per year. Simply contact your financial custodian and request that an amount be transferred directly to WCN. We receive your gift to promote nursing and you avoid additional tax. Our tax ID# is 68-0568743. Thanks!
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Rural Outreach Nursing Education (RONE) program wins Governor's Award for Best Practices!
The RONE nursing education program serving our rural hospitals and communities received the Governor's award at the Annual Workforce Development/Economic Development conference in Spokane on Oct 29. Helen Kuebel RN MSN, Nursing Director at Lower Columbia's Nursing Program, and James McLaughlin, PhD, President of Lower Columbia College, accepted the award for its innovation and responsiveness to our rural Critical Access hospitals. Still in its pilot year, the unique RONE program curriculum and faculty arrangement accommodates incumbent rurally-based workers who become LPNs, then RNs. The formal evaluation of outcomes of the program will be conducted in 2011-12.
Key stakeholders in this program are:
Lower Columbia College
Eastern and Western Area Health Education Centers
State Board of Community and Technical Colleges
Health Workforce Institute at the WA State Hospital Association
WA State Labor Council
The Rural Hospital Association of WA
Washington Center for Nursing
Supporting Funder:
The Regence Foundation
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National Minimum Nursing Data Set ratified. click here to read the press release.
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Go to www.championnursing.org to see the latest news on the Center to Champion Nursing in America's work! Washington is one of 30 states with a stakeholder team working on addressing the nursing education capacity and education design issues.
