News2Use

KCNA Welcomes New Staff

Join us in welcoming Karen Muth-Pasco as KCNA's new Member Services Director. Karen comes to us with over ten years of marketing experience, specifically in radio and digital advertising. Additionally she has volunteered with various non-profit organizations across Puget Sound.

When not supporting KCNA, you can find Karen spending time creating surface pattern designs and other art motifs, training for half marathons and spending time with her young daughter and husband.

"I'm grateful for this opportunity to support the wonderful nurses within King County."

KCNA introduces electronic voting

The KCNA Nominating Committee is pleased to announce that an election slate has been chosen and approved by the KCNA Board. Click here to see our candidates.

This year, we will be voting using electronic ballots. Voting is open to KCNA members. Vote by April 1, 2024.

In March members will receive an email through Survey Monkey with a link to your 

e-ballot. 

If you do not have an email registered with WSNA, you can vote by using the QR code/link published in the Spring Advocate newsletter. The newsletter will arrive in homes the week of March 18.

If you have any questions about voting, contact us at kcnurses@kcnurses.org.

KCNA Annual Gala

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Sunset Bay Lodge at Ballard Elks

6411 Seaview Ave. NW, Seattle

KCNA members: $75/Nonmembers: $85/Students: $45

Group admission: $70 per ticket with purchase of 8 (table)

You are cordially invited to the 121st KCNA Annual Gala!

Come celebrate National Nurses Week with nursing colleagues at this amazing venue with water views. This festive celebration of the nursing profession will include a banquet dinner, scholarship fund auction, presentation of scholarship recipients and recognition of our Shining Star Nurse Awardees.

The scholarship auction will include a raffle and live rounds including overnight packages, local items, and opportunities. Help us support the next generation as we award 15 scholarships of $4,000 each to local students.

Northwest Buffet menu includes vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

Sleep across the lifespan- RECORDING

Brought to you by your regional nurses associations.

WSNA Members: Free/Non-Members: $40/Nursing Students: $20

*2 contact hours

This speakers' panel of five UW nursing professors presented information about how to guide their patients towards better sleep, giving them the knowledge and tools to use sleep as a powerful agent for healing and maintenance for long-term conditions. 

Specifically, they spoke about sleep as it relates to acute and chronic conditions in pediatric, adult, and aging populations, including:

• Prevention of cognitive decline in older ICU survivors.
• Symptom management in stroke survivors.
• Digital self-management interventions for patients with gastro-intestinal conditions.
• User-centered design approaches to improve sleep in pediatric patients.

*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.