Join us at the February 20, 2010 NSWS Convention!

 

Official Agenda (Download PDF with Locations):

  • 8:30am – Registration
  • 9:00am – Welcome and Opening Keynote AddressViktor Rybachuk, NSWS President
  • 10:15am – Concurrent Sessions (each will be offered two times):
    1. Know your Nurse Practice Act
      Paula Meyer, MSN, RN Executive Director NCQAC
    2. Transition to practice
      Patty Deasy, MSN, RN, FNP Versant Implementation Specialist
    3. Nursing education & workforce issues
      Stephen Padgett, PhD, RN Washington Center for Nursing
    4. Professional citizenship
      Tara Goode, BSN, RN and Jan Bussert, BSN, RN WSNA
    5. The role of nursing students in disaster management
      Deb Brinker, MSN, RN, Instructor, Washington State University
    6. Environmental Health Advocacy – How nurses can get involved
      Karen Bowman, MN, RN, COHN-S
  • 11:15am - Concurrent Sessions Repeated
  • Noon – Lunch (provided with conference registration)
    1. Campus Student Association Leaders Meeting
    2. Faculty Advisors Meeting
  • 1:00pm - Neuman Systems Model: Implications for practice and research
     Betty M. Neuman, PhD, RN, FAAN, Founder Neuman Systems Model
    Independent Curriculum Consultant in Nursing, Author, Health Consultant
  • 2:00pm – NSWS General Meeting including Elections of Officers for 2010-2011 (See "Consent to Serve" form below)
  • 3:30pm – Adjournment

The opening session will be in Room 316 (3rd floor top/street level of the building; down the hall from the University Bookstore branch).

 

Consent to Serve

Download Consent to Serve form (PDF)

 

Proposed Bylaws Changes

 

Proposed bylaws revisions to be voted on during 2010 Convention!

Article XI:  Representation to WSNA

Section 2: Eligibility for Participation of NSWS Chapter Representatives  in the WSNA General Assembly

  1. NSWS chapters that have a minimum of fifteen (15) NSWS members on the first day of March of the odd-numbered years shall be entitled to one (1) voting representative in the WSNA General Assembly
  2. The official representative must be a NSWS member
  3. NSWS will notify WSNA of the names of the official chapter representatives to the WSNA General Assembly by the 15th of March of the odd-numbered years
  4. Scope of participation of the NSWS chapter representatives in the WSNA General Assembly shall be established jointly by WSNA and NSWS

 

More Information & Registration

 

Location

The location of the NSWS 3rd Annual Convention will be the South Campus Center at UW:

Here are directions to the South Campus Center:
http://depts.washington.edu/sccres/scc_directions.php

and here is a link to a map of where the building is in relation to surrounding streets:
http://tinyurl.com/ydke63y

There is metered street parking on NE Boat Street and 15th Ave NE, or you can pay to park in the S-1 parking lot in front of the South Campus Center.

 

Exhibitors & Sponsors

For those interested in being an Exhibitor here is the link: http://www.son.washington.edu/students/careerfair/vendors.asp

For those interested in being a sponsor, download this form (.doc)