The purposes/goals of the NP Forum MIG are to:
- Protect and advance the role and practice of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses through active membership involvement in WNA’s structure and functions.
- Influence the quality and quantity of continuing education for the annual APRN Pharmacology and Clinical Update.
- Provide a forum for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to organize and engage in professional, educational, economic and legislative issues, within the guidelines and policies of the WNA.
- Serve as resource to the WNA Board of Directors, structural units and/or other MIGs.
- Award the Mary Barker Scholarship annually.
President
Tina Bettin, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, APNP, FAANP
Location: Marion, WI
Employer: ThedaCare
Secretary/Treasurer
Jean Roedl, FNP-BC, ADM-BC
Location: Frederic, WI
Employer: St Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Board Member
Clarissa Lawrence, DNP, APNP, APRN, FNP-BC, NP-C
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Employer: Community Health Primary Care Services
Board Member
Mary Beck Metzger, DNP, FNP-BC, APNP
Location: Lake Mills, WI
Employer: Fort HealthCare
Membership is open to all Wisconsin Nurses Association members who are Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. This includes Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) who is certified by state and nationally recognized certification bodies or eligible for such certification, or members who are studying for an APRN eligible role.
WNA advocates for legislation and regulation that support APRN practice, economic benefits and safety that include:
- APRN Modernization Act.
- Tax-credit for precepting APRN nursing students Tax Credit for Preceptors of Nurses
- Require licensed facilities to develop or improve their Workplace Violence Prevention and Education Program Workplace Violence Prevention Programs
- Monitor and advocate for Board of Nursing proposed regulation that impacts APRN practice. (coming soon!)
- Developing strategies that support APRN role and function that include: authorization to perform fluoroscopy, sign death certificates, pronouncement of patient death and other policies.
Position Statements coming soon!
- The NP Forum is a MIG (Mutual Interest Group) of WNA
- Originally called the WNA Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Council, initiated in the mid-1970s
- The name was changed to the NP Forum around 1993
- The name was then changed to the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Forum
- In 2012, the name was changed to the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Forum
- In mid-2018, the name was changed back to the NP Forum to reflect the largest percentage of APRN members in WNA.
- Past Chairpersons
- Past Pharmacology and Clinic
COMING SOON