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 Volume 36, No. 3
Fall 2006
2 Calendar of Events3 You Were Represented4 In Focus5 Local Unit LeadershipConference7 Getting Immunized Forthe Influenza Virus8 Safe Patient Handling8 Healthiest State in theNation9 SHARP Survey 10 Nursing Practice Update11 The Meaning ofCommittment12 E&GW Update14 2007 Dues Rates15 UAN Mobilization Fund16 WSNA-PAC Endorsements18 Continuing EducationCalendar19 New Members21 Occ. & EnvironmentalHealth & Safety Update22 ANA News23 District News24 Nursing & Other NewsBriefs25 Call to 2007 WSNA Convention27 Consent to Serve Form
Inside...Nursing Practice Update • Environmental Health & Saety • Nursing News Bries
“Kentucky River”
Page 13
2007 Convention
Page 25
 WSNA-PACEndorsements
Page 16
LeadershipConference
Page 5
 
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The Washington Nurse
Issue 36, No. 3
 Vm 36, N. 3
 Fall 2006 
WashiNgtoN state Nurses associatioN
575 Andover Park West, Suite 101Seattle, WA 98188, Tel: 206/575-7979Fax: 206/575-1908, wsna@wsna.org
the WashiNgtoN Nurse
—(ISSN# 0734-5666)newsmagazine is published quarterly by the Washington State Nurses Association, 575 Andover Park West, Suite 101, Seattle, WA98188, 206/575-7979. It is distributed as a benet o membership to all WSNA members. Amember rate o $10 per year is included in WSNAmembership dues. Institutional subscription rateis $20 per year (Canada/Mexico: US $26 per year;Foreign: US $39 per year) or $37.50 or two years.Single copy price is $5.00 each prepaid.The inormation in this newsmagazine is or the beneit o WSNA members. WSNA is amulti-purpose, multi-aceted organization.
The Washington Nurse
 
 provides a orum ormembers o all specialties and interests toexpress their opinions. Opinions expressed are the responsibilities o the authors and do notnecessarily refect the opinions o the ocers ormembership o WSNA, unless so stated. Copyright2005, WSNA. No part o this publication may bereproduced without permission.
 adVertisiNg
—Inormation on advertisingrates may be obtained on the WSNA website
 www.wsna.org
, under PR and
The Washington Nurse,
 
or by contacting the WSNA Business Agent at 206/575-7979. Advertising deadlinesare: March 1, June 1, September 1, and December1. Advertising will be accepted on a rst come,rst served basis or preerred positions, pendingspace availability. WSNA reserves the right toreject advertising. Paid advertisements in The Washington Nurse do not necessarily refect theendorsement o the WSNA Members, Sta orOrganization.
coNtributor guideliNes
—Article ideas andunsolicited manuscripts are welcome rom WSNA members (300 word maximum). Pleasesubmit a typed copy and diskette (Word Perect6.0/Windows 98), and include identied relevant photos, a biographical statement, your name,address and credentials. It is not the policy o  WSNA to pay or articles or artwork.
 article subMissioN deadliNes
 Winter .............................................November 15Spring ................................................February 15Summer .....................................................May 15Fall .......................................................August 15
November 2006
8Bylaws/ResolutionsCommittee10WashingtonStateNursesFoundationBoardofTrustees16-17BoardofDirectors
23-24 Office Closed - ThanksgivingHoliday 
30StaffRetreat
December 2006
7WashingtonNursingLeadershipCouncil19WashingtonCenterforNursing
25-29 Office Closed - ChristmasHoliday 
 January 2007
1 Office Closed - New Year’s Day 15 Office Closed - Martin LutherKing Jr Day 
18OccupationalandEnvironmentalHealthandSafetyCommittee26CabinetonEconomicandGeneral Welfare
February 2007
5NurseLegislativeDay 
19 Office Closed - Presidents’ Day 
24ProfessionalNursingandHealthCareCouncil
May 2007
2-4BiennialWSNAConventioninTacoma,Washington
 June 2007
20-22ANAQuadrennialPolicyConference,NursingCareinLife,DeathandDisaster,”inAtlantaGeorgia
September 2007
22-25LocalUnitLeadershipConferenceinChelan,Washington
May 2008
6WSNACentennialAnniversaryCelebration
Calendar of Events
 WSNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS& HEADqUARTERS STAFF
presideNt
Kim Armstrong, BSN, RNC, Olalla
 Vice presideNt
Mary Walker, PhD, RN, FAAN, Bellevue
secretary/treasurer
Jean Peier, BSN, Kirkland
directors-at-large
Harriet Colwell, RN, PascoSally Herman, RN, Mount VernonPamela Rimel, RN, YakimaJudith Turner, RN, Fox IslandStasia Warren, MSN, RN, Spokane
chair, professioNal NursiNg& health care couNcil
Joan Caley, RN, MS, CNS, CNAA-BC, Vancouver
chair, legislatiVe &health policy couNci
l
Susan E Jacobson, RN, Yakima
chair, cabiNet oN ecoNoMic& geNeral Welfare
Tim Davis, RN, Mt. Vernon
executiVe director
Judith A. Huntington, MN, RN
director, labor relatioNs
Barbara E. Frye, BSN, RN
director, NursiNg practice & educatioN
 
Joan Garner, MN, RN
educatioN specialist
 
Hilke Faber MN, RN, FAAN
director, goVerNMeNtal affairs, coMMuNicatioNs& MeMbership serVices
 Anne Tan Piazza
coNtract lobbyist
Tamara Warnke
Web& coMMuNicatioNs specialist
Ben Tilden
geNeral/corporate couNsel
Timothy Spears, JD
geNer al couNsel
Linda Machia, JDMichael Sanderson, JD
ecoNoMic aNd geNeralWelfare staff
Debbie Bessmer, BSN, RNKate Boyle, RNJan Bussert, BSN, RNDarlene Delgado, RNCarmen Garrison, RNJunaita Heaton, BSN, RNKathi Landon, RNPat McClure, RNDeborah Neiman, RNHanna Welander, BSN, RN
busiNess ageNt &systeMs adMiNistrator
Deb Weston
INFORMATION & RESOURCES AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
  WWW.WSNA.ORG
 
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Issue 36, No. 3
The Washington Nurse
• Public Health Funding Roundtable• WA DOH Public Health Emergency Preparedness Joint Advisory Committee• Seattle-King County Public Health Reserve CorpsPlanning Committee• Meetings with DOH sta on proposed DOH legislation• Working or Health Coalition (access to care issues orchildren)• Meetings o the Mental Health Parity Coalition• Meetings o the Medication Saety Initiative• Washington State Hospital Association Inection Saety Advisory Committee• Washington State Labor Council “Fair Share” work groupon access• WA Health Foundation meetings re: Healthiest State o  the Nation campaign• Steering Committee othe Foundation or Health CareQuality on Prevention o Medical Errors• Implementation Work group or 100 Thousand LivesCampaign• Washington Nursing Leadership Coalition (WNLC)meeting• Washington Center or Nursing (WCN) Board Meetings& Open Forums (Spokane & Yakima)• Meetings o the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, its Practice and Educationsubcommittees and the Committee on ContinuedCompetence• Meeting o the Council o Nurse Educators o WashingtonState regarding development i a master plan or nursingeducation in WA• Washington Toxics Free Legacy Coalition SteeringCommittee and the John H. Merck Foundation• Washington Toxics Coalition 25th AnniversaryCelebration• Health Care Without Harm Nurses Work Group• CHE-NW on environmental health issues• NW Occupational Hazards toHealth Care Workers Conerence• Puget Sound Human Factors &Ergonomics Society• 2006 Governor’s Health and SaetyConerence• WA Department o Labor andIndustries Task Force to ExamineLiting in Health Care• ANA State Association Lobbyists’Meeting in Washington DC • ANA and UAN planning sessionsregarding the NLRB “Kentucky River”decision• UAN Executive Council Meetings• UAN Labor Cabinet Chairsmeetings• 6th Annual UAN Labor LeaderInstitute• WSNA-PAC interview andendorsement meetings with candidatesor state elective oce• 17th Annual WSNA LeadershipConerence
 You Were Represented
The WSNA sta and elected and appointed leaders represent your interests in a wide variety o meetings, coalitions, conerencesand work groups throughout the year, anticipating and responding to the issues the membership has identied as priorities. Inaddition to many meetings with legislators, policy makers, other health care and nursing organizations and unions, the ollowingrepresents a partial listing o the many places and meetings where you were represented during the months o Mid-July 06 through October 06.
Choose from the following options:Leadership in Community Nursing•Program Development or•Spirituality and HealthPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner•Family Primary Care or•Psychiatric-Mental Health with Addictions FocusPart-time and full-time options.Multiple financial aid opportunities.
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