2015 FNA Book of Reports

2015 Florida Nurses Association
Membership Assembly Report
FNA held a collaborative session at the FNA Membership Assembly prior to the Official Business Meeting of the Assembly.
The purpose of the meeting was to glean ideas from members and students about the Future of FNA. A significant number
of students were present and fully engaged in the discussion. Their feedback is included in this report.
It was originally planned for four facilitated groups discussing the topics of Member Retention and Recruitment, Member
Engagement, Activations of the Regions, and Entrepreneurial/Business Ideas for FNA Our time was cut short due to a visit
from Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist, so the group decided to choose one topic for discussion, and it was decided that
Membership Retention and Recruitment and Engaging New Nurses were the most important issue to address. These were
discussed simultaneously and the ideas and solutions are blended in this report.
Recommendation Action Item Responsible Parties
1. FNA must demonstrate the value of
belonging. (What’s in it for me?)
2. Communicate to potential
members, that if you are not
involved, someone else will make
changes in nursing that we may not
agree with.
See some of the current value as seen
by participants
Board and Staff
• Provides mentoring and mentors
(as a goal and function of the
association)
• Provides leadership opportunity
and leadership development
• Assists in integration into the
profession
• Provides interaction with other
nursing professionals/Networking
• Members can receive validation
from colleagues
• Is a place for relationship building
• Face to face contact
• “It’s an extension of who I am”
Formalize this process in some way.
Continue to develop FNLA
Nominating Committee
Leadership Development Committee
Board of Directors
Staff
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