2017 KY Nurses Association Convention
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<strong>2017</strong> Kentucky <strong>Nurses</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
This fall, we will offer a Drug Abuse/Addiction CE on the evening of Thursday, September<br />
28th at Settle Memorial United Methodist Church ROC (Owensboro). We are planning for<br />
members of law enforcement, emergency room, and pharmacy to present in this 2 hour<br />
offering. New legislation will be discussed as well. Cost will be: students $5,members $5,<br />
non-members $10. You can contact Amy Wimsatt via email at amwims03@louisville.edu<br />
for information.<br />
A major accomplishment this year included offering the 1st Annual KNA Green River<br />
Chapter NCLEX Challenge with 5 area competing teams. Competing teams, coaches,<br />
and cheering audience members ate barbecue included in the price for admission for<br />
the competition. Door prizes were donated and awarded to participants and audience<br />
members. The NCLEX Challenge traveling trophy was engraved with the name of the<br />
winning school, Hopkinsville Community College. This trophy will return to the upcoming<br />
NCLEX Challenge scheduled for February 22, 2018.<br />
The Charlotte Bratcher Nursing Scholarship was presented to Karli Tabers in the amount of<br />
$500. Ms. Tabers attends Murray State University.<br />
We have a wonderful group of members!!!!<br />
KNA Heartland Chapter<br />
The current officers for the Heartland Chapter are:<br />
President<br />
Janice Elder<br />
President Elect Mary Lois Martin<br />
Secretary<br />
Ann Sahingoz<br />
Treasurer<br />
Susan Nesmith<br />
The Heartland Chapter meets quarterly during the months of February, May, August, and<br />
November. The annual meeting is the November meeting. All meetings are held at Hardin<br />
Memorial Hospital in the third floor conference room. For those unable to attend the<br />
meetings, the chapter started offering web-conferencing in May, <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
During this past year, an e-repository archive for the chapter minutes and other Heartland<br />
related items has been established, as well as an electronic newsletter called “The Pulse.”<br />
The chapter leadership team is actively participating in the monthly leadership conference<br />
calls and this information is shared with members during the quarterly meetings.<br />
The chapter has plans to hold two continuing education offerings at Hardin Memorial<br />
Hospital in the fall. One program is an update on Health Policy and Nursing Advocacy<br />
by Sheila Schuster and the second program is on Human Trafficking. Another activity the<br />
chapter will pursue is sponsoring a spring NCLEX Trivia challenge for nursing students.<br />
For more information or if interested in joining the chapter, please email us at<br />
heartlandkna@gmail.com, visit us at http://annesahingoz.wixsite.com/knaheartland, or<br />
contact Chapter President, Janice Elder at: 270-756-6415 or sjelder@bbtel.com<br />
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