2021 Nevada Nurses Association Yearbook

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to all Nevada (NV) nurses. Additionally, the NNA has collaborated with some of NV’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students to offer presentations of their evidence-translation DNP projects via the NNA website, offering CEs, again at no charge to NV nurses. More educational activities are in the NNA’s CE development plans, collaborating with other nursing organizations within NV. In 2022, we plan to have CE offerings accessible online and just a ‘click’ away via the RNFormation publication. Additionally, APRN-specific offerings are also in development. Community Service Multiple NNA community service opportunities were, and still are, driven by the COVID-19 crisis. For example, many of the NNA Board members contributed across the state volunteering at COVID-19 vaccination Points of Distribution (POD), and NNA continued PPE donations, specifically face-shields and facemasks, especially to hard-hit areas across the state. In 2021, the NNA also contributed to the community with increased scholarship dollars and other donations to the Nevada Nurses Foundation (NNF). The NNF is the philanthropic arm of the NNA; its mission is to increase access to quality health care for NV citizens by promoting the professional development of nurses through recognition, grants, and scholarships. The NNA’s contributions to NNF add to the continued professional progression of the nursing workforce in NV. Among the significant events that NNA contributed to were the Big Hat High Tea (Virginia City), the Rural Nurses Symposium (online), and the most recent Shining Stars of Nursing in Nevada (SSON) Awards Gala held at the Aliante Hotel and Casino on October 2, 2021. Nursing Leadership Consistent with our mission to promote nursing leadership in NV, the NNA continued its mentorship program collaborating with the Nevada Nursing Student Association (NVNSA). This mentorship program began in 2019 and has flourished through 2020 and 2021. The NNA has a liaison to the NVNSA, who attends all Board meetings in an advisory role. Conversely, the NVNSA Board members rotate attendance at the NNA’s Board meetings. The NNA liaison additionally collaborated with the NVNSA at the recent SSON Student Event, which featured Dr. Ernest Grant, the ANA president, as their keynote speaker. Nursing leadership is modeled through this mentorship program and hopefully will result in future NV nurse leaders’ succession for the NNA and other nursing organizations in NV. The program’s success was evidenced by a past mentee being appointed to an NNA Board position to replace a departing member shortly after her official entry into the profession. Legislative Activities In addition to having an active legislative committee during 2021 (their report is elsewhere in this yearbook), the NNA supported many bills during the legislative session. For example, the NNA supported AB327, which requires all nurses to receive two hours of cultural competency continuing education for re-licensure, and AB442, which requires prescribers to complete two hours of SBIRT continuing education within two years of their initial license or by January 1, 2024, for re-licensure; both bills passed. Nevada Nurses Association 13
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