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Grant: Team-Based Care to Treat Diabetes and Hypertension
Wisconsin Nurses Association – Identifying Patient-Centered Team Based Care Models To Treat Hypertension And Diabetes – Funding By Centers For Disease Control And Wisconsin Department Of Health Services Achieving the triple aim of “access, quality, and cost” continues to be a widespread shared vision within Wisconsin’s health care community. What we’re doing now as health […]
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Governor Scott Walker Signs Three Dementia-Related Bills into Law
The following is an excerpt of a press release from the governor’s office. Green Bay March 22, 2016 – Governor Scott Walker signed Assembly Bills 786, 787, and 790 into law today at Options for Independent Living in Green Bay. All three bills focus on building dementia-friendly communities throughout Wisconsin. Assembly Bill 786 – works to […]
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WEHN’s Making the Connection Conference
Wisconsin Environmental Health Network’s 2016 Making the Connection Conference took place on Friday, February 26. It kicked off with a breakfast meeting at Clean Wisconsin with a select group of healthcare sustainability leaders in Wisconsin, at which WNA was represented. The topic of discussion was sustainable and environmentally conscious decisions that health care providers and […]
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Nurse of the Year Award
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel just kicked off their annual Nurse of the Year competition. Hundreds of Wisconsin nurses are nominated by their patients, or families of patients, for going above and beyond the standard expectations of a nurse. It’s an opportunity to celebrate and admire all of the amazing work our community’s nurses do every […]
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February 2016 with WNA
See what we’re up to! Below is a slide show of photos taken throughout the month of February at WNA and other Nursing events.
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2015 Gallup Poll Results – Nurses Rank #1 in Honesty and Ethics
The results are in, and nurses are once again voted as the most honest and ethical profession according to the 2015 Gallup poll. This is the 14th year in a row that nurses have earned this distinction. Gallup asks every year “Please tell me how you would rate the honesty and ethical standards of people in these […]
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Fall 2015 Future Nursing Leader Award
Gina Dennik-Champion Presents the Future Nursing Leader Award to Milwaukee Area Technical College Graduate, Meredith Harding. On December 8, 2015, WNA Executive Director Gina Dennik-Champion presented the Fall 2015 semester Future Nursing Leader award at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s nurse pinning ceremony to Meredith Harding. The Future Nursing Leader Award is a new award that […]
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Background on WNA Board of Directors decision to sell the WNA Building
1. The WNA Board of Directors adopted a financial stability plan to address a recent trend of finishing each fiscal year with a deficit. 2. Costs associated with maintaining the WNA building, determined to be an average of $48,000 per year, were reviewed and analyzed by the WNA Board. These are costs over and above […]
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Nurse to Nurse
You are no longer alone… this is a new, CLOSED NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS group for any and all healthcare professionals dealing with addiction and substance abuse.
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