WNA working for you Fall 2007 Core Issue #1--Workforce Health, Rights & Safety Workforce Advocacy Legislation/Regulations WNA is working on the following policy strategies related to promoting nursing's workplace health, rights and safety. Legislation/Rule Activity Target Group Criminalization of Providing legal Nursing workforce RN for medical error support and advocacy for a Wisconsin RN who has been notified by Department of Health & Human Services-- Office of the Inspector General that she may no longer practice in a Medicare, Medicaid or government- related agency because of her criminal conviction. Criminalization of Approval of 2007 WNA Nursing workforce RN for medical error Reference on Strategies for Addressing Criminalization for nurse medical errors. Working with legislators to develop draft legislation on decriminalization for medical errors. Support of Nurses Approval of 2007 WNA Military Nurses in the Military Reference on Acknowledging Nurses in the Military Supervision of APNPs APNPs expressing NP, CNS and CNM that by physicians as a concerns regarding have prescriptive requirement under the physician authority. the Patient supervision Compensation Fund requirements found in the Patient Compensation Fund statute. This is contrary to state statutes Nursing 441 governing the authority to prescribe providing there is a Collaboration Agreement in place. Support WNA's Special Interest Groups Special Interst Group (SIG) Summary of Activity Advanced Practice APN Forum implementing 2007-08 Strategic Nurse Forum Plan that includes--Salary & benefit survey, marketing of APN's to insurance and consumers, planning annual conference. WI Parish Nurse Monitoring policy development regarding Coalition utilization of volunteer and paid Parish Nurses within a Catholic Diocese. Wisconsin Strategic planning completed and in the Environmental Health process of implementation. Nurses Coalition (WEHNC) WNA's Workforce Advocacy Program Completed development of educational and information section of WNA's website related to Impaired Practice and Peer Assistance. Core Issue #2--Appropriate Nurse Staffing & Nurse Shortage Legislation/Rule/ Activity Target Group Policy RN Workforce Data WNA staff is an Nursing workforce Collection and State active participant Funding for the on the Department Wisconsin Center of Workforce Wisconsin RNs for Nursing Development subcommittee to identify a strategy for the collection data regarding the nursing workforce. Nurse Fatigue & WNA, along with the Patient Safety Wisconsin Nursing Coalition, has developed a Working Draft paper and awareness campaign related to the impact of nurse fatigue and patient safety. Department of Workgroups now exist All RNs Workforce that are focusing Development- on identifying 'best Workgroup on practices' related Improving Clinical to improved clinical Placement Capacity. placement systems for RN students. Nurse Faculty Recommendations from Nurse Faculty Shortage Task Force the Legislative/ Boarf od Nursing sponsored Task Force for addressing the Nurse Faculty shortage can be found on WNA's website. Mandatory Continuing Identified the pros RNs Education for RNs and cons to mandatory continuing education as requirement for RN license renewal. Strategy pending. EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS--Mark Your Calendar! Core Issue #4--Patient Safety/Advocacy 2008 Nurses Day March 4, 2008 2008 Pharmacology April 17-19, 2008 at the Capitol & Clinical Update 2008 Wisconsin April 23-25, 2008 Annual Jail May 5-6, 2008 School Nurses 2008 Health Conference Conference Healthy Wisconsin The WNA Board of Directors is supporting the Senate Democrats health care reform legislation Healthy Wisconsin. To find out more about the legislative proposal go to WNA's website and click on the Legislation and Policy button. Nurses Agenda for Health Care Reform A webcast and power point presentation is now available for any nurse wanting to learn more about The Wisconsin community of Nursing Agenda for health Care Reform. Go to WNA's website-Legislation & Policy section. Proposed Legislation WNA's Public Policy Council continues to review and take positions on a variety of legislation. The positions and WNA's 2007-2008 Public Policy Agenda can be found on WNA's website. You Were Represented August 2007-October 2007 Topic Individual/Group WNA Update WNA Region 1 membership Exhibitor DQA Educational Conference Media Interview--Environmental Advanced for Nursing--Journal Health Nursing SIG Strategic Planning Meeting WNA Environmental Health Nursing SIG Strategic Planning APN Forum Nursing Issues Board of Nursing Meeting Presenter Milwaukee District Nurse Legislative Breakfast Presenter Madison District Nurses legislative Breakfast Exhibitor Kenosha/Racine District Nurses Conference Presenter District 15 (meeting cancelled due to low turnout) Utilization of Parish Nurses WNA PN SIG Update on Environmental health ANA/CMA Lobbyist meeting Legislative and Regulatory Issues Update on Nursing Practice ANA/CMA Lobbyist Meeting Legislative and Regulatory Issue Exhibitor (Mary Thony & Lori Nursing Matters Career Fair Studer) Exhibitor (Mary Thony & Marie WLN Fall Conference Garwood) Presenter Viterbo college of Nursing--Senior Students New APN Grad Scope of Practice Representative from BON & WNA Legal Counsel Nursing Updates Wisconsin Nursing Coalition Nurse Shortage and data Sub-committee on Data collection Collection--Dept. of workforce Development Select Committee on Healthcare Workforce Presenter UW Oshkosh RN Master's Degree Program Nursing Issues Board of Nursing meeting Nursing Shortage Dept. of Workforce Development Select committee on Healthcare Workforce APN Issues WNA APN Forum Meeting Professional Accountability Marquette university Senior Post Graduation Nursing Class Exhibitor Wisconsin Association of Long Term Care Medical Directors Annual Conference Update on development of a WNA Parish Nurse SIG Coalition policy related to utilization of Parish Nurses in a Catholic diocese Presentation Criminalization for Medical Errors Exhibitor HOPE of Wisconsin Annual Conference For more information go to WNA's website www.wisconsinnurses.org or call 1-800-362-3959
