2021 Nevada Nurses Association Yearbook

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President’s Report 2021 - The Year in Review Submitted by Mary Bondmass, Ph.D., RN, CNE As 2021 draws to an end and I prepare this report for our membership, I was trying to think of one word that might sum up our profession’s and our organization’s accomplishments before getting to the details of this report. After much thought, I came up with that word, but only when I compared 2020 to the current year. While COVID-19 negatively impacted both years beyond most of our imaginations, one word continues to resound in my head – that word is resilience. The dictionary generally defines the word as the capacity to recover from difficulties, toughness, or the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape. I’m not sure about Mary Bondmass the ‘spring back into shape’ thing, but I agree with the definitions of the capacity to recover and toughness. Giving a more people-related definition, the online staff of Psychology Today indicates that “resilience is the psychological quality that allows some people to be knocked down by the adversities of life and come back at least as strong as before. Rather than letting difficulties, traumatic events, or failure overcome them and drain their resolve, highly resilient people find a way to change course, emotionally heal, and continue moving toward their goals.” The latter definition fits best for our profession in general and NNA in particular during 2021. Therefore, because of your resilience, and as a preface to this annual report, I sincerely salute, honor, and thank all NV nurses and student nurses for their effort to improve health and healthcare in our state; you are all my heroes and the resilience I have personally seen throughout this year has been truly extraordinary. While we mourn those we lost, I wish for you all resilience and peace moving forward. The mission of the NNA is to promote professional nursing practice through continuing education, community service, nursing leadership, and legislative activities to advocate for improved health and high-quality health care for citizens of Nevada. Despite the dramatic effect of COVID-19 on us all, the NNA, in collaboration with Nevada nurses, continues to improvise and innovate to achieve its mission. Below is a brief recap of the NNA’s activities and accomplishments related to our mission during 2021. Continuing Education The NNA is committed to lifelong learning for nurses and offers many free and discounted continuing education (CE) opportunities for NNA members. Non-members may be asked to pay a small fee for offerings such as the Bio-terrorism course, but most CEs during 2021 were provided free to members and nonmembers alike. Joining our learning center is free and includes access to online learning and other resources. In 2021, NNA increased its free CE offerings. This increase is partly due to NNA’s support of our parent organization, the American Nurses Association’s (ANA), Health Nurse, Healthy Nation (HNHN) movement. The NNA has had several HNHN lunchtime webinars, which have been recorded, and CEs offered at no cost Nevada Nurses Association 11
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