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Nominations are open for 2017 WNA Elections!
Leadership opportunities for WNA members are now available! Positions begin on January 1, 2018, and last for a 2-year term. We’re looking for excited and passionate people to join these teams. No prior experience needed! Just a desire to do good work for Wisconsin’s nurses. The following positions are open; you can read the descriptions […]
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Member Spotlight – Teresa Loftsgaarden
WNA has so many incredible members making a lasting impression in nursing. We think it’s about time that everyone else knows about our incredible members, too. That is why we have a Member Spotlight series on our website. This is the space to showcase your talent. Tell us about your remarkable research, your touching stories, the […]
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Member Spotlight – Nancy Whitehead
WNA has so many incredible members making a lasting impression in nursing. We think it’s about time that everyone else knows about our incredible members, too. That is why we have a Member Spotlight series on our website. This is the space to showcase your talent. Tell us about your remarkable research, your touching stories, the […]
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Member Spotlight – Susan K. Riesch
WNA has so many incredible members making a lasting impression in nursing. We think it’s about time that everyone else knows about our incredible members, too. That is why we have a Member Spotlight series on our website. This is the space to showcase your talent. Tell us about your remarkable research, your touching stories, the […]
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Rapid Response Call on Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
WNA’s Public Policy Council is Interested in Your Opinion The Wisconsin Board of Nursing is holding an Informational Hearing on June 8, 2017, to solicit input on the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact. WNA’s Public Policy Council will be providing input to the Board of Nursing. The Council would like input from you, the WNA member, […]
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Nursing Groups Celebrate Launch of “Nurses Change Lives” License Plate to Support Nursing Education Scholarships
MADISON, WI – Nurses in Wisconsin have a lot to celebrate during this week’s National Nurses Week. That includes the release of a new specialty license plate, entitled “Nurses Change Lives”. The Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives and the Wisconsin Nurses Association are co-sponsoring the press conference to announce the availability of the newly released […]
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2013-2016 Faith Community Nursing Research
We have seen a steady growth in Faith Community Nursing (FCN) research. In 2013, only 12 articles represented the practice and very few of those were actual research. In 2014, the number of articles doubled to 24. In 2015, there were 28 published articles in the specialty of FCN with most using a research methodology. […]
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Invitation to Discuss the Establishment of a Palliative and End-of-Life Care Mutual Interest Group
One of the ideas generated from the Wisconsin Nurses Association’s 2016 Fall Conference, The Nurse’s Role in Palliative & End-of-Life-Care Across the Lifespan, was the development of an interest group for nurses on the topic of palliative and end-of-life care. WNA sponsors a variety of “mutual interest groups” (MIGs) that provide an on-line platform and […]
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Invitation to Join Informational Call on the Development of a WNA Wisconsin Healthy Nurse Mutual Interest Group
The Wisconsin Nurses Association has a Healthy Nurse Task Force that emerged from a 2013 WNA Reference. A portion of the recommendation from the Reference called for addressing the nutritional and physical activity of nurses as a means of promoting the health of nurses in Wisconsin. The Task Force has completed its work and has […]
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WNA Nurses Day at the Capitol Exceeds Expectations
WNA President, Linda Gobis, welcomed all 575 participants to the February 28, 2017, annual Nurses Day at the Capitol. The conference was held at the Monona Terrace in Madison. The day provided descriptions of the National and State health policy issues that have a role for the nursing profession to be visible and the individual […]
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