WSNA Introduces Speakers Bureau
Our speakers address a wide range of topics of critical importance to nurses throughout our state. The speakers listed will provide at least a 1.0 contact hour lecture on behalf of WSNA.
These lectures are provided at no cost to WSNA Districts, Local Units, or Schools of Nursing. Other organizations pay $250 in addition to the speaker’s travel and lodging expenses. Payment should be made to the Washington State Nursing Foundation. Speaker’s fees will support scholarships and mini-grants provided by the Washington State Nurses Foundation.
Topics
- Health Reform and Implications for Nursing
- Continuing Competency (overview of new rules)
- Compassion Fatigue
- Creating a Culture of Safety
- Running on Empty: Fatigue and its Implications for Patient and Nurse Safety
- Leadership, Political Advocacy, and Your Professional Association
- Political Advocacy: A necessary role for nurses
- Preventing Violence in the Workplace
- Safe Staffing Law and How to be an Effective Committee Member
- Social Media: Is your job in peril over your next facebook posting?
- Stress Management in a Hurry
Speakers
Judy Huntington MN, RN
Executive Director, WSNA
Sally Watkins, PhD, RN
Assistant Executive Director of Nursing Practice, Education, and Research, WSNA
Anne Tan Piazza, BA
Assistant Executive Director of Governmental Affair and Operations, WSNA
Sofia Aragon, JD, RN
Senior Governmental Affairs Specialist, WSNA
Annie Bruck, DNP, MN, RN, COHN-S
Assistant Director, Continuing Education Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Dept of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington
Mary Dean, PhD, RN
Consultant
Hanna Welander, BSN, RN
Nurse Representative, WSNA
For more information, contact Sally Watkins at
swatkins@wsna.org
