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.
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.
Please contact kcnurses@kcnurses.org for more information.
Event registration ends April 25, 2024.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Searching for ways to volunteer? Explore the various opportunities available through United Way of King County! Choose from hundreds of local causes that matter to you to give your time and energy to. Bring your heart, a friend or your whole family in service of change.
Visit their website for more information.
The MentorLink project provides opportunities for new nurses and experienced nurses to connect, share and learn.
KCNA offers continuing nursing education and other events. Explore self-nurturing practices.
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