BUZZ enews

King County Nurses Association distributes The Buzz several times a year to nursing students throughout the county with the help of our school liaisons.

Would you like to submit an article for The Buzz? Send to: kcnurses@kcnurses.org.

KCNA ANNUAL GALA 2024

Let's celebrate nurses and the nursing profession!

Thursday, May 9, 2024

5:30-9:00 PM

Sunset Bay Lodge at the Ballard Elks

6413 Seaview Avenue NW, Seattle

Students: $45

Our most festive event of the year held during National Nurses Month! We will be hosting this event at Sunset Bay Lodge, a quintessential Pacific Northwest venue with sweeping views of the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. Included in the evening is a delectable buffet including standard, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

• Celebrate National Nurses Month
• Honor 2024 Shining Star Nurse Awardees
• Be inspired by 2024 nursing student scholarship recipients
• Bid on auction items to benefit the KCNA Scholarship Fund

Please contactkcnurses@kcnurses.org for more information.

Event registration ends April 25, 2024.

Learn more and register here.

Nursing Students of Washington State Annual Convention

Empowering Student Nurses: Leading the Future with Safety

Visit KCNA at the Regional Nurses of WA State booth Saturday, April 27th at the NSWS Annual Convention in Auburn.  This event includes a full day of speakers, networking and giveaways and opportunities to interact with exhibitors. For full schedule of events, click here.

Saturday April 27, 2024

9am-3:30pm

Green River Community College

$10 for NSNA members // $15 for all others

Registration closes April 19th. No registration available at the door.

Click here to register. We look forward to seeing you there!

Recording

Nurses Education Series–Sleep Across the Lifespan

SLEEP ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: Helping patients in their sleep journey

Nurses and nursing students, join us for this incredible speakers' panel of five UW researches speaking on the topic of sleep. Learn the latest in technologies and tools to help your patients and their caregivers along their sleep journey.

• Flexible viewing.
• Cost: $20 for nursing students

2 ANCC contact hours

*This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Approval valid through 1/27/2026 (live activity) or 1/4/2027 (enduring activity). OCEAN ID #2023-46.

Attendees may earn 2 contact hours. Participants must be present for all the educational activity and complete the workshop evaluation to receive contact hours.

To learn more or to register for this event, click HERE.

Scholarship Application Update

King County Nurses Association is pleased to announce that 15 scholarships have been awarded at $4,000 per student.  A total of 43 applications were received from local nursing students across 9 different nursing programs. The KCNA Scholarship Committee completed the selection process and all applicants were notified of their standing on April 1st, 2024.

Application for 2025 will be available in early January 2025.

Other Local Scholarships

The Washington State Nurses Foundation

WSNF awards scholarships annually to qualified students who meet the eligibility requirements and are selected. Scholarships begin with a minimum award of $1,000.  For more information, click here.

In addition to scholarship funds drawn from the WSNF general fund, students who qualify may be selected to receive funds from the Deo Little Scholarship Fund and the Judy Huntington Scholarship Fund.

Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Association

For students of African Heritage, the  Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Association  offers scholarships to qualified students enrolled in a school of nursing in Washington State, leading to an RN degree or higher.

Rucking for Fitness: What is it?

If you’ve ever gone on a walk with a heavy backpack on, you’re ahead of the curve on a new fitness trend, called rucking. In this article featured in "Right as Rain", a digital publication of UW Medicine, the author explains what rucking is, how to get started and the benefits it can provide.

 Click HERE to read this article.

Nursing Students of Washington State

Looking for more comradery and a way to connect with other nursing students? The Nursing Students of Washington State is the only statewide nursing association for students in the state. They are a chapter of the National Student Nurses Association and an independent organization supported in part by the Washington State Nurses Association.

Their mission is to develop a collaborative and cooperative structure between nursing schools within the state to create consistent high standards that support nursing students through education, scholarship, legislation and networking.

Membership is open to everyone enrolled in an accredited Washington State nursing school at all levels, nursing school faculty and pre-nursing students.

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Washington State Nurses Association

Nursing Students of Washington State

King County Nurses Association's Newsletters

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