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So You Want to Be a Professor Workshop & Networking Event

In-Person | Wed, Oct 25, 2023 | 9 am-3:30 pm | $35

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Learn About Some Influential Black and African American Nurses in History

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What is nursing workforce data, why is it important, and how is it collected and used? Watch this 5-min Nursing Workforce Data 101 video to learn more!

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Racism is a persistent health threat. As a social determinant, racism drives differences in life opportunities, exposures, and stresses that relentlessly perpetuate and create new cycles of preventable disparities in health care delivery and outcomes. Visit our Anti-Racism Resources page for more information.

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WCN Releases Washington Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and Registered Nurse (RN) Supply and Demand Projections 2020-2030 Nursing Workforce Data Report

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Building a diverse, highly qualified nursing workforce in Washington

“The work of the Washington Center for Nursing is a resource to the Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization because it has information about nursing workforce in the state, it provides updated information regarding career progression opportunities for students and professional nurses, and it reflects a diverse workforce.” Frankie Manning, RN, MAN, Vice president of the Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization and Co-chair for the Governor's Interagency for Health Disparities

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WCN Statement on Racial Equity

To WCN, racial equity means we have an unrelenting commitment to dismantling racism by becoming an anti-racist organization. We do this by collaborating with communities of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; nursing leaders, nursing students, educators, nursing unions, and consumers. Together we will transform the nursing workforce to one that reflects the communities we serve and create an equitable health system for Washingtonians to thrive.

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Become a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)

Washington State needs more trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners. This

Profiles of Black and African American Nurses in History

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The WCN Releases 2021 COVID-19 Impact on the Nursing Workforce Study

Conducted between April and June 2022, SIA surveyed 1,298 nurses who held active nursing licenses about their experiences during 2021. Key findings from the survey found that of the nurses surveyed:
• 54% thought about or made plans to leave the field of nursing. (Up 12% from the 2020 study.) …Click to read more.

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Frankie Manning

Michael "Mich" Arnuco

Srinya Sukrachan

Jingyi (Cindy) Dong

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A Healthier Washington State Starts with Nurses

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