2020 FNA Book Of Reports

2020 Florida Nurses Association
FNA Staff
Willa Fuller, RN – 22 years, Executive Director since 6/11/07 – Manages the day to day operations of the association.
Kaitlyn Scarbary – 4 years, Director of Technology, Marketing and Programs
John Berry – 4 years, Director of Labor Relations and Government Affairs
Bibi Lowton – 15 years, Program Specialist for Governmental and Labor Relations Program
Leslie Homsted, RN – 23 years, Communications Coordinator/Membership Recruitment and Retention Specialist
Iris Lopez, Executive – Executive/Membership Assistant 8 months
Chris DeSanctis – 2 years- Technology Support
Organizational Structure
FNA continues to evolve and the role of leadership under the regional
structure is also developing. The staff and board are attempting to
develop a state-wide view to programming such as providing the same
programming across Regions. The FNA Legislative Boot Camp would be
an example of this concept. Some Regions have established events that
they plan on repeating while others have multiple smaller events and
some virtual events such as webinars or continuing education programs.
The size of some of the Regions continue to be a barrier to live in person
event, but the advent of virtual options help to bridge that gap.
Conferences and Continuing Education Programs
FNA is committed to providing quality educational opportunities for
the nurses of Florida. FNA programs are designed for and often by
the members of the association to meet the needs of a variety of
practitioners. In addition, the programs provide an opportunity for
networking with colleagues as well as professional growth by attending
or participating in the programs as a presenter. These programs are offered to members at a discounted rate
and non-members are encouraged to also attend. Decisions regarding continuation vs. deletion are periodically
made regarding new and existing programs. We offered over 300 contact hours between 2015 to the current
time.
FNA Advocacy Days alternate between March and January depending on
the legislative session. Coordinated by the FNA Lobbyist and FNA Staff, this
program provides didactic information on grassroots lobbying and first-hand
experience interacting with state and local officials. Nurses are encouraged
to communicate with their legislators throughout the year. For the last
few years, FNA staff made appointments for members to see legislators
in +their offices in Tallahassee Members were provided FNA toolkits to
provide to each legislator with whom they met. In 2020, 150 nurses and
nursing students attended Advocacy Days. Due to the success of the shuttle
transportation in prior years, we continued the bus service for providing
transportation to and from the events and off site hotel attendees. FNA
members once again wore white lab coats and packets were prepared for
our “ grassroots lobbyists” to share with tier legislators. We also made
the legislative visits optional, this decreasing no-shows and only engaging those participants who wanted to
directly engage with legislators. The large majority of attendees opted to make the legislative visits. Rheb
Harbison and Jessica Love of Gray- Robinaon have been an integral part of the planning and execution of this
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