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Thank You

A big thank you to KCNA Member MaKenzie McLauchlan, UW Medicine, for joining our Finance Committee. Also, thanks to KCNA Member Rachel Diller, Seattle Children’s Hospital, for joining the Community Grants Task Force. 

Please read on for details on two of our upcoming events. As always, you can find all KCNA events and register for them on our website under the Education/Events Tab.

In Shock Book Club

Next month we will be reading In Shock: My journey from death to recovery and the redemptive power of hope by Dr Rana Awdish.  

Saturday, October 28th, 2023

9-11 am via Zoom

2-hrs. Certificate of Completion

$20 KCNA members/$40 nonmembers

Registration Deadline: Oct 25th 2023, Register by Oct 16th to receive the book in advance.

Participants will receive a copy of the book then meet for a facilitated discussion. Everyone who registers will receive a link to view the RECORDING of the book club. So even if plans change, you will still be able to read the book and watch a recording of the discussion after the live event has taken place.

In Shock is a riveting first-hand account from a young critical care physician, who in the passage of a moment is transfigured into a dying patient. Timed at the end of her medical training, this experience instantly lays bare the vast chasm between the conventional practice of medicine and the stark reality of the prostrate patient. She comes to understand the fatal flaws in her profession and in her own past actions as a physician. She also achieves, through unflinching presence, a crystalline vision of a new and better possibility.

Using her exceptional recall, Awdish fashions an elegant, yet urgent call to action. She offers a brave roadmap for anyone navigating illness. At the same time, she presents physicians with a new paradigm and rationale for embracing the emotional bond between doctor and patient. 

Author Dr. Rana Awdish is a critical care physician, pulmonologist, author, and medical director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. She has integrated compassionate communication strategies and Narrative Medicine practice into the curriculum at Henry Ford’s Health System.  

Facilitator: 

Cheryl Cooke, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, researcher, and teacher. Dr. Cooke has clinical and private practice experience with adults and children. She recently served as a fellow in the Community-Based Integrated Care Fellowship with University of Washington Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Her academic research focused on the intersections of race and health which included exploring the effects of incarceration for African American men and their families and conducting research with multiethnic and biracial families on emotion regulation in the children. She has an ongoing interest in health equity, systemic change, and social action.

Fall Summit -- Homelessness, Trauma and Inclusion Health

Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 

8:30 am - 12:30 pm

Good Shepherd Center, Wallingford, Seattle

1.5-hr continuing education

Registration Deadline: October 26, 2023, or until filled. Register early to save your spot!

$25 KCNA members/$45 nonmembers/Students $15

Explore the link between homelessness and trauma in the context of social exclusion.

Our presenter will guide us through current issues around homelessness, trauma,

resilience, health equity, and the well-being of marginalized populations. She will discuss trauma in the context of social exclusion and will introduce inclusion health as an approach within which nurses can take on a major role.

Nurses in Action:

Following the presentation, we will assemble hundreds of cold care kits for Real Change vendors. These kits will contain remedies to combat wintertime colds/flu. A representative from Real Change will be on hand to give updates and answer questions about the program. 

Presenter

Josephine Ensign DrPH, MPH, FNP, Professor, University of Washington, School of Nursing in the Department of Psychosocial and Community Health. Dr. Ensign is also a researcher, writer, and sought after presenter. Her research focuses on health equity and her areas of teaching include community health, narrative medicine, health politics & policies. With an undergraduate degree in medical/health humanities (biology and religion with an emphasis on medical ethics), and a doctorate in international health with a focus on health policy, Dr. Ensign’s approach is interdisciplinary and wide-reaching. She is the author of Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City; Catching Homelessness; and Soul Stories: Voices from the Margins and other writings. More information: josephineensign.com

The next Seattle King County Clinic (SKCC) is scheduled for Feb 15th - 18th 2024 at Seattle Center. Volunteer registration will open Monday, October 2, 2023. But they are encouraging volunteers to create or update their profile in their system now to get notified when they are able to sign up. They have also shared that its especially hard for them to get volunteers for shifts on Thursdays and Sundays. If interested, please visit their website HERE.