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2019 South Dakota Nurses Association President’s Report Welcome to the 2019 SDNA Convention, “Nurses Connecting Communities.” I am looking forward to another excellent, regenerating convention. I also suggest that we do not just work on “Connecting Communities” during the convention, but all year. I would like each of you to think about how you can be the “Nurses Connecting Communities.” When you leave the convention, I urge each of you to make an effort to incorporate your ideas and the information you gained from the convention to connect communities. I believe this is how we help others understand what nurses do, how they are working in the communities, and helping each person in a community to engage in healthy lifestyle practices. Reflect on the history of nursing and how many of our nurse leaders implemented measures to connect communities. Florence implemented this by working to reduce infections, include self-care assessments, through therapeutic communications, spiritual nursing care, and public health advocacy. As a community/ public health nurse, I also think about the work that Lillian Wald did to connect the nurses in the community. She connected nurses in communities by teaching how to improve the environment, developed nursing centers, and the Henry Street Settlement where nurses helped people in homes and schools. Ask yourself, how you can continue to be the nurse that connects communities. How can you implement self-care, therapeutic communications, create healthy environments, and be advocates for individuals/families/ groups within the community. I would also like to take a moment to reflect on the past five (5) years that I have served as SDNA President. This has been a very rewarding and informative time. It has been an honor to serve as the SDNA President and represent the organization at the ANA Membership Assembly, as well as; at other events. I believe our organization is growing, with each of us inviting a new member to attend a district meeting and the SDNA Convention. President Margie Washnok 16
2019 South Dakota Nurses Association Executive Director’s Report 2018-2019 SDNA members should be proud of what they accomplished in 2018-2019, though we can do more fundraising at the event and district level. District 8&9 did a great job on the 2018 convention in Brookings. The 2018 Convention was well received and exceeded our fundraising goals. 2019 NDL was well attended but not as much as the year prior; we came close to our fundraising goals but did not achieve them. District 10’s spring workshop had terrific programming and was again well-received but did not meet our income-overexpense goals. Next year’s Spring Workshop is April 4 in Sioux Falls; please save the date and attend, as D10 is working hard. I attended two ANA events in 2018-2019, both in Washington D.C. In June 2019 I attended ANA Membership Assembly, and in September 2019 I attended ANA Lobbyist meetings. ANA MA delegate Margie Washnok also attended ANA MA, while an illness kept our other delegate from attending; SDNA GRC Chair Carrie Clausen Hansen also attended the ANA Lobbyist meeting. A synopsis of the administrative work of the SDNA follows: Executive Director/Office/Bookkeeping: The Association contracts for executive director and other office/bookkeeping services. These contractual relationships allow the Association to reduce overhead while maintaining the office and day-to-day operations. The Association is not responsible for office equipment, utilities, maintenance, rent, etc., but is instead benefitting from a sharing of office resources. Lobbying/Government Relations: During the 2019 Legislative Session, Midwest Solutions lobbied on behalf of the SDNA. Legislative updates were emailed to SDNA members weekly to keep members apprised of the legislative issues and the current status of bills impacting the nursing profession and SDNA members. Additionally, teleconferences were held weekly with the Government Relations Committee to discuss bills of interest and the current status of each. Action Alerts were emailed to membership throughout the 2019 Legislative Session. Please take action when you receive these Action Alerts and please do so within the timeframe set forth in the Action Alert. Bills move quickly through the legislative process. The Action Alerts are sent with instructions and a timeframe to allow SDNA members to participate in the legislative process and impact the ultimate disposition of bills. We work hard to ensure that SDNA’s voice is heard, but legislators need to hear from their constituents about issues important to the nursing profession – not just during the legislative session, but throughout the year. You will never know what an impact you can have on the legislative process until you get involved! We would like to thank the Government Relations Committee and its chair, Carrie Clausen Hansen, along with the SDNA members, nurses and students that participated in Nurses Day at the Legislature (NDL) or through the Action Alert process. We appreciate your time, talents and all that you do to engage legislators on SDNA issues. We look forward to the 2020 Legislative Session and hope to see many of you at NDL! Communications: Newsletter: Our quarterly publication is the “South Dakota Nurse,” and we mail it to all nurses who hold a license in South Dakota. The Association currently contracts with Arthur Davis Publishing. 17
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